Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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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.

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New Wpeeper Android Malware Hides Behind Hacked WordPress Sites

A new Android backdoor malware named 'Wpeeper' has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads.

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Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market. The findings come from Elliptic in collaboration with researchers from the&

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Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS protocol to secure its C2 communications. "Wpeeper is a typical backdoor Trojan for Android

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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.