IT Security News
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Google Play Bitten by Sharkbot Info-stealer ‘AV Solution’
Google removed six different malicious Android applications targeting mainly users in the U.K. and Italy that were installed about 15,000 times.
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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate "Hydra," a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups.
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SSRF Flaw in Fintech Platform Allowed for Compromise of Bank Accounts
Researchers discovered the vulnerability in an API already integrated into many bank systems, which could have defrauded millions of users by giving attackers access to their funds.
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MacOS Malware: Myth vs. Truth – Podcast
Huntress Labs R&D Director Jamie Levy busts the old “Macs don’t get viruses” myth and offers tips on how MacOS malware differs and how to protect against it.
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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers
Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual "smash and grab" attacks we've seen recently from LAPSUS$, a juvenile data extortion group whose short-lived, low-tech and remarkably effective tactics are putting some of the world's biggest corporations on edge.
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Attackers Spoof WhatsApp Voice-Message Alerts to Steal Info
Threat actors target Office 365 and Google Workspace in a new campaign, which uses a legitimate domain associated with a road-safety center in Moscow to send messages.
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Authorities Fully Behead Hydra Dark Marketplace
The popular underground market traded in drugs, stolen data, forged documents and more -- raking in billions in Bitcoin.
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No-Joke Borat RAT Propagates Ransomware, DDoS
This fresh malware strain extends the functionality of typical trojans with advanced functionality and a series of modules for launching various types of threat activity.
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Apple Rushes Out Patches for 0-Days in MacOS, iOS
The vulnerabilities could allow threat actors to disrupt or access kernel activity and may be under active exploit.
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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate's most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.
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