threat actors – Page 8 – Experimental News Clipping Site

Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

Nov 6, 2024

—

by

Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…

The Register: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know

Nov 4, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/public_sector_breakins_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know Feedly Summary: Is that a walrus in your server logs, or aren’t you pleased to see me? Opinion At the start of September, Transport for London was hit by a major cyber attack. TfL is the…

The Register: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions

Nov 3, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/03/6_it_contractors_arrested_for/ Source: The Register Title: 6 IT contractors arrested for defrauding Uncle Sam out of millions Feedly Summary: Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more in brief The US Department of Justice has charged six people with two separate schemes to defraud Uncle Sam…

Microsoft Security Blog: Chinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network

Nov 1, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/10/31/chinese-threat-actor-storm-0940-uses-credentials-from-password-spray-attacks-from-a-covert-network/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Chinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network Feedly Summary: Since August 2023, Microsoft has observed intrusion activity targeting and successfully stealing credentials from multiple Microsoft customers that is enabled by highly evasive password spray attacks. Microsoft has linked the source…

Alerts: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments

Oct 31, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/31/foreign-threat-actor-conducting-large-scale-spear-phishing-campaign-rdp-attachments Source: Alerts Title: Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments Feedly Summary: CISA has received multiple reports of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign targeting organizations in several sectors, including government and information technology (IT). The foreign threat actor, often posing as a trusted entity, is sending spear-phishing emails containing malicious…

Cisco Talos Blog: Threat actors use copyright infringement phishing lure to deploy infostealers

Oct 31, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-actors-use-copyright-infringement-phishing-lure-to-deploy-infostealers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Threat actors use copyright infringement phishing lure to deploy infostealers Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has observed an unknown threat actor conducting a phishing campaign targeting Facebook business and advertising account users in Taiwan. The decoy email and fake PDF filenames are designed to impersonate a company’s legal department,…

The Register: Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years

Oct 31, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/canada_cybersec_threats/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years Feedly Summary: India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time A report by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information from government networks for five years.… AI Summary…

Alerts: Fortinet Updates Guidance and Indicators of Compromise following FortiManager Vulnerability Exploitation

Oct 30, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/30/fortinet-updates-guidance-and-indicators-compromise-following-fortimanager-vulnerability Source: Alerts Title: Fortinet Updates Guidance and Indicators of Compromise following FortiManager Vulnerability Exploitation Feedly Summary: Fortinet has updated their security advisory addressing a critical FortiManager vulnerability (CVE-2024-47575) to include additional workarounds and indicators of compromise (IOCs). A remote, unauthenticated cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive…

Cloud Blog: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives

Oct 28, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russian-espionage-influence-ukrainian-military-recruits-anti-mobilization-narratives/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives Feedly Summary: In September 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (consisting of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant) discovered UNC5812, a suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation, delivering Windows and Android…

Alerts: Cisco Releases Security Bundle for Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software

Oct 24, 2024

—

by

system automation

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/24/cisco-releases-security-bundle-cisco-asa-fmc-and-ftd-software Source: Alerts Title: Cisco Releases Security Bundle for Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Feedly Summary: Cisco released its October 2024 Semiannual Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication to address vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to…

Tag: threat actors