FIN8 Group Using Modified Sardonic Backdoor for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN8 has been observed using a « revamped » version of a backdoor called Sardonic to deliver the BlackCat ransomware. According to the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, the development is an attempt on the part of the e-crime group to diversify its focus and maximize profits from infected entities. The […]

Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime and Child Pornography Charges

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the now-defunct BreachForums website, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his operation of the cybercrime forum as well as having child pornography images. The development, first reported by DataBreaches.net last week, comes nearly four months after Fitzpatrick (aka pompompurin) was formally charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to commit access device

Cybercriminals Exploiting WooCommerce Payments Plugin Flaw to Hijack Websites

Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in the WooCommerce Payments WordPress plugin as part of a massive targeted campaign. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-28121 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a case of authentication bypass that enables unauthenticated attackers to impersonate arbitrary users and perform some actions as the impersonated user, including an

Rançongiciels dans le milieu hospitalier : comment y faire face ?

Afin de minimiser la gravité et la fréquence des attaques auxquelles ils sont exposés, les organismes de santé doivent donc être capables de réduire le nombre de vecteurs exploités pour accéder à leurs systèmes informatiques.

JumpCloud Blames ‘Sophisticated Nation-State’ Actor for Security Breach

A little over a week after JumpCloud reset API keys of customers impacted by a security incident, the company said the intrusion was the work of a sophisticated nation-state actor. The adversary « gained unauthorized access to our systems to target a small and specific set of our customers, » Bob Phan, chief information security officer (CISO) at JumpCloud, said in […]

Hackers Exploit WebAPK to Deceive Android Users into Installing Malicious Apps

Threat actors are taking advantage of Android’s WebAPK technology to trick unsuspecting users into installing malicious web apps on Android phones that are designed to capture sensitive personal information. « The attack began with victims receiving SMS messages suggesting the need to update a mobile banking application, » researchers from CSIRT KNF said in an analysis released last week. « The

Ransomware as a Service : banalisation des cyberattaques ?

Le risque étant croissant, deux options de réduction s’offrent aux entreprises : la première consiste à réduire les chances de réussite d’une attaque et la seconde à contenir les dommages résultant d’une attaque réussie.

These 6 Questions Will Help You Choose the Best Attack Surface Management Platform

The hype around different security categories can make it difficult to discern features and capabilities from bias when researching new platforms. You want to advance your security measures, but what steps actually make sense for your business? For anyone ready to find an attack surface management (ASM) vendor, review these six questions before getting started to […]

Malicious USB Drives Targetinging Global Targets with SOGU and SNOWYDRIVE Malware

Cyber attacks using infected USB infection drives as an initial access vector have witnessed a three-fold increase in the first half of 2023,  That’s according to new findings from Mandiant, which detailed two such campaigns – SOGU and SNOWYDRIVE – targeting both public and private sector entities across the world. SOGU is the « most prevalent […]

Cybercriminals Exploit Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities to Deploy LokiBot Malware

Microsoft Word documents exploiting known remote code execution flaws are being used as phishing lures to drop malware called LokiBot on compromised systems. « LokiBot, also known as Loki PWS, has been a well-known information-stealing Trojan active since 2015, » Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said. « It primarily targets Windows systems and aims to gather sensitive information from