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North Korean Hackers Pose as Job Recruiters and Seekers in Malware Campaigns
2023-11-22 12:14

North Korean threat actors have been linked to two campaigns in which they masquerade as both job recruiters and seekers to distribute malware and obtain unauthorized employment with organizations...

Citrix warns admins to kill NetScaler user sessions to block hackers
2023-11-21 16:36

Citrix reminded admins today that they must take additional measures after patching their NetScaler appliances against the CVE-2023-4966 'Citrix Bleed' vulnerability to secure vulnerable devices against attacks. Kill icaconnection -all kill rdp connection -all kill pcoipConnection -all kill aaa session -all clear lb persistentSessions.

Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits
2023-11-21 10:00

The Kinsing threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers to infect Linux systems with cryptocurrency miners and rootkits. "Once Kinsing...

Mustang Panda Hackers Targets Philippines Government Amid South China Sea Tensions
2023-11-21 06:58

The China-linked Mustang Panda actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a Philippines government entity amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea....

Why Defenders Should Embrace a Hacker Mindset
2023-11-20 11:02

Today’s security leaders must manage a constantly evolving attack surface and a dynamic threat environment due to interconnected devices, cloud services, IoT technologies, and hybrid work...

Russian hackers use Ngrok feature and WinRAR exploit to attack embassies
2023-11-19 16:14

NDSC says that the Russian hackers used a Ngrok free static domain to access the command and control server hosted on their Ngrok instance. A report from Google in October notes that the security issue was exploited by Russian and Chinese state hackers to steal credentials and other sensitive data, as well as to establish persistence on target systems.

Google: Hackers exploited Zimbra zero-day in attacks on govt orgs
2023-11-17 16:04

Google's Threat Analysis Group has discovered that threat actors exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration email server to steal sensitive data from government systems in multiple countries. According to Google's threat analysts, the threat actors exploited the vulnerability on government systems in Greece, Moldova, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Pakistan to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens, perform email forwarding, and lead victims to phishing pages.

FBI shares tactics of notorious Scattered Spider hacker collective
2023-11-16 21:55

Scattered Spider attacks were documented since last summer when researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB publishing a report about a spree of attacks aiming to steal Okta identity credentials and 2FA codes, which had started March the same year. The FBI and CISA alert highlights Scattered Spider's powerful initial access tactics that involve targeting a company's employees by posing as IT or help-desk staff and tricking them into providing credentials or even direct network access.

Zero-Day Flaw in Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups
2023-11-16 16:09

A zero-day flaw in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was exploited by four different groups in real-world attacks to pilfer email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. "Most of...

Hackers Could Exploit Google Workspace and Cloud Platform for Ransomware Attacks
2023-11-16 11:18

A set of novel attack methods has been demonstrated against Google Workspace and the Google Cloud Platform that could be potentially leveraged by threat actors to conduct ransomware, data...