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Turkish hackers Sea Turtle expand attacks to Dutch ISPs, telcos
2024-01-08 20:38

The Turkish state-backed cyber espionage group tracked as Sea Turtle has been carrying out multiple spying campaigns in the Netherlands, focusing on telcos, media, internet service providers, and Kurdish websites. Previously, Sea Turtle, also known as Teal Kurma and Cosmic Wolf, focused on the Middle Eastern region, as well as Sweden and the United States, using techniques like DNS hijacking and traffic redirection to perform man-in-the-middle attacks against government and non-government organizations, media, ISPs, and IT service providers.

Securing helpdesks from hackers: What we can learn from the MGM breach
2024-01-08 15:02

In the wake of the MGM Resorts service desk hack, it's clear that organizations need to rethink their approach to security, particularly when it comes to verifying the identity of employees contacting the helpdesk. They meticulously researched and impersonated an MGM Resorts employee using information gathered from LinkedIn, creating a convincing facade to deceive the helpdesk staff.

Syrian Hackers Distributing Stealthy C#-Based Silver RAT to Cybercriminals
2024-01-08 14:04

Threat actors operating under the name Anonymous Arabic have released a remote access trojan (RAT) called Silver RAT that’s equipped to bypass security software and stealthily launch hidden...

North Korea's Cyber Heist: DPRK Hackers Stole $600 Million in Cryptocurrency in 2023
2024-01-08 04:59

Threat actors affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) have plundered at least $600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023. The DPRK "was responsible for...

Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware
2024-01-06 06:48

The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice. The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky, which said the Windows-based...

Hackers target Apache RocketMQ servers vulnerable to RCE attacks
2024-01-05 17:32

Security researchers are detecting hundreds of IP addresses on a daily basis that scan or attempt to exploit Apache RocketMQ services vulnerable to a remote command execution flaw identified as CVE-2023-33246 and CVE-2023-37582. Apache released a fix that was incomplete for the NameServer component in RocketMQ and continued to affect versions 5.1 and older of the distributed messaging and streaming platform.

SpectralBlur: New macOS Backdoor Threat from North Korean Hackers
2024-01-05 15:35

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Apple macOS backdoor called SpectralBlur that overlaps with a known malware family that has been attributed to North Korean threat actors....

Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine's Telecom Giant for Months
2024-01-05 07:27

Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar's systems at least since May 2023. The...

Ivanti warns critical EPM bug lets hackers hijack enrolled devices
2024-01-04 21:37

Ivanti fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its Endpoint Management software that can let unauthenticated attackers hijack enrolled devices or the core server. Ivanti EPM helps manage client devices running a wide range of platforms, from Windows and macOS to Chrome OS and IoT operating systems.

Russian hackers wiped thousands of systems in KyivStar attack
2024-01-04 19:39

The Russian hackers behind a December breach of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications service provider, have wiped almost all systems on the telecom operator's network. Following the incident, Kyivstar's CEO and the SSU suggested that Russian hackers may have been involved, given the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.