Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Ransomware gang RAGroup activities increased by more than 300%

New data analyzing ransomware group activities has found that activity from the ransomware gang RAGroup has risen by 300% since December. 

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Everyone's an Expert: How to Empower Your Employees for Cybersecurity Success

There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared to confront those very same threats. As a decision-maker for your organization, you know this well. But no matter how many experts or trusted cybersecurity tools your organization has a standing guard,

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ZLoader Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis Trick from Zeus Banking Trojan

The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan that it's based on, indicating that it's being actively developed. "The latest version, 2.4.1.0, introduces a feature to prevent execution on machines that differ from the original infection," Zscaler ThreatLabz researcher Santiago

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Programming Language R Patches Code Execution Security Flaw

The vulnerability, tagged CVE-2024-27322, can be exploited by tricking someone into loading a maliciously crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) file into an R-based project, or by fooling them into integrating a poisoned R package into a code base.

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Patched Deserialization Flaw in Siemens Product Allows RCE

Researchers detailed a deserialization vulnerability in Siemens software used to monitor industrial energy consumption and attributed the flaw to the German conglomerate's decision to use a programming method that has known security risks.

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New Latrodectus Malware Attacks Use Microsoft, Cloudflare Themes

Latrodectus malware is now being distributed in phishing campaigns using Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to appear legitimate while making it harder for email security platforms to detect the emails as malicious.

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Belarus Secret Service Website Still Down After Hackers Claim the Breach

The hackers, known as the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans, announced their operation against the KGB late last week. The agency has not commented on the attack, but on Monday its website says that it is “in the process of development.”

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Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. "This sentence should serve as a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information that there are consequences to betraying that trust," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

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Security’s Top 5 – March 2024

In this edition of Security’s Top 5 from Security magazine, we showcase the top stories and new developments from across the security industry throughout March.

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There was an 81% year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks

An evaluation of nearly 4,900 ransomware attacks reveals information about malicious actors and their new techniques, their evolving operations and their global impact.

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Microsoft Releases New-Open Source Tool for OT Security

Microsoft has released a new open-source security tool to close gaps in threat analysis for industrial control systems and help address increased nation-state attacks on critical infrastructure.

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KnowBe4 to Acquire Egress

KnowBe4, a Tampa Bay, FL-based provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is to acquire Egress Software Technologies, a London, UK-based company that specializes in adaptive and integrated cloud email security.

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Researchers Discover Coordinated Attacks on Docker Hub to Plant Millions of Malicious Repositories

Of the 4.79 million imageless Docker Hub repositories uncovered, 3.2 million of them are said to have been used as landing pages to redirect unsuspecting users to fraudulent sites as part of three broad campaigns.

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Millions of Malicious 'Imageless' Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious "imageless" containers over the past five years, once again underscoring how open-source registries could pave the way for supply chain attacks. "Over four million of the repositories in Docker Hub are imageless and have no content except for the repository

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Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years

A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients.

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Prompt Fuzzer: Open-Source Tool for Strengthening GenAI Apps

Prompt Fuzzer is interactive and user-friendly, allowing users to repeat the process as many times as needed to harden their system prompts and see their security score increase as the prompt becomes more resilient.

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Poor cyber hygiene and budgets leave organizations ill-prepared

Many organizations are vulnerable to risk, yet a majority of cyber leaders express confidence that their organization can manage risk. 

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Researchers Unveil Novel Attack Methods Targeting Intel’s Conditional Branch Predictor

Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors currently in use.

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UK Enacts IoT Cybersecurity Law

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act has come into effect, requiring manufacturers of consumer-grade IoT products sold in the UK to stop using guessable default passwords and have a vulnerability disclosure policy.

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Muddling Meerkat Hackers Manipulate DNS Using China’s Great Firewall

Discovered by Infoblox, the threat activity does not have a clear goal or motivation but demonstrates sophistication and advanced capabilities to manipulate global DNS systems.