Russia’s APT29 Still Actively Delivering Malware Used in COVID-19 Vaccine Spying
The Russian cyberespionage group known as APT29 and Cozy Bear is still actively delivering a piece of malware named WellMess, despite the fact that...
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New Chinese Threat Group ‘GhostEmperor’ Targets Governments, Telecom Firms
A previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat actor is targeting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities in an attempt to compromise high-profile victims, Kaspersky reveals. Tracked as GhostEmperor, the...
Window of Exposure is Expanding and Hackers Know Exactly Where to Strike
For the last 15 years, researchers have produced an annual State of Application Security report. But in the last 18 pandemic driven months, they...
Remote Code Execution Flaws Patched in WordPress Download Manager Plugin
A vulnerability patched recently in the WordPress Download Manager plugin could be abused to execute arbitrary code under specific configurations, the Wordfence team at...
Microsoft Shares More Information on Protecting Systems Against PetitPotam Attacks
Microsoft has shared more information on how organizations can protect Windows domain controllers and other Windows servers against potential PetitPotam attacks. PetitPotam is the...
21-Year-Old Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Phishing Emails to Political Candidates
A 21-year-old Rhode Island woman has pleaded guilty to targeting candidates for political office and their campaign staff with phishing emails. The woman, Diana...
S.Africa’s Port Terminals Restored Following Cyber-Attack
Operating systems have been restored at South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm, the company said Thursday following a cyber-attack last week that hit the country’s...
Belarusian Nationals Arrested for Hacking ATMs Across Europe
Two Belarusian nationals were arrested earlier this month in Poland on the suspicion they engaged in multiple ATM jackpotting attacks. The two are believed...
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Researchers Publish Details on Recent Critical Hyper-V Vulnerability
Security researchers at Guardicore Labs are sharing details of a critical vulnerability in Hyper-V that Microsoft patched in May 2021. Tracked as CVE-2021-28476 with a CVSS...
How Low-level Hackers Access High-end Malware
Hacking tool downloads from underground forums are increasing, and the tools are becoming more sophisticated; low-level hackers are gaining access to hacked versions of...