Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services

Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent email verification needed to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder to third-party services that allow logins through Google's "Sign in with Google" feature.

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Chainguard Raises $140M to Drive AI Support, Global Growth

Chainguard, a supply chain security startup, recently raised $140 million in a Series C funding round led by Redpoint Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and JVP. It aims to expand globally and strengthen its presence in the U.S. public sector.

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National Defense University Cyber Professor Tapped as ONCD Deputy Director

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) announced Wednesday that former Navy SEAL and National Defense University cyberspace professor Harry Wingo has been selected as its deputy director.

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The Most Urgent Security Risks for GenAI Users are all Data-Related

GenAI users face significant security risks related to data, with regulated data making up a large share of sensitive information shared with GenAI applications, posing a threat of costly data breaches.

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Software Maker MCG Health Settles Data Breach Suit for $8.8M

MCG Health has agreed to a settlement of $8.8 million for a data breach lawsuit following a hacking incident in 2020. The lawsuit alleges that it took MCG Health two years to discover and report the data theft affecting around 1.1 million people.

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How Cyber Insurance Coverage is Evolving

While purchasing cyber insurance won't completely prevent data breaches, it does improve the cyber posture as it requires strict underwriting processes. However, only a quarter of companies currently have standalone cyber insurance policies.

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Belarus-linked Hackers Target Ukrainian Organizations with PicassoLoader Malware

GhostWriter, also known as UAC-0057, used PicassoLoader and Cobalt Strike Beacon to infect victims, including local government offices and groups associated with USAID’s Hoverla project.

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Ransomware and BEC Make Up 60% of Cyber Incidents

According to Cisco Talos, ransomware and BEC attacks made up 60% of all incidents in Q2 2024, with technology being the most targeted sector at 24%. Other highly targeted sectors included retail, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and education.

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Malicious Inauthentic CrowdStrike Falcon Crash Reporter Installer Distributed to German Entity

An unidentified threat actor is taking advantage of the recent Falcon Sensor update issues to distribute fake installers via a fraudulent website impersonating a German entity.

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How CISOs Enable ITDR Approach Through the Principle of Least Privilege

Least privilege begins by addressing dormant user accounts and then scrutinizing access privileges, using Context-based access control (CBAC), Attribute-based access control (ABAC), and Role-based access control (RBAC) to determine user access.

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This AI-Powered Cybercrime Service Bundles Phishing Kits with Malicious Android Apps

A Spanish-speaking cybercrime group named GXC Team has been observed bundling phishing kits with malicious Android applications, taking malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings to the next level. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB, which has been tracking the e-crime actor since January 2023, described the crimeware solution as a "sophisticated AI-powered phishing-as-a-service platform"

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SeleniumGreed Cryptomining Campaign Exploiting Publicly Exposed Grid Services

Researchers at Wiz have identified an ongoing campaign targeting exposed Selenium Grid services for illicit cryptocurrency mining. The campaign, known as SeleniumGreed, is exploiting older versions of Selenium to run a modified XMRig miner.

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US Indicts Alleged North Korean State Hacker for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals

The US has indicted a North Korean state hacker for ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare companies. The hacker, Rim Jong Hyok, is a member of the Andariel Unit within North Korea's intelligence agency.

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ISC Releases Security Advisories for BIND 9

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released patches to fix multiple security vulnerabilities in the BIND 9 DNS software suite that could lead to denial-of-service attacks.

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Senator: Top Banks Only Reimburse 38% of Unauthorized Claims

US Senator Richard Blumenthal revealed that Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo only reimbursed 38% of customers for unauthorized payments, resulting in $100 million in fraud losses.

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Thread Name-Calling: Using Thread Name for Offense

Process Injection is a vital technique used by attackers to evade detection and escalate privileges. Thread Name-Calling has emerged as a new injection technique that abuses Windows APIs for thread descriptions to bypass endpoint protection products.

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CrowdStrike Disruption Direct Losses to Reach $5.4B for Fortune 500, Study Finds

A recent study by Parametrix has found that the global IT outage linked to CrowdStrike will result in at least $5.4 billion in direct financial losses for Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft.

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Critical ServiceNow RCE Flaws Actively Exploited to Steal Credentials

ServiceNow RCE vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to steal credentials. Threat actors are using publicly available exploits to target government agencies and private firms for data theft.

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Offensive AI: The Sine Qua Non of Cybersecurity

"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Yet it is often in the furnace of war that the sharpest tools of peace are forged." - Victor Hugo. In 1971, an unsettling message started appearing on several computers that comprised ARPANET, the precursor to what we now know as the Internet. The message, which read "I'm the Creeper: catch me if you can." was the output of a program named

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North Korean Hackers Targeted KnowBe4 with Fake IT Worker

KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training company, was tricked into hiring a fake IT worker from North Korea, highlighting the threat of insider activities. Despite this, no data breach occurred.