Digital assets continue to be prime target for malvertisers
Cyber-criminals continue to impersonate brands via well-crafted phishing websites. We previously covered attacks on both consumers and businesses via online searches for popular brands leading to scams or malware. Digital assets such as cryptocurrencies or NFTs are highly coveted by threat actors due to the high gains that can be made, even via a simple phishing […]
Novel ‘Inception’ Attack Exposes Sensitive Data in CPUs
By Habiba Rashid Dreams of Science Fiction Realized: ETH Researchers Demonstrate “Inception” Attack on CPUs. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Novel ‘Inception’ Attack Exposes Sensitive Data in CPUs
Top SEO Agencies in the UK: Expert Insights
By Owais Sultan Discover the top UK SEO companies, offering exceptional digital marketing services to drive qualified traffic & profits for your business. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top SEO Agencies in the UK: Expert Insights
UK Electoral Commission Admits Major Data Breach Spanning Over a Year
By Habiba Rashid The compromised electoral registers contained information from 2014 to 2022, including the names and addresses of voters, both domestic and overseas. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: UK Electoral Commission Admits Major Data Breach Spanning Over a Year
QakBot Malware Operators Expand C2 Network with 15 New Servers
The operators associated with the QakBot (aka QBot) malware have set up 15 new command-and-control (C2) servers as of late June 2023. The findings are a continuation of the malware’s infrastructure analysis from Team Cymru, and arrive a little over two months after Lumen Black Lotus Labs revealed that 25% of its C2 servers are only active […]
Cryptomining and Malware Flourish on Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters
By Habiba Rashid Aquasec Investigation Exposes Alarming Rise in Kubernetes Misconfigurations Leading to Catastrophic Breaches. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cryptomining and Malware Flourish on Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters
Hackers Abusing Cloudflare Tunnels for Covert Communications
New research has revealed that threat actors are abusing Cloudflare Tunnels to establish covert communication channels from compromised hosts and retain persistent access. “Cloudflared is functionally very similar to ngrok,” Nic Finn, a senior threat intelligence analyst at GuidePoint Security, said. “However, Cloudflared differs from ngrok in that it provides a lot more usability for […]
The impact of blockchain technology on the future of shipping and logistics
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Photo by Tom Fisk Many industries are experiencing rapid growth thanks to the seemingly overnight advancement of new technologies. Artificial intelligence, for example, […]
Understanding Active Directory Attack Paths to Improve Security
Introduced in 1999, Microsoft Active Directory is the default identity and access management service in Windows networks, responsible for assigning and enforcing security policies for all network endpoints. With it, users can access various resources across networks. As things tend to do, times, they are a’changin’ – and a few years back, Microsoft introduced Azure […]
New Yashma Ransomware Variant Targets Multiple English-Speaking Countries
An unknown threat actor is using a variant of the Yashma ransomware to target various entities in English-speaking countries, Bulgaria, China, and Vietnam at least since June 4, 2023. Cisco Talos, in a new write-up, attributed the operation with moderate confidence to an adversary of likely Vietnamese origin. “The threat actor uses an uncommon technique […]