Cybersecurity News
Sophos patches critical remote code execution vulnerability in Firewall
Sophos Firewall is a network protection solution for the enterprise market.Under the hood of Wslink’s multilayered virtual machine
ESET researchers describe the structure of the virtual machine used in samples of Wslink and suggest a possible approach to see through its obfuscation techniques
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DOJ Indicts Russian Gov’t Employees Over Targeting Power Sector
The supply-chain attack on the U.S. energy sector targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of organizations, including at least one nuclear power plant.
Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison
An Estonian man was sentenced today to more than five years in a U.S. prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. Prosecutors say the accused also enjoyed a lengthy career of "cashing out" access to hacked bank accounts worldwide.Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET discovers Mustang Panda's Hodur trojan – Crypto malware targeting Android and iOS users alike – Nation-state digital deterrent
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UK police arrest seven individuals suspected of being hacking group members
The youngest suspect is 16 years old.Google Chrome Zero-Day Bugs Exploited Weeks Ahead of Patch
Two separate campaigns from different threat actors targeted users with the same exploit kit for more than a month before the company fixed an RCE flaw found in February.
Frosties NFT operators arrested over $1.1 million 'rug pull' scam
Investors hand over their cryptocurrency. Project developers vanish.Avast acquires SecureKey Technologies in authentication, identity management push
The Canadian company specializes in digital identity services.UK Cops Collar 7 Suspected Lapsus$ Gang Members
London Police can't say if they nabbed the 17-year-old suspected mastermind & multimillionaire – but researchers say they’ve been tracking an Oxford teen since mid-2021.
Microsoft Azure Developers Awash in PII-Stealing npm Packages
A large-scale, automated typosquatting attack saw 200+ malicious packages flood the npm code repository, targeting popular Azure scopes.
Just-Released Dark Souls Game, Elden Ring, Includes Killer Bug
A patch fixes exploit hidden in Elden Ring that traps PC players in a ‘death loop.’
PCI DSS v4.0: A Preview of the Standard and Transition Training
Alicia Malone: Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, senior manager of public relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. Today we'll be talking about the much-anticipated release of version 4.0 of our PCI Data Security Standard, or DSS. In addition to the timeline and some key highlights, we'll be discussing what you need to know to prepare for PCI DSS version 4.0 transition training. My guests for this episode are Kandyce Young, standards development manager at PCI SSC, and Tom White, training content manager at PCI SSC. Welcome to both of you!
HubSpot Data Breach Ripples Through Crytocurrency Industry
~30 crypto companies were affected, including BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin and NYDIG, providing an uncomfortable reminder about how much data CRM systems snarf up.
Is a nation‑state digital deterrent scenario so far‑fetched?
Why has the conflict in Ukraine not caused the much anticipated global cyber-meltdown?
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Chinese APT Combines Fresh Hodur RAT with Complex Anti-Detection
Mustang Panda's already sophisticated cyberespionage campaign has matured even further with the introduction of a brand-new PlugX RAT variant.
Microsoft Help Files Disguise Vidar Malware
Attackers are hiding interesting malware in a boring place, hoping victims won’t bother to look.
Top 3 Attack Trends in API Security – Podcast
Bots & automated attacks have exploded, with attackers and developers alike in love with APIs, according to a new Cequence Security report. Hacker-in-residence Jason Kent explains the latest.
Tax-Season Scammers Spoof Fintechs, Including Stash, Public
Threat actors are impersonating such wildly popular personal-finance apps (which are used more than social media or streaming services) to try to fool people into giving up their credentials.
