OpenWrt Sysupgrade flaw let hackers push malicious firmware images
A flaw in OpenWrt's Attended Sysupgrade feature used to build custom, on-demand firmware images could have allowed for the distribution of malicious firmware packages. [...]
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Radiant links $50 million crypto heist to North Korean hackers
Radiant Capital now says that North Korean threat actors are behind the $50 million cryptocurrency heist that occurred after hackers breached its systems in an October 16 cyberattack. [...]
Cybercrime gang arrested after turning Airbnbs into fraud centers
Eight members of an international cybercrime network that stole millions of Euros from victims and set up Airbnb fraud centers were arrested in Belgium and the Netherlands. [...]
Romanian energy supplier Electrica hit by ransomware attack
Electrica Group, a key player in the Romanian electricity distribution and supply market, is investigating a ransomware attack that was still "in progress" earlier today. [...]
QR codes bypass browser isolation for malicious C2 communication
Mandiant has identified a novel method to bypass contemporary browser isolation technology and achieve command-and-control C2 operations. [...]
Anna Jaques Hospital ransomware breach exposed data of 300K patients
Anna Jaques Hospital has confirmed on its website that a ransomware attack it suffered almost precisely a year ago, on December 25, 2023, has exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. [...]
AWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launch
AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that provides a convenient way to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds (VPCs). In this blog post, we discuss Geographic IP Filtering, a new feature of Network Firewall that you can use to filter traffic based on geographic location …
Ultralytics AI model hijacked to infect thousands with cryptominer
The popular Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model was compromised in a supply chain attack to deploy cryptominers on devices running versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 from the Python Package Index (PyPI) [...]
Blue Yonder SaaS giant breached by Termite ransomware gang
The Termite ransomware gang has officially claimed responsibility for the November breach of software as a service (SaaS) provider Blue Yonder. [...]
New Windows zero-day exposes NTLM credentials, gets unofficial patch
A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered that allows attackers to capture NTLM credentials by simply tricking the target into viewing a malicious file in Windows Explorer. [...]
Crypto-stealing malware posing as a meeting app targets Web3 pros
Cybercriminals are targeting people working in Web3 with fake business meetings using a fraudulent video conferencing platform that infects Windows and Macs with crypto-stealing malware. [...]
Nebraska man pleads guilty to $3.5 million cryptojacking scheme
A Nebraska man pleaded guilty on Thursday to operating a large-scale cryptojacking operation after being arrested and charged in April. [...]
Nebraska Man pleads guilty to dumb cryptojacking operation
A Nebraska man pleaded guilty on Thursday to operating a large-scale cryptojacking operation after being arrested and charged in April. [...]
Romania's election systems targeted in over 85,000 cyberattacks
A declassified report from Romania's Intelligence Service says that the country's election infrastructure was targeted by more than 85,000 cyberattacks. [...]
U.S. org suffered four month intrusion by Chinese hackers
A large U.S. organization with significant presence in China has been reportedly breached by China-based threat actors who persisted on its networks from April to August 2024. [...]
US arrests Scattered Spider suspect linked to telecom hacks
U.S. authorities have arrested a 19-year-old teenager linked to the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang who is now charged with breaching a U.S. financial institution and two unnamed telecommunications firms. [...]
Police shuts down Manson cybercrime market, arrests key suspects
German law enforcement has seized over 50 servers that hosted the Manson Market cybercrime marketplace and fake online shops used in phishing operations. [...]
New Android spyware found on phone seized by Russian FSB
After a Russian programmer was detained by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) for fifteen days and his phone confiscated, it was discovered that a new spyware was secretly installed on his device upon its return. [...]
$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections
In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people. At the same time, though, it has been difficult to …
Latrodectus malware and how to defend against it with Wazuh
Latrodectus is a versatile malware family that infiltrate systems, steal sensitive data, and evades detection. Learn more from Wazuh about Latrodectus malware and how to defend against it using the open-source XDR. [...]
Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets
Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers of smart contract apps that work with the cryptocurrency known as Solana. The supply-chain attack targeted solana-web3.js, a collection of JavaScript code used by developers of decentralized apps for interacting …
Mitel MiCollab zero-day flaw gets proof-of-concept exploit
Researchers have uncovered an arbitrary file read zero-day in the Mitel MiCollab collaboration platform, allowing attackers to access files on a server's filesystem. [...]
White House: Salt Typhoon hacked telcos in dozens of countries
Chinese state hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, President Biden's deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said today. [...]
FBI shares tips on how to tackle AI-powered fraud schemes
The FBI warns that scammers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to improve the quality and effectiveness of their online fraud schemes, ranging from romance and investment scams to job hiring schemes. [...]
UK disrupts Russian money laundering networks used by ransomware
A law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has disrupted two Russian money laundering networks working with criminals worldwide, including ransomware gangs. [...]
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