At least five civil society victims of QuaDream’s spyware and exploits were identified in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Victims include journalists, political opposition figures, and an NGO worker. Traces of a suspected iOS 14 zero-click exploit used to deploy QuaDream’s spyware.

Researchers found malware developed by QuaDream, a little-known government spyware maker, which was used against journalists and politicians.

A synopsis of the massive ongoing WordPress malware campaign: Balada Injector, including common techniques, functionalities, and vulnerability exploits used in attacks.

WPA stands for will-provide-access, if you can successfully exploit a target's setup

Microsoft detected a unique operation where threat actors carried out destructive actions in both on-premises and cloud environments.

CRIL analyses the anatomy of a new ransomware group named Money Message, which can encrypt network shares and target both Windows and Linux.

Several water monitors – which monitor irrigation systems and wastewater treatment systems – were left dysfunctional on Sunday after a cyber attack targeted the monitoring systems. Specifically, water controllers for irrigating fields in the Jordan Valley were damaged, as were control systems for the Galil Sewage Corporation.

The document, part of a cache of leaks recently circulated on the internet, suggests the hackers had the ability to cause an explosion and sought instruction from the FSB.

In recent days, the US Justice Department and Pentagon have begun investigating an apparent online leak of sensitive documents, including some that were marked “Top Secret”. A portion of the documents, which have since been widely covered by the news media, focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while others detailed analysis of potential UK policies on the South China Sea and the activities of a Houthi figure in Yemen. The existence of the documents was first reported by the New York Times after a number of Russian Telegram channels shared five photographed files relating to the invasion of Ukraine on April 5 – at least one of which has since been found by Bellingcat to be crudely edited.

UPDATE: A new statement(Opens in a new window) from MSI says users should avoid downloading firmware and BIOS updates from third-party sources, and instead only obtain such software from the company's official website. The statement suggests MSI is worried hackers could circulate malicious versions of the company's BIOS software when the ransomware gang, Money Message, claims it stole the PC maker's source code.

La loi de programmation militaire prévoit que l'autorité n'aura pas besoin d'une décision de justice. Un contrôle sera réalisé a posteriori par l'Arcep.

Samsung fab personnel reportedly used ChatGPT to optimize operations and create presentations, leaking confidential data to the third-party AI.

CRIL analyzes Cylance, a new Ransomware variant that uses command-line options to target both Windows and Linux users.

A ransomware affiliate is targeting publicly exposed Veritas installations to gain access to organizations.

Between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras.

Apple has released emergency security updates to address two new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks to compromise iPhones, Macs, and iPads.

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), cybersecurity software company Fortra™ and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) are taking technical and legal action to disrupt cracked, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike and abused Microsoft software, which have been used by cybercriminals to distribute malware, including ransomware. This is a change in the way DCU has...

Resecurity has recently identified the STYX Innovation Marketplace, a new cybercriminal e-commerce platform focused on financial fraud.

We detected Mac malware MacStealer spreading via websites, social media, and messaging platforms Twitter, Discord, and Telegram. Cybercriminals lure victims to download it by plagiarizing legitimate play-to-earn (P2E) apps’ images and offering jobs as beta testers.

A quick summary first before the details: This week, the FBI in cooperation with international law enforcement partners took down a notorious marketplace trading in stolen identity data in an effort they've named "Operation Cookie Monster". They've provided millions of impacted email addresses and passwords to Have I Been Pwned

Cyber attacks are common occurrences that often make headlines, but the leakage of personal information, particularly credit card data, can have severe consequences for individuals. It is essential to understand the techniques employed by cyber criminals to steal this sensitive information. Credit card fraud in the United States has been on the rise, with total losses reaching approximately $12.16 billion in 2021, according to Insider Intelligence. Card-Not-Present (CNP) fraud constituted 72% of these losses, with a substantial portion attributed to Chinese fraudsters.

We’ve seen spam campaigns in the open-source ecosystems in the past year, but this month was by far the worst one we’ve seen yet. Apparently, attackers found the unvetted open-source ecosystems as an…

The vision of the UK’s National Cyber Strategy (NCS) 2022 is that the UK will continue to be a leading, responsible and democratic cyber power, able to protect and promote its interests in and through cyberspace in support of national goals. The NCS 2022 set out how the UK will continue to adapt, innovate, and invest in order to pioneer a cyber future with the whole of the UK.

The NCF outlines how it conducts responsible cyber operations to counter state threats, support military operations, and disrupt terrorists and serious crime

SentinelLabs uncover a previously unknown set of espionage campaigns conducted by Winter Vivern advanced persistent threat (APT) group.

* Check Point Research (CPR) and Check Point Incident Response Team (CPIRT) encountered a previously unnamed ransomware strain, we dubbed Rorschach, deployed against a US-based company. Rorschach ransomware appears to be unique, sharing no overlaps that could easily attribute it to any known ransomware strain. In addition, it does not bear any kind of branding which is a common practice among ransomware groups. * The ransomware is partly autonomous, carrying out tasks that are usually manually performed during enterprise-wide ransomware deployment, such as creating a domain group policy (GPO). In the past, similar functionality was linked to LockBit 2.0. * The ransomware is highly customizable and contains technically unique features, such as the use of direct syscalls, rarely observed in ransomware. Moreover, due to different implementation methods, Rorschach is one of the fastest ransomware observed, by the speed of encryption. * The ransomware was deployed using DLL side-loading of a Cortex XDR Dump Service Tool, a signed commercial security product, a loading method which is not commonly used to load ransomware. The vulnerability was properly reported to Palo Alto Networks.

FortiGuard Labs highlights how a digitally signed 3CX desktop app was reportedly used in a supply chain attack against 3CX Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) customers. Check back for analysis and coverage updates.

Fast-growing e-commerce app Pinduoduo had an EvilParcel stow-away.

Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs analyzes Cl0p ransomware which is rapidly gaining attention for its success in extorting businesses.

Western Digital announced today that its network has been breached and an unauthorized party gained access to multiple company systems. The California-based computer drive maker and provider of data storage services says in a press release that the network security incident was identified last Sunday, on March 26. An investigation is in early stages and the company is coordinating efforts with law enforcement authorities.