Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Picus Security Raises $45M in Funding

Picus Security, a San Francisco, CA-based security validation company, raised $45M in funding. The round, which brought total funds raised to $80M, was led by Riverwood Capital, with participation from existing investor Earlybird Digital East Fund.

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GSMA Plans End-to-End Encryption for Cross-Platform RCS Messaging

The GSM Association is working on implementing end-to-end encryption for Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging between Android and iOS. This important step aims to enhance user protection and secure messages across platforms.

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Critical Flaw in Microchip ASF Exposes IoT Devices to Remote Code Execution Risk

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7490, carries a CVSS score of 9.5 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a stack-based overflow vulnerability in ASF's implementation of the tinydhcp server stemming from a lack of

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AT&T Pays $13 Million FCC Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach

The breach occurred when threat actors gained access to customer data of about 9 million AT&T wireless accounts stored by a vendor. This exposed sensitive customer information like account numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses.

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Discord Introduces DAVE Protocol for End-to-End Encryption in Audio and Video Calls

Popular social messaging platform Discord has announced that it's rolling out a new custom end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) protocol to secure audio and video calls. The protocol has been dubbed DAVE, short for Discord's audio and video end-to-end encryption ("E2EE A/V"). As part of the change introduced last week, voice and video in DMs, Group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams are expected to

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Germany Seizes Leak Site of ‘Vanir’ Ransomware Operation

German authorities have seized the leak site used by a ransomware group known as "Vanir" in a move to disrupt their operations. The site was used to post information about victims, including a German company.

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Police Dismantles Phone Unlocking Ring Linked to 483,000 Victims

This scheme was uncovered in 2022 during "Operation Kaerb," involving global enforcement agencies. The criminals mimicked popular mobile platforms to conduct phishing attacks.

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Lumma Stealer Malware Campaign Exploits Fake CAPTCHA Pages

The Lumma Stealer malware is being distributed through deceptive human verification pages that trick Windows users into running malicious PowerShell commands, leading to sensitive information theft.

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SambaSpy RAT Targets Italian Users in a Unique Malware Campaign

This unique malware campaign stood out for its precise targeting of Italian victims, with checks implemented to ensure the system language was set to Italian before infecting the device.

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New PondRAT Malware Hidden in Python Packages Targets Software Developers

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed using poisoned Python packages as a way to deliver a new malware called PondRAT as part of an ongoing campaign. PondRAT, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, is assessed to be a lighter version of POOLRAT (aka SIMPLESEA), a known macOS backdoor that has been previously attributed to the Lazarus Group and deployed in

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Chinese Hackers Exploit GeoServer Flaw to Target APAC Nations with EAGLEDOOR Malware

A suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) originating from China targeted a government organization in Taiwan, and possibly other countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, by exploiting a recently patched critical security flaw impacting OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools. The intrusion activity, which was detected by Trend Micro in July 2024, has been attributed to a threat actor dubbed Earth Baxia

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Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. "Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims' data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery," Kaspersky said in a Friday analysis. "The approach is indicative of a

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LinkedIn Halts AI Data Processing in UK Amid Privacy Concerns Raised by ICO

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that professional social networking platform LinkedIn has suspended processing users' data in the country to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. "We are pleased that LinkedIn has reflected on the concerns we raised about its approach to training generative AI models with information relating to its U.K. users," Stephen

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Ukraine Bans Telegram Use for Government and Military Personnel

Ukraine has restricted the use of the Telegram messaging app by government officials, military personnel, and other defense and critical infrastructure workers, citing national security concerns. The ban was announced by the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCCC) in a post shared on Facebook. "I have always advocated and advocate for freedom of speech, but the issue of Telegram is

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Patch this Critical Safeguard for Privileged Passwords Authentication Bypass Flaw

Researchers have released technical details about CVE-2024-45488, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting One Identity’s Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP), which could allow attackers to gain full administrative access.

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CISA Adds Windows, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle WebLogic Server, and MSSQL Server Bugs to its KEV Catalog

These vulnerabilities can lead to remote code execution and privilege escalation, posing a significant risk to affected systems. For example, the Oracle JDeveloper vulnerability can allow attackers to compromise the software and take over the system.

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Clever 'GitHub Scanner' Campaign Abusing Repositories to Push Malware

A sophisticated campaign is using GitHub repositories to spread the Lumma Stealer malware, targeting users interested in open-source projects or receiving email notifications from them.

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Germany Seizes 47 Crypto Exchanges Used by Ransomware Gangs

These exchanges allowed users to trade cryptocurrencies anonymously, creating a safe environment for cybercriminals to launder their proceeds without fear of prosecution.

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Microsoft Entra ID’s Administrative Units Weaponized to Gain Stealthy Persistence

Datadog Security Labs recently revealed a security risk within Microsoft Entra ID, showing how its administrative units (AUs) can be weaponized by attackers to create persistent backdoor access.

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Configuration flaw puts ServiceNow Knowledge Base articles at risk

More than 1,000 ServiceNow Knowledge Base articles were found to be misconfigured.