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WhatsApp Outage Impacts Over 200,000 Users, ‘Under Control’ Says Company
Instant messaging service WhatsApp was inaccessible for several users for nearly an hour today. The company owned by Meta announced on Twitter that they were working to resolve the connectivity issues with WhatsApp. The WhatsApp outage caught widespread attention on...
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs Uncovers Novel ‘Kanti’ Ransomware Targeting Cryptocurrency Users
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) recently discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed “Kanti” that poses a significant threat to cryptocurrency users. The Kanti ransomware earned its name due to its distinct encryption method, appending the “.kanti”...
Commentary on the Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Atlantic Council released a detailed commentary on the White House’s new “Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy.” Lots of interesting bits. So far, at least three trends emerge: First, the plan contains a (somewhat) more concrete list...
Tech support scammers trick victims into old-school offline money transfer
The FBI warns that tech support scammers are increasingly telling their victims to send actual cash, concealed in newspaper or a magazine, rather than wiring funds. But why? Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Mallox Ransomware Exploits Weak MS-SQL Servers to Breach Networks
Mallox ransomware activities in 2023 have witnessed a 174% increase when compared to the previous year, new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 reveal. "Mallox ransomware, like many other ransomware threat actors, follows the double extortion trend: stealing data...
Critical Flaws in AMI MegaRAC BMC Software Expose Servers to Remote Attacks
Two more security flaws have been disclosed in AMI MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to remotely commandeer vulnerable servers and deploy malware. "These new vulnerabilities range in...
Apache OpenMeetings Web Conferencing Tool Exposed to Critical Vulnerabilities
Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Apache OpenMeetings, a web conferencing solution, that could be potentially exploited by malicious actors to seize control of admin accounts and run malicious code on susceptible servers. "Attackers can bring the...
North Korean State-Sponsored Hackers Suspected in JumpCloud Supply Chain Attack
An analysis of the indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with the JumpCloud hack has uncovered evidence pointing to the involvement of North Korean state-sponsored groups, in a style that's reminiscent of the supply chain attack targeting 3CX. The findings come...
A Few More Reasons Why RDP is Insecure (Surprise!)
If it seems like Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) has been around forever, it's because it has (at least compared to the many technologies that rise and fall within just a few years.) The initial version, known as "Remote Desktop Protocol 4.0," was released in 1996 as...
Turla’s New DeliveryCheck Backdoor Breaches Ukrainian Defense Sector
The defense sector in Ukraine and Eastern Europe has been targeted by a novel .NET-based backdoor called DeliveryCheck (aka CAPIBAR or GAMEDAY) that's capable of delivering next-stage payloads. The Microsoft threat intelligence team, in collaboration with the Computer...
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