General Security News
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Europol Dismantles Ragnar Locker Ransomware Infrastructure, Nabs Key Developer
Europol on Friday announced the takedown of the infrastructure associated with Ragnar Locker ransomware, alongside the arrest of a "key target" in...
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Okta's Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage stolen credentials...
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Cisco Zero-Day Exploited to Implant Malicious Lua Backdoor on Thousands of Devices
Cisco has warned of a new zero-day flaw in IOS XE that has been actively exploited by an unknown threat actor to deploy a malicious Lua-based...
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Sophisticated MATA Framework Strikes Eastern European Oil and Gas Companies
An updated version of a sophisticated backdoor framework called MATA has been used in attacks aimed at over a dozen Eastern European companies in...
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Vulnerability Scanning: How Often Should I Scan?
The time between a vulnerability being discovered and hackers exploiting it is narrower than ever – just 12 days. So it makes sense that...
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Google Play Protect Introduces Real-Time Code-Level Scanning for Android Malware
Google has announced an update to its Play Protect with support for real-time scanning at the code level to tackle novel malicious apps prior to...
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Hackers Using Secure USB Drives to Attack Government Entities
An ongoing attack on government agencies in the APAC region has been claimed to have compromised a secure USB device with hardware encryption....
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Multiple SonicWall Vulnerabilities Resulted in a Firewall Crash
Multiple vulnerabilities were detected in the SonicOS Management web interface and the SSLVPN portal, resulting in a firewall crash. In a...
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Synology NAS System Flaw Let Attackers Remotely Hijack the Admin Account
Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) powers Synology NAS systems, offering remote file access and management. The DSM OS includes two default...
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Microsoft Warns of North Korean Attacks Exploiting JetBrains TeamCity Flaw
North Korean threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in JetBrains TeamCity to opportunistically breach vulnerable servers,...
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Google TAG Detects State-Backed Threat Actors Exploiting WinRAR Flaw
A number of state-back threat actors from Russia and China have been observed exploiting a recent security flaw in the WinRAR archiver tool for...
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Lazarus Group Targeting Defense Experts with Fake Interviews via Trojanized VNC Apps
The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Hidden Cobra or TEMP.Hermit) has been observed using trojanized versions of Virtual Network Computing...