The company chose not to pay the ransom demanded by the hackers, aligning with the FBI’s recommendation, but the specific details of the attack and the stolen data remain undisclosed.
The packages were named modularseven, driftme, and catme and received a total of 431 downloads before being removed. The packages contained a CoinMiner executable that was deployed on the affected devices.
The Series E funding round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners, and StepStone Group.
The malware is being distributed through LNK files that collect information about antivirus products and execute an HTML application. This leads to the download of two files from a remote server, which establish persistence and launch the Remcos RAT.
LastPass, a popular password management solution, is now requiring customers to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters to enhance account security. Previously, users had the option to use weaker passwords.
The hacker changed the AS number associated with Orange Spain’s IP addresses and enabled an invalid RPKI configuration, causing the IP addresses to no longer be announced properly.
The FTC is seeking multidisciplinary approaches to prevent unauthorized use of voice cloning, improve real-time detection, and provide consumers with tools to identify cloned voices in audio clips.
Qualcomm has announced a critical vulnerability that could lead to remote attacks on devices using their chipsets. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33025, involves a buffer overflow during VoLTE calls, allowing attackers to execute code remotely.
With its second acquisition in two months, SonicWall aims to help enterprises with growing remote workforces through zero-trust network and security service edge offerings.
The CISA has identified two recently patched vulnerabilities, one in Google Chrome and another in the open-source Perl library Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, that have been actively exploited and require immediate mitigation.