The US State Department is imposing visa restrictions on 13 people involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware, as well as their spouses and children. The State Department can deny these people entrance to the United States.
The website Spy.pet has been involved in a major privacy breach, selling billions of private messages from Discord users. This breach exposes personal information, private photos, financial details, and potentially company secrets.
In a move away from traditional phishing scams, attackers are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems to gain initial network access, according to Mandiant’s M-Trends 2024 Report.
A notorious Russian APT group has been stealing credentials for years by exploiting a Windows Print Spooler bug and using a novel post-compromise tool known as “GooseEgg,” Microsoft has revealed.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is targeting a September 30 deadline to give federal agencies a list of example software products deemed critical for the federal government’s cyber posture.
The GuptiMiner malware campaign, discovered by Avast, involved hijacking an eScan antivirus update mechanism to distribute backdoors and coinminers. The campaign was orchestrated by a threat actor with possible ties to Kimsuky.
The perpetrators attract unsuspecting Telegram users through a referral system, enticing them with promises of an “exclusive earning program” shared via contacts in their network.
A phishing campaign exploiting a bug in Nespresso’s website has been able to evade detection by taking advantage of security tools that fail to look for malicious nested or hidden links.
Microsoft specifically highlighted a group named Emerald Sleet (aka Kimusky or TA427), which has been observed using LLMs to bolster spear-phishing efforts aimed at Korean Peninsula experts.
The ransomware landscape has undergone significant changes in Q1 2024, with major shifts in the behavior of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, according to GuidePoint Security’s GRIT Q1 2024 Ransomware Report.