Security News

Cloudflare Breach: Nation-State Hackers Access Source Code and Internal Docs
2024-02-02 06:21

Cloudflare has revealed that it was the target of a likely nation-state attack in which the threat actor leveraged stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server and...

Hackers push USB malware payloads via news, media hosting sites
2024-01-31 22:31

A financially motivated threat actor using USB devices for initial infection has been found abusing legitimate online platforms, including GitHub, Vimeo, and Ars Technica, to host encoded payloads embedded in seemingly benign content. The attackers hide these payloads in plain sight, placing them in forum user profiles on tech news sites or video descriptions on media hosting platforms.

Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Flaws to Deploy KrustyLoader Malware
2024-01-31 07:23

A pair of recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) virtual private network (VPN) devices have been exploited to deliver a Rust-based payload called KrustyLoader that's used...

Vastaamo hacker traced via ‘untraceable’ Monero transactions, police says
2024-01-30 19:44

Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect believed to be behind an attack against one of Finland's largest psychotherapy clinics, Vastaamo, was allegedly identified by tracing what has been believed to be untraceable Monero transactions. Finnish investigators from the National Bureau of Investigation, with the help of Binance, followed the trail of payments to Kivimäki, who exchanged the funds for Monero and then exchanged them back to Bitcoin.

China-Linked Hackers Target Myanmar's Top Ministries with Backdoor Blitz
2024-01-30 13:45

The China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda is suspected to have targeted Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Foreign Affairs as part of twin campaigns designed to deploy backdoors and...

Microsoft reveals how hackers breached its Exchange Online accounts
2024-01-26 15:23

On January 12, 2024, Microsoft discovered that Russian hackers breached its systems in November 2023 and stole email from their leadership, cybersecurity, and legal teams.Microsoft now explains that the threat actors used residential proxies and "Password spraying" brute-force attacks to target a small number of accounts, with one of these accounts being a "Legacy, non-production test tenant account."

Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems
2024-01-26 05:13

Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to...

23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports
2024-01-25 22:05

Genetic testing provider 23andMe confirmed that hackers stole health reports and raw genotype data of customers affected by a credential stuffing attack that went unnoticed for five months, from April 29 to September 27. The credentials used by the attackers to breach the customers' accounts were stolen in other data breaches or used on previously compromised online platforms.

Blackwood hackers hijack WPS Office update to install malware
2024-01-25 20:30

A previously unknown advanced threat actor tracked as 'Blackwood' is using sophisticated malware called NSPX30 in cyberespionage attacks against companies and individuals. Researchers at cybersecurity company ESET discovered Blackwood and the NSPX30 implant in a campaign in 2020 and believe that the group's activities align with Chinese state interests.

Hackers target WordPress database plugin active on 1 million sites
2024-01-25 14:15

Malicious activity targeting a critical severity flaw in the 'Better Search Replace' WordPress plugin has been detected, with researchers observing thousands of attempts in the past 24 hours. Better Search Replace is a WordPress plugin with more than one million installations that helps with search and replace operations in databases when moving websites to new domains or servers.