Aug 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered design weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that could enable threat actors to gain initial access to target environments without raising any warnings. Smart App Control (SAC) is a cloud-powered security feature introduced by Microsoft in … [Read more...] about Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen
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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws
Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for "flagrantly violating" children's privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts and to view and share … [Read more...] about DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws
Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool
Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananDDoS Attack / Server Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaign targeting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks. The activity, codenamed Panamorfi by cloud security firm Aqua, utilizes a Java-based tool called mineping to launch a TCP flood DDoS attack. Mineping is a DDoS … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool
APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack
Aug 02, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The unnamed organization was targeted as early as mid-July 2023 to deliver a variety of backdoors and … [Read more...] about APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack
Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of ‘Sitting Ducks’ Domain Hijacking Technique
Aug 01, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack. The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system (DNS), is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily hijack domains, … [Read more...] about Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of ‘Sitting Ducks’ Domain Hijacking Technique
DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight
Jul 31, 2024Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Compliance Certificate authority (CA) DigiCert has warned that it will be revoking a subset of SSL/TLS certificates within 24 hours due to an oversight with how it verified if a digital certificate is issued to the rightful owner of a domain. The company said it will be taking the step of revoking certificates that do not have proper … [Read more...] about DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight
New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years
Jul 30, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Spyware A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from the Google Play Store and remained undetected for two years. The applications attracted a total of more than 32,000 installations before being pulled from the app storefront, … [Read more...] about New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years
Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild
Jul 29, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from the use of default … [Read more...] about Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild
French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems
Jul 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Intelligence French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called "disinfection operation" to rid compromised hosts of a known malware called PlugX. The Paris Prosecutor's Office, Parquet de Paris, said the initiative was launched on July 18 and that it's expected to continue for "several months." It further … [Read more...] about French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems
Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials
Jul 27, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users' Google Cloud credentials from a narrow pool of victims. The package, named "lr-utils-lib," attracted a total of 59 downloads before it was taken down. It … [Read more...] about Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials