Cyber researchers discovered on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. The malware was first documented late last month by U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity agencies, describing it as an “exploitation tool for gathering information about an end point and running remote…
OpenText has revealed its highly anticipated “Nastiest Malware of 2024” list, spotlighting the year’s most notorious cyber threats. In its seventh year, OpenText’s cybersecurity experts have identified the most relentless and adaptive malware trends impacting industries worldwide. This year, ransomware aimed at critical infrastructure takes center stage, highlighting an urgent call for reinforced security to…
Indian education sector faces unprecedented surge in cyberattacks – Over 8,000 weekly attacks, double the global average: Check Point This stark contrast underscores the heightened vulnerability of Indian organisations in the face of escalating cyber threats. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has unveiled finding of its latest Threat Intelligence Report for the last 6 months…
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated attack campaign by the Water Sigbin (aka 8220 Gang) threat actor that exploited vulnerabilities in the Oracle WebLogic Server, notably CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839, to deploy the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on compromised systems. The attack begins with the threat actor exploiting the WebLogic vulnerabilities to execute a malicious PowerShell script on the victim…
Hackers Backdoored Courtroom Video Recording Software With System Hijacking Malware Courtroom software hijacked discovered by researchers of Rapid7 A vulnerability (CVE-2024-4978) has been identified in JAVS Viewer v8.3.7, a critical component for managing digital recordings in legal and government environments. The installer for this version is backdoored, allowing attackers to remotely seize control of infected…
Nearly one in four Indians faced hacking attacks in the first quarter (January-March period) this year, as malware continues to be a major cyber threat, a report showed on Friday. In the quarterly data released by global security company Kaspersky, 22.9% of web users in the country were attacked by web-borne threats. About 20.1 percent…
Recently as I was going through my Facebook , I noticed that lot of job advertisement for various position mainly account manager. As I applied they send back queries asking for mobile number and What’s Up messages. Researchers first discovered the stealer in early December. It was being spread via a Facebook job advertisement for…
3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack, said a publication. The published a story stated that an employee of cyber security firm Fortinet said 3 million electric toothbrushes had been infected with Java malware to conduct DDoS…
Zscaler finds malware, which includes malicious web content and malware payloads, continued to dominate over other types of encrypted attacks, with ad spyware sites and cross-site scripting accounting for 78% of all blocked attacks. Research analyzed nearly 30 billion blocked threats from October 2022 to September 2023 by the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, the…
