Tag: tactics

Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/emerging-threats-cybersecurity-forecast-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 Feedly Summary: Every November, we start sharing forward-looking insights on threats and other cybersecurity topics to help organizations and defenders prepare for the year ahead. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, available today, plays a big role in helping us accomplish this mission. This…

The Register: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance

Nov 13, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/china_volt_typhoon_back/ Source: The Register Title: China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet surge back with a vengeance Feedly Summary: Ohm, for flux sake China’s Volt Typhoon crew and its botnet are back, compromising old Cisco routers once again to break into critical infrastructure networks and kick off cyberattacks, according to security researchers.… AI…

The Register: Here’s what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/snowflake_hackers_indictment/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists Feedly Summary: A Canadian and an American living in Turkey ‘walk into’ cloud storage environments… Two men allegedly compromised what’s believed to be multiple organizations’ Snowflake-hosted cloud environments, stole sensitive data within, and extorted at least $2.5 million…

Hacker News: North Korean hackers create Flutter apps to bypass macOS security

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Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-create-flutter-apps-to-bypass-macos-security/ Source: Hacker News Title: North Korean hackers create Flutter apps to bypass macOS security Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: North Korean threat actors are exploiting macOS by creating trojanized applications, particularly targeting cryptocurrency themes, that bypass Apple’s security mechanisms. These apps, developed using the Flutter framework, present a…

Alerts: CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Release Joint Advisory on 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/cisa-fbi-nsa-and-international-partners-release-joint-advisory-2023-top-routinely-exploited Source: Alerts Title: CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Release Joint Advisory on 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and international partners released joint Cybersecurity Advisory, 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities. This advisory…

Schneier on Security: Criminals Exploiting FBI Emergency Data Requests

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/criminals-exploiting-fbi-emergency-data-requests.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Criminals Exploiting FBI Emergency Data Requests Feedly Summary: I’ve been writing about the problem with lawful-access backdoors in encryption for decades now: that as soon as you create a mechanism for law enforcement to bypass encryption, the bad guys will use it too. Turns out the same…

The Register: FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams

Nov 11, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/fraudulent_edr_emails/ Source: The Register Title: FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams Feedly Summary: Just because it’s .gov doesn’t mean that email is trustworthy Cybercrooks abusing emergency data requests in the US isn’t new, but the FBI says it’s becoming a more pronounced issue as the year draws to…

The Register: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume

Nov 11, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume Feedly Summary: Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn’t over,…

Krebs on Security: FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Nov 9, 2024

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