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US Indicts Alleged North Korean State Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals
The US has indicted a North Korean state hacker for ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare companies. The hacker, Rim Jong Hyok, is a member of the Andariel Unit within North Korea's intelligence agency.
Offensive AI: The Sine Qua Non of Cybersecurity
"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Yet it is often in the furnace of war that the sharpest tools of peace are forged." - Victor Hugo. In 1971, an unsettling message started appearing on several computers that comprised ARPANET, the precursor to...
Thread Name-Calling: Using Thread Name for Offense
Process Injection is a vital technique used by attackers to evade detection and escalate privileges. Thread Name-Calling has emerged as a new injection technique that abuses Windows APIs for thread descriptions to bypass endpoint protection products.
North Korean Hackers Targeted KnowBe4 with Fake IT Worker
KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training company, was tricked into hiring a fake IT worker from North Korea, highlighting the threat of insider activities. Despite this, no data breach occurred.
U.S. DoJ Indicts North Korean Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against a North Korean military intelligence operative for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks against healthcare facilities in the country and funneling the payments to orchestrate...
Progress Software Fixed Critical Flaw in Telerik Report Server
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6327, allows attackers to execute code on unpatched servers through deserialization of untrusted data. The issue affects Report Server 2024 Q2 (10.1.24.514) and earlier versions.
Email Gateway Security Gaps Enable New Malware Tactics
Email security gaps in gateway defenses have allowed phishing hackers to sneak malware past static scanning functions. Hackers hid malicious attachments by using a decoy file extension in a compressed archive.
CrowdStrike Warns of New Phishing Scam Targeting German Customers
CrowdStrike is alerting about an unfamiliar threat actor attempting to capitalize on the Falcon Sensor update fiasco to distribute dubious installers targeting German customers as part of a highly targeted campaign. The cybersecurity company said it identified what it...
Ongoing Cyberattack Targets Exposed Selenium Grid Services for Crypto Mining
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign that's leveraging internet-exposed Selenium Grid services for illicit cryptocurrency mining. Cloud security Wiz is tracking the activity under the name SeleniumGreed. The campaign, which is...
Critical Flaw in Telerik Report Server Poses Remote Code Execution Risk
Progress Software is urging users to update their Telerik Report Server instances following the discovery of a critical security flaw that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6327 (CVSS score: 9.9), impacts Report Server...
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