Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Researchers Warn of Stuxnet-Style Web-Based PLC Malware

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed web-based malware called IronSpider, targeting modern programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used in industrial control systems.

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A New Way To Manage Your Web Exposure: The Reflectiz Product Explained

An in-depth look into a proactive website security solution that continuously detects, prioritizes, and validates web threats, helping to mitigate security, privacy, and compliance risks.  [Reflectiz shields websites from client-side attacks, supply chain risks, data breaches, privacy violations, and compliance issues] You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See Today’s websites are connected

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DTEX Systems Raises $50M in Series E Funding

The funding round was led by CapitalG, with James Luo joining the DTEX board of directors. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand its U.S. engineering team and grow its global go-to-market operations.

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Fidelity Customers' Financial Information Feared Stolen in Cyberattack

Nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information, including bank account and routing numbers, may have been stolen after criminals breached Infosys' IT systems.

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Apple Emergency Security Updates Fix Two New iOS Zero-Days

The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, are related to kernel and RTKit memory corruptions. The affected devices include iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini models.

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Axonius, a Specialist in Cyber Asset Management, secures $200M at a $2.6B Valuation

Axonius, a leader in enterprise asset management, has secured an additional $200 million in funding to support its business expansion. The investment is an extension of its existing Series E round, maintaining a valuation of $2.6 billion.

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New WogRAT Malware Abuses Online Notepad Service to Store Malicious Code

The 'WogRAT' malware targets both Windows and Linux systems and uses the online notepad platform 'aNotepad' to store and retrieve malicious code, making its infection chain stealthy.

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How to Find and Fix Risky Sharing in Google Drive

Every Google Workspace administrator knows how quickly Google Drive becomes a messy sprawl of loosely shared confidential information. This isn't anyone's fault; it’s inevitable as your productivity suite is purposefully designed to enable real-time collaboration – both internally and externally.  For Security & Risk Management teams, the untenable risk of any Google Drive footprint

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Android and Windows RATs Distributed Via Online Meeting Lures

The attackers used fake Russian-language online meeting sites hosted on a single IP address to distribute malicious APK and BAT files targeting Windows and Android users.

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Urgent VMware Updates Address Critical ESXi Sandbox Escape Bugs

The addressed vulnerabilities include use-after-free flaws in XHCI and UHCI USB controllers, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability, and an information disclosure vulnerability.

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Ubuntu 18.04 Security Updates for Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

Ubuntu has rolled out security updates addressing several Linux kernel vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 18.04, including CVE-2024-0646, CVE-2024-0565, CVE-2023-51782, CVE-2023-51781, CVE-2023-51780, and CVE-2023-7192.

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U.S. Cracks Down on Predatory Spyware Firm for Targeting Officials and Journalists

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts in the country. “The proliferation of commercial spyware poses distinct and growing

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VMware Issues Security Patches for ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Flaws

VMware has released patches to address four security flaws impacting ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, including two critical flaws that could lead to code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253, the vulnerabilities have been described as use-after-free bugs in the XHCI USB controller. They carry a CVSS score of 9.3 for Workstation and Fusion, and 8.4 for ESXi systems. "A

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Alert: GhostSec and Stormous Launch Joint Ransomware Attacks in Over 15 Countries

The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “GhostLocker and

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New APT Group 'Lotus Bane' Behind Recent Attacks on Vietnam's Financial Entities

A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that's believed to have been active since at least 2022. The exact specifics of the infection chain remain unknown as yet, but it involves the

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Urgent: Apple Issues Critical Updates for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws

Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2024-23225 - A memory corruption issue in Kernel that an attacker with arbitrary kernel read and write capability can exploit to bypass kernel memory protections CVE-2024-23296 - A memory

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BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare

There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. "ALPHV") as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change's network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate's disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely. 

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Mr. Green Gaming Suffers Data Breach, Exposing Personal Information of 27,000 Users

The Mr. Green Gaming data breach compromised the sensitive information of approximately 27,000 users, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity measures in the gaming industry.

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Cyberattack Forces Canada’s Financial Intelligence Agency to Take Systems Offline

Canada’s financial intelligence agency FINTRAC has experienced a cybersecurity incident, prompting the agency to take its corporate systems offline as a precautionary measure.

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New CHAVECLOAK Banking Trojan Targets Brazilians via Malicious PDFs

The malware uses DLL sideloading techniques to discreetly execute malicious code, actively monitors victims' interactions with financial portals, and communicates with a C2 server to facilitate data theft and deceptive pop-up windows.