5 Techniques for Collecting Cyber Threat Intelligence

To defend your organization against cyber threats, you need a clear picture of the current threat landscape. This means constantly expanding your knowledge about new and ongoing threats. There are many techniques analysts can use to collect crucial cyber threat intelligence. Let’s consider five that can greatly improve your threat investigations. Pivoting on С2 IP […]

{ Tribune Expert } – Cyber resilience Act : que doivent mettre en place les OEM et fabricants pour être en conformité et garantir la sécurité numérique d’un produit ?

L’objectif majeur de cette législation est d’être honnête et transparent avec les clients et utilisateurs en matière de cybersécurité mais également de protéger les droits fondamentaux des utilisateurs (droit à la vie privée, protection des données personnelles,…) d’harmoniser les exigences de cybersécurité au sein de l’UE et de renforcer la résilience globale.

Astaroth Banking Malware Resurfaces in Brazil via Spear-Phishing Attack

A new spear-phishing campaign targeting Brazil has been found delivering a banking malware called Astaroth (aka Guildma) by making use of obfuscated JavaScript to slip past security guardrails. « The spear-phishing campaign’s impact has targeted various industries, with manufacturing companies, retail firms, and government agencies being the most affected, » Trend Micro said in a new analysis. […]

GitHub Patches Critical Flaw in Enterprise Server Allowing Unauthorized Instance Access

GitHub has released security updates for Enterprise Server (GHES) to address multiple issues, including a critical bug that could allow unauthorized access to an instance. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487, carries a CVS score of 9.5 out of a maximum of 10.0 « An attacker could bypass SAML single sign-on (SSO) authentication with the optional encrypted […]

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in SolarWinds Help Desk Software Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2024-28987 (CVSS score: 9.1), the vulnerability relates to a case of hard-coded credentials that could be abused to gain

TrickMo Banking Trojan Can Now Capture Android PINs and Unlock Patterns

New variants of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo have been found to harbor previously undocumented features to steal a device’s unlock pattern or PIN. « This new addition enables the threat actor to operate on the device even while it is locked, » Zimperium security researcher Aazim Yaswant said in an analysis published last week. First […]

New Linux Variant of FASTCash Malware Targets Payment Switches in ATM Heists

North Korean threat actors have been observed using a Linux variant of a known malware family called FASTCash to steal funds as part of a financially-motivated campaign. The malware is « installed on payment switches within compromised networks that handle card transactions for the means of facilitating the unauthorized withdrawal of cash from ATMs, » a security […]

New Malware Campaign Uses PureCrypter Loader to Deliver DarkVision RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that leverages a malware loader named PureCrypter to deliver a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) called DarkVision RAT. The activity, observed by Zscaler ThreatLabz in July 2024, involves a multi-stage process to deliver the RAT payload. « DarkVision RAT communicates with its command-and-control (C2) server using a custom […]

The Rise of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: Why Traditional Security Solutions Fall Short

In recent years, the number and sophistication of zero-day vulnerabilities have surged, posing a critical threat to organizations of all sizes. A zero-day vulnerability is a security flaw in software that is unknown to the vendor and remains unpatched at the time of discovery. Attackers exploit these flaws before any defensive measures can be implemented, […]

China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Volt Typhoon to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaigns

China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies. The agency, in collaboration with the National Engineering Laboratory for Computer Virus Prevention Technology, went on to accuse the U.S. federal government, intelligence agencies, […]