Hackers Targeting Italian Corporate Banking Clients with New Web-Inject Toolkit DrIBAN
Italian corporate banking clients are the target of an ongoing financial fraud campaign that has been leveraging a new web-inject toolkit called drIBAN since at least 2019. “The main goal of drIBAN fraud operations is to infect Windows workstations inside corporate environments trying to alter legitimate banking transfers performed by the victims by changing the beneficiary and […]
Lack of Visibility: The Challenge of Protecting Websites from Third-Party Scripts
Third-party apps such as Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, HotJar, and JQuery have become critical tools for businesses to optimize their website performance and services for a global audience. However, as their importance has grown, so has the threat of cyber incidents involving unmanaged third-party apps and open-source tools. Online businesses increasingly struggle to maintain complete […]
N. Korean Kimsuky Hackers Using New Recon Tool ReconShark in Latest Cyberattacks
The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky has been discovered using a new reconnaissance tool called ReconShark as part of an ongoing global campaign. “[ReconShark] is actively delivered to specifically targeted individuals through spear-phishing emails, OneDrive links leading to document downloads, and the execution of malicious macros,” SentinelOne researchers Tom Hegel
Packagist Repository Hacked: Over a Dozen PHP Packages with 500 Million Compromised
PHP software package repository Packagist revealed that an “attacker” gained access to four inactive accounts on the platform to hijack over a dozen packages with over 500 million installs to date. “The attacker forked each of the packages and replaced the package description in composer.json with their own message but did not otherwise make any malicious changes,” […]
Fleckpe Android Malware Sneaks onto Google Play Store with Over 620,000 Downloads
A new Android subscription malware named Fleckpe has been unearthed on the Google Play Store, amassing more than 620,000 downloads in total since 2022. Kaspersky, which identified 11 apps on the official app storefront, said the malware masqueraded as legitimate photo editing apps, camera, and smartphone wallpaper packs. The apps have since been taken down. The operation […]
Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in Popular Phone Adapter, Urges Migration to Newer Model
Cisco has warned of a critical security flaw in SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapters that it said could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-20126, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. The company credited Catalpa of DBappSecurity for […]
How small businesses can secure employees’ mobile devices
Fact: 77% of organizations are convinced they’re capable of protecting their mobile devices—smartphones, tablets, and laptops (including Chromebooks)—from cybersecurity threats. Another fact: A third of those organizations aren’t protecting their mobile devices at all. And that matters—in its Mobile Security Index 2022 report, Verizon reported that 45 percent of businesses suffered a major mobile-related compromise […]
AI-powered content farms start clogging search results with ad-stuffed spam
A recent study by NewsGuard, trackers of online misinformation, makes some alarming discoveries about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in content farm generation. If you’ve previously held your nose at the content mill grind, it’s probably going to become a lot more unpleasant. Content farms are the pinnacle of search engine optimisation (SEO) shenanigans. […]
Researchers Discover 3 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure API Management Service
Three new security flaws have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure API Management service that could be abused by malicious actors to gain access to sensitive information or backend services. This includes two server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaws and one instance of unrestricted file upload functionality in the API Management developer portal, according to Israeli cloud […]
Researchers Uncover New Exploit for PaperCut Vulnerability That Can Bypass Detection
Cybersecurity researchers have found a way to exploit a recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers in a manner that bypasses all current detections. Tracked as CVE-2023-27350 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue affects PaperCut MF and NG installations that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. While the flaw was patched by […]