Cyber Security
Cyber Threats to Watch Out for in 2024
As cyber threats evolve in 2024, organizations must prepare for deepfakes, extortion, cloud targeting, supply chain compromises, and zero day exploits. Robust security capabilities, employee training, and incident response plans are key.
Read MoreRansomware attack on indie game maker wiped all player accounts
A ransomware attack on the “Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore” MMORPG last Friday destroyed 17,000 player accounts, deleting their in-game items and progress in the game. […]
Read MoreData De-Identification: Balancing Privacy, Efficacy & Cybersecurity
Companies must do a delicate dance between consumer privacy protection, upholding their product’s efficacy, and de-risking cyber breaches to run the business.
Read MoreGeneral Electric investigates claims of cyber attack, data theft
General Electric is investigating claims that a threat actor breached the company’s development environment in a cyberattack and leaked allegedly stolen data. […]
Read MoreUK and South Korea: Hackers use zero-day in supply-chain attack
A joint advisory by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) discloses a supply-chain attack executed by North Korean hackers involving the MagicLineThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) warn that the North Korean Lazarus hacking grou […]
Read MoreKonni Group Using Russian-Language Malicious Word Docs in Latest Attacks
A new phishing attack has been observed leveraging a Russian-language Microsoft Word document to deliver malware capable of harvesting sensitive information from compromised Windows hosts.
The activity has been attributed to a threat actor called Konni, which is assessed to share overlaps with a North Korean cluster tracked as Kimsuky (aka APT43).
“This campaign relies on a remote access trojan
Exploit for Critical Windows Defender Bypass Goes Public
Threat actors were actively exploiting CVE-2023-36025 in Windows SmartScreen as a zero-day vulnerability before Microsoft patched it in November.
Read More73% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Attacks Globally in 2023, According to Statista
I recently wrote about how 1 in 34 organizations globally has experienced an attempted ransomware attack. But that statistic doesn’t provide enough context around the impact felt by the organizations that do business in one form or another with those that are attacked.
Read MoreEmail Security Flaw Found in the Wild
Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced a zero-day against the Zimbra Collaboration email server that has been used against governments around the world.
TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens. Most of this activity occurred after the initial fix became public on Github. To ensure protection against these types of exploits, TAG urges users and organizations to keep software fully up-to-date and apply security updates as soon as they become available.
The vulnerability was discovered in June. It has been patched…
How Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Exploit QRs, CAPTCHAs, and Steganography
Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and steganography. See how they are carried out and learn to detect them.
Quishing
Quishing, a phishing technique resulting from the