Cybersecurity News
macOS malware used run-only AppleScripts to avoid detection for five years
The macOS.OSAMiner has been active since 2015, primarily infecting users in Asia.12 January 2021
Post-Backlash, WhatsApp Spells Out Privacy Policy Updates
WhatsApp aimed to clear the air about its updated privacy policy after reports of mandatory data sharing with Facebook drove users to Signal and Telegram in troves.
12 January 2021
Operation Spalax: Targeted malware attacks in Colombia
ESET researchers uncover attacks targeting Colombian government institutions and private companies, especially from the energy and metallurgical industries
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12 January 2021
Colombian energy, metal firms under fire in new Trojan attack wave
Threat actors have selected three different Trojans to conduct cyberespionage.12 January 2021
Facebook targets “stop the steal” content ahead of Inauguration Day
Facebook is ramping up content moderation efforts with “new urgency.”12 January 2021
Third malware strain discovered in SolarWinds supply chain attack
CrowdStrike, one of the two security firms formally investigating the hack, sheds some light on how hackers compromised the SolarWinds Orion app build process.11 January 2021
Intel's New vPro Processors Aim to Help Defend Against Ransomware
The newest Intel Core vPro mobile platform gives PC hardware a direct role in detecting ransomware attacks.11 January 2021
IoT Vendor Ubiquiti Suffers Data Breach
Cloud provider hosting "certain" IT systems attacked, company says.11 January 2021
Aliens and UFOs: A Final Frontier for Social Engineers
The release of a CIA archive on UFOs is exactly the kind of headline-making event that phishing and scam actors long for.
11 January 2021
Millions of Social Profiles Leaked by Chinese Data-Scrapers
A cloud misconfig by SocialArks exposed 318 million records gleaned from Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
11 January 2021
Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA
Ubiquiti, a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. The company says an incident at a third-party cloud provider may have exposed customer account information and credentials used to remotely manage Ubiquiti gear.11 January 2021
Ubiquiti tells customers to change passwords after security breach
Data for UI.com accounts was accessed in mysterious data breach.11 January 2021
CES 2021: Intel adds ransomware detection capabilities at the silicon level
Intel 11th Gen Intel Core vPro CPUs with support for the Hardware Shield and TDT features will be able to detect ransomware attacks at the hardware level, many layers below antivirus software.11 January 2021
Researcher Builds Parler Archive Amid Amazon Suspension
A researcher scraped and archived public Parler posts before the conservative social networking service was taken down by Amazon, Apple and Google.
11 January 2021
SolarWinds Hack Lessons Learned: Finding the Next Supply Chain Attack
The SolarWinds supply chain compromise won't be the last of its kind. Vendors and enterprises alike must learn and refine their detection efforts to find the next such attack.11 January 2021
US Capitol Attack a Wake-up Call for the Integration of Physical & IT Security
How two traditionally disparate security disciplines can be united.11 January 2021
Microsoft Sysmon adds support for detecting Process Herpaderping attacks
Sysmon 13.00, released today, can detect both Process Hollowing and Process Herpaderping attacks, giving system administrators an edge in detecting and debugging malware attacks.11 January 2021
New Tool Sheds Light on AppleScript-Obfuscated Malware
The AEVT decompiler helped researchers analyze a cryptominer campaign that used AppleScript for obfuscation and will help reverse engineers focused on other Mac OS malware.11 January 2021
SolarWinds Hack Potentially Linked to Turla APT
Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon.
11 January 2021
Free decrypter released for victims of Darkside ransomware
A new tool released today by Romanian security firm Bitdefender allows victims of the Darkside ransomware to recover their files without paying the ransom demand.11 January 2021