Security News

RUBYCARP hackers linked to 10-year-old cryptomining botnet
2024-04-09 15:30

A Romanian botnet group named 'RUBYCARP' is leveraging known vulnerabilities and performing brute force attacks to breach corporate networks and compromise servers for financial gain. According to a new report by Sysdig, RUBYCARP currently operates a botnet managed via private IRC channels comprising over 600 compromised servers.

New Google Workspace feature prevents sensitive security changes if two admins don’t approve them
2024-04-09 14:30

Google is rolling out multi-party approvals for Google Workspace customers with multiple super admin accounts, the company has announced. The multi-party approvals feature is one of many that were announced by the Google Workspace team in August 2023.

Implementing container security best practices using Wazuh
2024-04-09 14:01

This article will explore how Wazuh helps implement best security practices for containerized environments. Wazuh ensures regulatory compliance by swiftly addressing security events in container hosts and enforcing security controls against evolving threats.

10-Year-Old 'RUBYCARP' Romanian Hacker Group Surfaces with Botnet
2024-04-09 14:01

A threat group of suspected Romanian origin called RUBYCARP has been observed maintaining a long-running botnet for carrying out crypto mining, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and phishing...

US Cyber Safety Review Board on the 2023 Microsoft Exchange Hack
2024-04-09 13:56

US Cyber Safety Review Board released a report on the summer 2023 hack of Microsoft Exchange by China. The Board finds that this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred.

Hackers Targeting Human Rights Activists in Morocco and Western Sahara
2024-04-09 13:45

Human rights activists in Morocco and the Western Sahara region are the targets of a new threat actor that leverages phishing attacks to trick victims into installing bogus Android apps and serve...

Researchers Discover LG Smart TV Vulnerabilities Allowing Root Access
2024-04-09 13:05

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in LG webOS running on its smart televisions that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices.The findings come from Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered and reported the flaws in November 2023. The issues were fixed by LG as part of updates released on March 22, 2024.

New SharePoint flaws help hackers evade detection when stealing files
2024-04-09 13:00

Researchers have discovered two techniques that could enable attackers to bypass audit logs or generate less severe entries when downloading files from SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform that integrates with Microsoft Office and 365, primarily as a document management and data storage system.

Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks
2024-04-09 13:00

Security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered four vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of WebOS, the operating system used in LG smart TVs. The flaws enable varying degrees of unauthorized access and control over affected models, including authorization bypasses, privilege escalation, and command injection. The potential attacks hinge on the ability to create arbitrary accounts on the device using a service that runs on ports 3000/3001, which is available for smartphone connectivity, using a PIN. Bitdefender explains that although the vulnerable LG WebOS service is supposed to be used only in local area networks settings, Shodan internet scans show 91,000 exposed devices that are potentially vulnerable to the flaws.

UK businesses shockingly unaware of how to handle security threats
2024-04-09 12:41

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