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Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Pleads Guilty for Creating TrickBot Malware

2 Prosinec, 2023 - 08:52
A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S. a month later. "Dunaev developed browser modifications and malicious tools that aided in credential harvesting and data
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Pleads Guilty for Creating TrickBot Malware

2 Prosinec, 2023 - 08:52
A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S. a month later. "Dunaev developed browser modifications and malicious tools that aided in credential harvesting and data Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comCybercrime / Malware37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

New FjordPhantom Android Malware Targets Banking Apps in Southeast Asia

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 13:40
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new sophisticated Android malware called FjordPhantom that has been observed targeting users in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam since early September 2023. "Spreading primarily through messaging services, it combines app-based malware with social engineering to defraud banking customers," Oslo-based mobile app
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

New FjordPhantom Android Malware Targets Banking Apps in Southeast Asia

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 13:40
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new sophisticated Android malware called FjordPhantom that has been observed targeting users in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam since early September 2023. "Spreading primarily through messaging services, it combines app-based malware with social engineering to defraud banking customers," Oslo-based mobile app Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comMobile Security / Banking Security37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:50
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI recently collaborated in a multinational operation to dismantle the notorious Qakbot malware and botnet. While the operation was successful in disrupting this long-running threat, concerns have arisen as it appears that Qakbot may still pose a danger in a reduced form. This article discusses the aftermath of the takedown, provides mitigation
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Qakbot Takedown Aftermath: Mitigations and Protecting Against Future Threats

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:50
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI recently collaborated in a multinational operation to dismantle the notorious Qakbot malware and botnet. While the operation was successful in disrupting this long-running threat, concerns have arisen as it appears that Qakbot may still pose a danger in a reduced form. This article discusses the aftermath of the takedown, provides mitigation The Hacker Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16801458706306167627noreply@blogger.comMalware / Cyber Threat37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Chinese Hackers Using SugarGh0st RAT to Target South Korea and Uzbekistan

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:49
A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a malicious campaign that targets the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users with a remote access trojan called SugarGh0st RAT. The activity, which commenced no later than August 2023, leverages two different infection sequences to deliver the malware, which is a customized variant of Gh0st RAT&nbsp
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Chinese Hackers Using SugarGh0st RAT to Target South Korea and Uzbekistan

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:49
A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a malicious campaign that targets the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users with a remote access trojan called SugarGh0st RAT. The activity, which commenced no later than August 2023, leverages two different infection sequences to deliver the malware, which is a customized variant of Gh0st RAT&nbspNewsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comMalware / Cyber Espionage37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Discover How Gcore Thwarted Powerful 1.1Tbps and 1.6Tbps DDoS Attacks

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:26
The most recent Gcore Radar report and its aftermath have highlighted a dramatic increase in DDoS attacks across multiple industries. At the beginning of 2023, the average strength of attacks reached 800 Gbps, but now, even a peak as high as 1.5+ Tbps is unsurprising. To try and break through Gcore’s defenses, perpetrators made two attempts with two different strategies.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Discover How Gcore Thwarted Powerful 1.1Tbps and 1.6Tbps DDoS Attacks

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:26
The most recent Gcore Radar report and its aftermath have highlighted a dramatic increase in DDoS attacks across multiple industries. At the beginning of 2023, the average strength of attacks reached 800 Gbps, but now, even a peak as high as 1.5+ Tbps is unsurprising. To try and break through Gcore’s defenses, perpetrators made two attempts with two different strategies.The Hacker Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16801458706306167627noreply@blogger.comNetwork Security / Cyber Attack37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

WhatsApp's New Secret Code Feature Lets Users Protect Private Chats with Password

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:04
Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched a new Secret Code feature to help users protect sensitive conversations with a custom password on the messaging platform. The feature has been described as an "additional way to protect those chats and make them harder to find if someone has access to your phone or you share a phone with someone else." Secret Code builds on another feature
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

WhatsApp's New Secret Code Feature Lets Users Protect Private Chats with Password

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 11:04
Meta-owned WhatsApp has launched a new Secret Code feature to help users protect sensitive conversations with a custom password on the messaging platform. The feature has been described as an "additional way to protect those chats and make them harder to find if someone has access to your phone or you share a phone with someone else." Secret Code builds on another feature Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comPrivacy / Data Protection37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean Kimsuky Hackers and 8 Foreign-Based Agents

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 08:43
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned the North Korea-linked adversarial collective known as Kimsuky as well as eight foreign-based agents who are alleged to have facilitated sanctions evasion. The agents, the Treasury said, helped in "revenue generation and missile-related technology procurement that support the DPRK's
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean Kimsuky Hackers and 8 Foreign-Based Agents

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 08:43
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned the North Korea-linked adversarial collective known as Kimsuky as well as eight foreign-based agents who are alleged to have facilitated sanctions evasion. The agents, the Treasury said, helped in "revenue generation and missile-related technology procurement that support the DPRK's Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comCyber Espionage / Cryptocurrency37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Zyxel Releases Patches to Fix 15 Flaws in NAS, Firewall, and AP Devices

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 07:22
Zyxel has released patches to address 15 security issues impacting network-attached storage (NAS), firewall, and access point (AP) devices, including three critical flaws that could lead to authentication bypass and command injection. The three vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2023-35138 (CVSS score: 9.8) - A command injection vulnerability that could allow an
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Zyxel Releases Patches to Fix 15 Flaws in NAS, Firewall, and AP Devices

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 07:22
Zyxel has released patches to address 15 security issues impacting network-attached storage (NAS), firewall, and access point (AP) devices, including three critical flaws that could lead to authentication bypass and command injection. The three vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2023-35138 (CVSS score: 9.8) - A command injection vulnerability that could allow an Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comFirewall / Network Security37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Zero-Day Alert: Apple Rolls Out iOS, macOS, and Safari Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Flaws

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 05:25
Apple has released software updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild on older versions of its software. The vulnerabilities, both of which reside in the WebKit web browser engine, are described below - CVE-2023-42916 - An out-of-bounds read issue that could be exploited to Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comSpyware / Threat Analysis37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Zero-Day Alert: Apple Rolls Out iOS, macOS, and Safari Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Flaws

1 Prosinec, 2023 - 05:25
Apple has released software updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild on older versions of its software. The vulnerabilities, both of which reside in the WebKit web browser engine, are described below - CVE-2023-42916 - An out-of-bounds read issue that could be exploited to
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Google Unveils RETVec - Gmail's New Defense Against Spam and Malicious Emails

30 Listopad, 2023 - 14:08
Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious emails in Gmail. "RETVec is trained to be resilient against character-level manipulations including insertion, deletion, typos, homoglyphs, LEET substitution, and more," according to the&
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Google Unveils RETVec - Gmail's New Defense Against Spam and Malicious Emails

30 Listopad, 2023 - 14:08
Google has revealed a new multilingual text vectorizer called RETVec (short for Resilient and Efficient Text Vectorizer) to help detect potentially harmful content such as spam and malicious emails in Gmail. "RETVec is trained to be resilient against character-level manipulations including insertion, deletion, typos, homoglyphs, LEET substitution, and more," according to the&Newsroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767675513435997467noreply@blogger.comMachine Learning / Email Security37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641
Kategorie: Hacking & Security