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July 9, 2024
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GuardZoo Malware Targets Over 450 Middle Eastern Military Personnel

Military personnel from Middle East countries are the target of an ongoing surveillanceware operation that delivers an Android data-gathering tool called GuardZoo. The campaign, believed to have commenced as early as October 2019, has been attributed to a Houthi-aligned threat actor based on the application lures, command-and-control (C2) server...

July 9, 2024
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HUMINT: Diving Deep into the Dark Web

Clear Web vs. Deep Web vs. Dark Web Threat intelligence professionals divide the internet into three main components: Clear Web – Web assets that can be viewed through public search engines, including media, blogs, and other pages and sites. Deep Web – Websites and forums that are unindexed by...

July 9, 2024
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Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of China-linked APT40’s Rapid Exploit Adaptation

Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. have released a joint advisory about a China-linked cyber espionage group called APT40, warning about its ability to co-opt exploits for newly disclosed security flaws within hours or days of public release. “APT...

July 9, 2024
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Trojanized jQuery Packages Found on npm, GitHub, and jsDelivr Code Repositories

Unknown threat actors have been found propagating trojanized versions of jQuery on npm, GitHub, and jsDelivr in what appears to be an instance of a “complex and persistent” supply chain attack. “This attack stands out due to the high variability across packages,” Phylum said in an analysis published last...

July 8, 2024
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New APT Group “CloudSorcerer” Targets Russian Government Entities

A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed CloudSorcerer has been observed targeting Russian government entities by leveraging cloud services for command-and-control (C2) and data exfiltration. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which discovered the activity in May 2024, the tradecraft adopted by the threat actor bears similarities with that of...

July 8, 2024
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New Ransomware-as-a-Service ‘Eldorado’ Targets Windows and Linux Systems

An emerging ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called Eldorado comes with locker variants to encrypt files on Windows and Linux systems. Eldorado first appeared on March 16, 2024, when an advertisement for the affiliate program was posted on the ransomware forum RAMP, Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said. The cybersecurity firm, which infiltrated the...

July 8, 2024
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Dark Web Malware Logs Expose 3,300 Users Linked to Child Abuse Sites

An analysis of information-stealing malware logs published on the dark web has led to the discovery of thousands of consumers of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), indicating how such information could be used to combat serious crimes. “Approximately 3,300 unique users were found with accounts on known CSAM sources,”...

July 8, 2024
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5 Key Questions CISOs Must Ask Themselves About Their Cybersecurity Strategy

Events like the recent massive CDK ransomware attack – which shuttered car dealerships across the U.S. in late June 2024 – barely raise public eyebrows anymore. Yet businesses, and the people that lead them, are justifiably jittery. Every CISO knows that cybersecurity is an increasingly hot topic for executives...

July 8, 2024
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Experts Warn of Mekotio Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Countries

Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio (aka Melcoz). That’s according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a surge in cyber attacks distributing the Windows malware. Mekotio, known to be actively put to use since 2015, is known...

July 8, 2024
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Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Popular Gogs Open-Source Git Service

Four unpatched security flaws, including three critical ones, have been disclosed in the Gogs open-source, self-hosted Git service that could enable an authenticated attacker to breach susceptible instances, steal or wipe source code, and even plant backdoors. The vulnerabilities, according to SonarSource researchers Thomas Chauchefoin and Paul Gerste, are...