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Google's Threat Analysis Group and Google subsidiary Mandiant said they've observed a significant increase in the number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks in 2023, many of them linked to spyware vendors and their clients. Among these, the FIN11 threat group exploited three separate zero-day vulnerabilities, while at least four ransomware groups exploited another four zero-days.

In today's digital-first business environment dominated by SaaS applications, organizations increasingly depend on third-party vendors for essential cloud services and software solutions. As more...

You might have heard about the practice of pen test vendor rotation, or even tried it yourself. This is where organizations change their pen test providers annually to avoid complacency and maintain an objective perspective on their security posture.

American Express is warning customers that credit cards were exposed in a third-party data breach after one of its service providers was hacked. In a data breach notification filed with the state of Massachusetts, American Express said that the breach occurred at one of its service providers used by their travel services division, American Express Travel Related Services Company.

A cache of stolen document posted to GitHub appears to reveal how a Chinese infosec vendor named I-Soon offers rent-a-hacker services for Beijing. Analysis of the docs by infosec vendor SentinelOne characterizes I-Soon as "a company who competes for low-value hacking contracts from many government agencies."

Bank of America is warning customers of a data breach exposing their personal information after one of its service providers was hacked last year.While Bank of America has yet to disclose how many customers were impacted by the data breach, Infosys McCamish Systems, the vendor that had its systems compromised, revealed in a recent filing with the Attorney General of Maine that 57,028 had their data exposed in the incident.

The FBI dismantled the Warzone RAT malware operation, seizing infrastructure and arresting two individuals associated with the cybercrime operation. Warzone RAT is commodity malware created in 2018 that offers numerous features to aid cybercrime, including UAC bypass, hidden remote desktop, cookie and password stealing, keylogging, webcam recording, file operations, reverse proxy, remote shell, and process management.

Commercial spyware vendors were behind 80% of the zero-day vulnerabilities Google's Threat Analysis Group discovered in 2023 and used to spy on devices worldwide. Google's TAG has been following the activities of 40 commercial spyware vendors to detect exploitation attempts, protect users of its products, and help safeguard the broader community by reporting key findings to the appropriate parties.

CISA has urged manufacturers of small office/home office routers to ensure their devices' security against ongoing attacks attempting to hijack them, especially those coordinated by Chinese state-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon. Threat actors are compromising many such devices, taking advantage of the sheer numbers of SOHO routers used by Americans and using them as launchpads in attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure organizations.

2024 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for data breaches, according to Experian.With increased data collection, storage, and movement, there are plenty of partners down the supply chain that could be targeted.