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A new variant ofAsyncRATmalware dubbedHotRatis being distributed via free, pirated versions of popular software and utilities such as video games, image and so…
An unnamed Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency in the U.S. detected anomalous email activity in mid-June 2023, leading to Microsoft's discovery of …
A developing piece of ransomware calledBig Headis being distributed as part of a malvertising campaign that takes the form of bogus Microsoft Windows updates a…
Ransomware attacks are a major problem for organizations everywhere, and the severity of this problem continues to intensify.Recently, Microsoft's Incident Res…
Recently, Microsoft’s Defender Experts uncovered a sophisticated multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise…Unmasking th…
An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft E…
The Iranian threat actor known asAgriusis leveraging a new ransomware strain called Moneybird in its attacks targeting Israeli organizations.Agrius, also known…
The notorious cybercrime group known as FIN7 has been observed deployingCl0p(aka Clop) ransomware, marking the threat actor's first ransomware campaign since l…
The notorious cybercrime group known as FIN7 has been observed deployingCl0p(aka Clop) ransomware, marking the threat actor's first ransomware campaign since l…
Poorly managed Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers are the target of a new campaign that's designed to propagate a category of malware calledCLR SqlShellthat ultima…
Threat actors are employing a previously undocumented "defense evasion tool" dubbed AuKill that's designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) sof…
The Iranian nation-state group known asMuddyWaterhas been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware oper…
As many as 55 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild in 2022, with most of the flaws discovered in software from Microsoft, Google, and Apple.Whil…
The ChatGPT-powered Blackmamba malware, which can operate on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems, works as a keylogger, with the ability to send stolen credentia…
The notorious Emotet malware, in itsreturn after a short hiatus, is now being distributed viaMicrosoft OneNote email attachmentsin an attempt to bypass macro-b…
Microsoft's decision to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default for Office files downloaded from the internet has led many threat actors to…
The Vice Society ransomware actors have switched to yet another custom ransomware payload in their recent attacks aimed at a variety of sectors."This ransomwar…
Threat actors affiliated with a ransomware strain known as Play are leveraging a never-before-seen exploit chain that bypasses blocking rules for ProxyNotShell…
With 2022 coming to a close, there is no better time to buckle down and prepare to face the security challenges in the year to come. This past year has seen it…
A malicious campaign targeting the Middle East is likely linked toBackdoorDiplomacy, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to China.The espionage…
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks: CVE-2021-33655
Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks [XSA-403, CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742] (#2104747) ---- update to xen-4.15.3 x86: MMIO St…
An emerging threat cluster originating from North Korea has been linked to developing and using ransomware in cyberattacks targeting small businesses since Sep…
Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks [XSA-403, CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-3374]