A now-patched critical vulnerability in OpenSea, the world's largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, could've been abused by malicious actors to drain cryptocurrency funds from a victim by sending a specially-crafted token, opening a new attack vector for exploitation. The findings come from cybersecurity firm Check Point Research, which began an investigation into the … [Read more...] about Critical Flaw in OpenSea Could Have Let Hackers Steal Cryptocurrency From Wallets
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Iranian Hackers Abuse Dropbox in Cyberattacks Against Aerospace and Telecom Firms
Details have emerged about a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the aerospace and telecommunications industries, primarily in the Middle East, with the goal of stealing sensitive information about critical assets, organizations' infrastructure, and technology while remaining in the dark and successfully evading security solutions. Boston-based cybersecurity company … [Read more...] about Iranian Hackers Abuse Dropbox in Cyberattacks Against Aerospace and Telecom Firms
Chinese Hackers Used a New Rootkit to Spy on Targeted Windows 10 Users
A formerly unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to a long-standing evasive operation aimed at South East Asian targets as far back as July 2020 to deploy a kernel-mode rootkit on compromised Windows systems. Attacks mounted by the hacking group, dubbed GhostEmperor by Kaspersky, are also said to have used a "sophisticated multi-stage malware framework" that … [Read more...] about Chinese Hackers Used a New Rootkit to Spy on Targeted Windows 10 Users
New Azure AD Bug Lets Hackers Brute-Force Passwords Without Getting Caught
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed an unpatched security vulnerability in the protocol used by Microsoft Azure Active Directory that potential adversaries could abuse to stage undetected brute-force attacks. "This flaw allows threat actors to perform single-factor brute-force attacks against Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) without generating sign-in events in the … [Read more...] about New Azure AD Bug Lets Hackers Brute-Force Passwords Without Getting Caught
Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Were Behind SolarWinds Serv-U SSH 0-Day Attack
Microsoft has shared technical details about a now-fixed, actively exploited critical security vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Serv-U managed file transfer service that it has attributed with "high confidence" to a threat actor operating out of China. In mid-July, the Texas-based company remedied a remote code execution flaw (CVE-2021-35211) that was rooted in Serv-U's … [Read more...] about Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Were Behind SolarWinds Serv-U SSH 0-Day Attack
Hackers Spotted Using Morse Code in Phishing Attacks to Evade Detection
Microsoft has disclosed details of an evasive year-long social engineering campaign wherein the operators kept changing their obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 days on average, including relying on Morse code, in an attempt to cover their tracks and surreptitiously harvest user credentials. The phishing attacks take the form of invoice-themed lures mimicking … [Read more...] about Hackers Spotted Using Morse Code in Phishing Attacks to Evade Detection
Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Hackers have siphoned $611 million worth of cryptocurrencies from a blockchain-based financial network in what's believed to be one of the largest heists targeting the digital asset industry, putting it ahead of breaches targeting exchanges Coincheck and Mt. Gox in recent years. Poly Network, a China-based cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for swapping tokens … [Read more...] about Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Experts Believe Chinese Hackers Are Behind Several Attacks Targeting Israel
A Chinese cyber espionage group has been linked to a string of intrusion activities targeting Israeli government institutions, IT providers, and telecommunications companies at least since 2019. FireEye's Mandiant threat intelligence arm attributed the campaign to an operator it tracks as "UNC215", a Chinese espionage operation that's believed to have singled out organizations … [Read more...] about Experts Believe Chinese Hackers Are Behind Several Attacks Targeting Israel
Hackers Exploit Microsoft Browser Bug to Deploy VBA Malware on Targeted PCs
An unidentified threat actor has been exploiting a now-patched zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer browser to deliver a fully-featured VBA-based remote access trojan (RAT) capable of accessing files stored in compromised Windows systems, and downloading and executing malicious payloads as part of an "unusual" campaign. The backdoor is distributed via a decoy document named … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Microsoft Browser Bug to Deploy VBA Malware on Targeted PCs
Dutch Police Arrest Two Hackers Tied to “Fraud Family” Cybercrime Ring
Law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands have arrested two alleged individuals belonging to a Dutch cybercriminal collective who were involved in developing, selling, and renting sophisticated phishing frameworks to other threat actors in what's known as a "Fraud-as-a-Service" operation. The apprehended suspects, a 24-year-old software engineer and a 15-year-old boy, are … [Read more...] about Dutch Police Arrest Two Hackers Tied to “Fraud Family” Cybercrime Ring