The Hacker News

AUGUST 31, 2023

How often do cyberattacks happen? How frequently do threat actors target businesses and governments around the world? The BlackBerry® Threat Research and Intelligence Team recently analyzed 90 days of real-world data to answer these questions. Full results are in the latest BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report, but read on for a teaser of several interesting cyber attack statistics.

Cyber Attacks 111

Cyber Attacks Government 111

Troy Hunt

AUGUST 30, 2023

Last week I was contacted by CERT Poland. They'd observed a phishing campaign that had collected 68k credentials from unsuspecting victims and asked if HIBP may be used to help alert these individuals to their exposure. The campaign began with a typical email requesting more information: In this case, the email contained a fake purchase order attachment which requested login credentials that were then posted back to infrastructure controlled by the attacker: All in all, CERT Poland identifi

Phishing 338

Phishing Passwords Password Management Authentication 338

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot , a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computers.

Hacking 286

Hacking Malware Ransomware Cybercrime 286

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 31, 2023

A used government surveillance van is for sale in Chicago: So how was this van turned into a mobile spying center? Well, let’s start with how it has more LCD monitors than a Counterstrike LAN party. They can be used to monitor any of six different video inputs including a videoscope camera. A videoscope and a borescope are very similar as they’re both cameras on the ends of optical fibers, so the same tech you’d use to inspect cylinder walls is also useful for surveillance.

Surveillance 276

Surveillance Government Mobile Media 276

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

The threat of bad actors hacking into airplane systems mid-flight has become a major concern for airlines and operators worldwide. Related: Pushing the fly-by-wire envelope This is especially true because systems are more interconnected and use more complex commercial software than ever before, meaning a vulnerability in one system could lead to a malicious actor gaining access to more important systems.

Risk 261

Risk Cyber Attacks Software Artificial Intelligence 261

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 30, 2023

After more than 15 years in the wild, the Qakbot botnet, a zombie network of over 700,000 computers worldwide, is hanging on the FBI's trophy wall for now.

201

201

Troy Hunt

AUGUST 29, 2023

Today, the US Justice Department announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. Beyond just taking down the backbone of the operation, the FBI began actively intercepting traffic from the botnet and instructing infected machines the uninstall the malware: To disrupt the botnet, the FBI was able to redirect Qakbot botnet traffic

Malware 329

Malware Passwords Antivirus Password Management 329

Dark Reading

AUGUST 31, 2023

A hacker published a real gem of an infostealer to GitHub that requires zero coding knowledge to use. Then a community sprung up around it, polishing the code to a high shine and creating new, even more robust features.

Malware 136

Malware 136

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 30, 2023

Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad. With more official macOS features added in 2021 that enabled the “Night Shift” dark mode, the NightOwl app was left forlorn and forgotten on many older Macs. Few of those supposed tens of thousands of users likely noticed when the app they ran in the background of their older Macs was bought by another company, nor when earlier this year that c

265

265

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 13, 2023

LAS VEGAS – Just when we appeared to be on the verge of materially shrinking the attack surface, along comes an unpredictable, potentially explosive wild card: generative AI. Related: Can ‘CNAPP’ do it all? Unsurprisingly, generative AI was in the spotlight at Black Hat USA 2023 , which returned to its full pre-Covid grandeur here last week.

Cybersecurity 246

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Engineering Internet 246

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

Risk

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

At the Google Next '23 conference, the company announced a slew of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions for the cloud, featuring Duet AI, Mandiant and Chronicle Security Operations.

Cybersecurity 157

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Software 157

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations. The National Safety Council (NSC) is a non-profit organization in the United States providing workplace and driving safety training.

Passwords 138

Passwords Backups VPN Phishing 138

The Hacker News

AUGUST 30, 2023

New findings show that malicious actors could leverage a sneaky malware detection evasion technique and bypass endpoint security solutions by manipulating the Windows Container Isolation Framework. The findings were presented by Deep Instinct security researcher Daniel Avinoam at the DEF CON security conference held earlier this month.

Malware 132

Malware Architecture 132

Dark Reading

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Kinsing threat group has launched more than 1,000 cyberattacks in less than two months, exploiting a security vulnerability in the internal corporate messaging app in order to upload the malware and a cryptominer.

Malware 127

Malware 127

Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

So, you’ve accomplished an organization-wide SaaS adoption. It started slow, and now just a few team members might be responsible for running Salesforce, Slack, and a few others applications that boost productivity, but it’s all finished. Or is it? Through all the benefits offered by SaaS applications, it’s still a necessity to onboard providers as quickly as possible.

Risk

WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 30, 2023

A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member.

Cybercrime 122

Cybercrime Ransomware Hacking 122

Trend Micro

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this entry, we summarize the security analyses and investigations done on phishing-as-a-service 16shop through the years. We also outline the partnership between Trend Micro and Interpol in taking down the main administrators and servers of this massive phishing campaign.

Phishing 119

Phishing Cyber threats Malware 119

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

Data from ChatGPT Enterprise will not be used to train the popular chatbot. Plus, admins can manage access.

Big data 202

Big data Artificial Intelligence Software 202

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. On March 20, 2023, the fashion retailer Forever 21 has discovered a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems. The company immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of leading cybersecurity firms.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Retail Identity Theft Ransomware 121

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? The days of a “once in a while” attack against businesses and organizations are over. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue. With 495.1 million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists.

Ransomware

The Hacker News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Android apps for Signal and Telegram distributed via the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store that are engineered to deliver the BadBazaar spyware on infected devices. Slovakian company ESET attributed the campaign to a China-linked actor called GREF.

Spyware 124

Spyware Cybersecurity Engineering 124

Dark Reading

AUGUST 30, 2023

"Operation Doppelganger" has convincingly masqueraded as multiple news sites with elaborate fake stories containing real bylines of journalists, blasting them out on social media platforms.

Media 127

Media 127

Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 31, 2023

Forever 21 clothing and accessories retailer is sending data breach notifications to more than half a million individuals who had their personal information exposed to network intruders. [.

Data breaches 123

Data breaches Retail 123

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2023

In a major milestone for global cybersecurity efforts, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has successfully collaborated with international partners to take down the notorious Qakbot botnet. This operation, which spans multiple countries, is being hailed as one of the largest ever enforcement actions led by the United States against a botnet.

Malware 110

Malware Cybercrime Ransomware Cyber threats 110

Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

Marketing

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

A new study from Abnormal found that 4.31% of phishing attacks mimicked Microsoft, far ahead of second most-spoofed brand PayPal.

Phishing 183

Phishing Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Cybersecurity 183

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Japan’s JPCERT warns of a new recently detected ‘MalDoc in PDF’ attack that embeds malicious Word files into PDFs. Japan’s computer emergency response team (JPCERT) has recently observed a new attack technique, called ‘MalDoc in PDF’, that bypasses detection by embedding a malicious Word file into a PDF file. The researchers explained that a file created with MalDoc in PDF has magic numbers and file structure of PDF, but can be opened in Word.

Malware 121

Malware Hacking Information Security 121

The Hacker News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Three additional rogue Python packages have been discovered in the Package Index (PyPI) repository as part of an ongoing malicious software supply chain campaign called VMConnect, with signs pointing to the involvement of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors. The findings come from ReversingLabs, which detected the packages tablediter, request-plus, and requestspro.

Software 123

Software 123

Dark Reading

AUGUST 30, 2023

Thousands of devices have become infected with "BadBazaar," malware previously used to spy on Uyghur and Turkic ethnic minorities in China.

Spyware 137

Spyware Malware 137

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people into working remotely, opening the floodgates for a host of digital compliance issues. Now that companies are slowly allowing employees to return to work at the office, it's time to re-evaluate your company’s posture towards privacy and security. This is especially vital if your workers were (and still are!) using company equipment from home, or are still working remotely.

Data privacy

Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 31, 2023

Researchers took advantage of a weakness in the encryption scheme of Key Group ransomware and developed a decryption tool that lets some victims to recover their files for free. [.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Encryption 115

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 30, 2023

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning about the risks of integrating large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT into other services. One of the major risks is the possibility of prompt injection attacks. The NCSC points out several dangers associated with integrating a technology that is very much in early stages of development into other services and platforms.

Artificial Intelligence 106

Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Cybersecurity Risk 106

Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 30, 2023

With passkeys, you no longer need to use a password to log into supported websites. Here's how to use them with password manager NordPass.

Password Management 170

Password Management Passwords Cybersecurity Software 170

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

A security researcher demonstrated how to discover a target’s IP address by sending a link over the Skype mobile app. The security researcher Yossi discovered that is possible to discover a target’s IP address by sending a link over the Skype mobile app. The researcher pointed out that the attack only requires the target to open the message. The problem only impacts the Skype mobile app.

Mobile 118

Mobile VPN Hacking Cybersecurity 118

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

Banking