Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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NCSC’s New Mobile Risk Model Aimed at “High-Threat” Firms

The initiative is designed to mitigate the threat of consumer-grade devices being targeted by commercial spyware, potentially enabling sophisticated threat actors to use these as a stepping stone into back-end corporate systems and data.

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Ukrainian REvil Hacker Sentenced to 13 Years and Ordered to Pay $16 Million

A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for carrying out thousands of ransomware attacks and extorting victims. Yaroslav Vasinskyi (aka Rabotnik), 24, along with his co-conspirators part of the REvil ransomware group orchestrated more than 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanded ransom payments in

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HPE Aruba Networking Fixes Four Critical RCE Flaws in ArubaOS

HPE Aruba Networking has issued its April 2024 security advisory detailing critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of ArubaOS, its proprietary network operating system.

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95% of organizations adjusted cybersecurity strategies this past year

A new report shows that within the last 12 months, a majority of organizations reworked cybersecurity strategies. 

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LockBit, Black Basta, Play Dominate Ransomware in Q1 2024

LockBit, Black Basta, and Play have been observed to be the most active ransomware groups in Q1 2024, with Black Basta experiencing a notable 41% increase in activity, according to a report by ReliaQuest.

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Vulnerability Exploits Triple as Initial Access Point for Breaches

According to Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, this method of gaining unauthorized access leading to a breach accounted for 14% of malicious actors’ way into a network. It is the third most used after credential theft and phishing.

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SafeBase Raises $33M in Series B to Accelerate Vision for Friction-Free Security Reviews

Elisity, a leader in identity-based microsegmentation, has secured $37 million in Series B funding from Insight Partners to enhance its AI capabilities for cyber threat anticipation.

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When is One Vulnerability Scanner Not Enough?

Like antivirus software, vulnerability scans rely on a database of known weaknesses. That’s why websites like VirusTotal exist, to give cyber practitioners a chance to see whether a malware sample is detected by multiple virus scanning engines, but this concept hasn’t existed in the vulnerability management space. The benefits of using multiple scanning engines Generally speaking

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Dropbox Discloses Breach of Digital Signature Service Affecting All Users

Cloud storage services provider Dropbox on Wednesday disclosed that Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) was breached by unidentified threat actors, who accessed emails, usernames, and general account settings associated with all users of the digital signature product. The company, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said it became aware of the "

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New "Goldoon" Botnet Targets D-Link Routers With Decade-Old Flaw

A never-before-seen botnet called Goldoon has been observed targeting D-Link routers with a nearly decade-old critical security flaw with the goal of using the compromised devices for further attacks. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2015-2051 (CVSS score: 9.8), which affects D-Link DIR-645 routers and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary

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AI is Creating a New Generation of Cyberattacks

Most businesses see offensive AI fast becoming a standard tool for cybercriminals, with 93% of security leaders expecting to face daily AI-driven attacks, according to Netacea.

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Cyber Startup Oasis Secures $35 Million Series A Extension, Doubles Valuation

The extension round was led by existing investors Accel, Cyberstarts, and Sequoia Capital, along with private investors. Oasis has now raised a total of $75 million, including its seed round and previous Series A.

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US Warns of Russian Hackers Targeting Operational Technology in Water Systems

The alert says that water operators are employing poor security standards that have allowed the hackers to breach their networks, including the use of default passwords that are included when the water system management tools are first installed.

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Corelight Gets $150M to Expand Detection, Improve Workflows

The latest investment will allow Corelight to deepen its relationship with existing partners, while extending its expertise from large enterprises and government entities to the enterprise sector.

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Iranian Hackers Impersonate Journalists in Social Engineering Campaign

A hacking group linked to the intelligence wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps impersonated journalists and human rights activists as part of a social engineering campaign, according to research released Wednesday by Mandiant and Google Cloud.

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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Severe GitLab Password Reset Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical flaw impacting GitLab to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, owing to active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score: 10.0), the maximum severity vulnerability could facilitate account takeover by sending password reset emails to an unverified email

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New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials

A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO) routers with the goal of stealthily monitoring all traffic through the devices and gather authentication data from HTTP GET and POST requests. "This malware is modular, designed primarily to steal authentication material found in web requests that transit the router from the adjacent

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Island Raises $175 Million at $3 Billion Valuation

The $175 million Series D funding round for Island was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital, with additional funding from other existing investors.

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New Cuttlefish Malware Infects Routers to Monitor Traffic for Credential Theft

Black Lotus Labs says the malware has been active since at least July 2023. It is currently running an active campaign concentrated in Turkey, with a few infections elsewhere impacting satellite phone and data center services.

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CISA Unveils Guidelines for AI and Critical Infrastructure

The CISA on Monday released safety and security guidelines for critical infrastructure, a move that comes just days after the Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a safety and security board focused on the same topic.