The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to […]
Threat actors are exploiting the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks to steal Microsoft account credentials from victims. Researchers from Proofpoint are warning of threat actors that are using the death of Queen Elizabeth II as bait in phishing attacks. The attackers aim at tricking recipients into visiting sites designed to […]
CISA added more security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Windows and iOS flaws. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 2 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, a Windows privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-37969, and an arbitrary code execution issue, tracked as CVE-2022-32917, affecting iPhones and Macs. According to Binding […]
Twitter whistleblower, and former head of security, Peiter Zatko, told the US Congress that the platform ignored his security concerns. Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, former head of security, testified in front of Congress on Tuesday, sustaining that the platform ignored his security concerns and was vulnerable to cyber attacks. Zatko filed a whistleblower complaint in July with […]
A cyber espionage group targets governments and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries since early 2021. Threat actors are targeting government and state-owned organizations in multiple Asian countries as parts of a cyber espionage campaign that remained under the radar since early 2021. “A distinct group of espionage attackers who were formerly associated with the […]
Trend Micro addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security product, including actively exploited zero-day flaws. Trend Micro announced this week the release of security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security product, including a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-40139 (CVSS 3.0 SCORE 7.2), which is actively exploited. The CVE-2022-40139 […]
Iran-linked threat actors target individuals specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, nuclear security and genome research. In mid-2022, Proofpoint researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign conducted by Iran-linked TA453 threat actors. The campaign aimed at individuals specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, nuclear security and genome research. Threat actors used at least two actor-controlled personas on a single […]
A massive cyberattack hit Montenegro, officials believe that it was launched by pro-Russian hackers and the security services of Moscow. A massive cyberattack hit Montenegro, the offensive forced government headquarters to disconnect the systems from the Internet. The attack started on August 20 and impacted online government information platforms. According to the media, the critical […]
The hacktivist collective GhostSec claimed to have compromised 55 Berghof PLCs used by Israeli organizations. Pro-Palestinian Hacking Group GhostSec claimed to have compromised 55 Berghof programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used by Israeli organizations as part of a Free Palestine campaign. On September, 4th, 2022, GhostSec announced on social media and its Telegram channel that it has compromised […]
Apple has addressed the eighth zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks against iPhones and Macs since January. Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-32917, which is actively exploited in attacks against iPhone and Mac devices. This is the eighth zero-day vulnerability fixed by the IT giant since […]