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New SuperBear Trojan Emerges in Targeted Phishing Attack on South Korean Activists [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A new phishing attack likely targeting civil society groups in South Korea has led to the discovery of a novel remote access trojan called SuperBear. The intrusion singled out an unnamed activist, who was contacted in late August 2023 and received a malicious LNK file from an address impersonating a member of the organization, non-profit entity…
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It’s a Zero-day? It’s Malware? No! It’s Username and Password [email protected] (The Hacker News)
As cyber threats continue to evolve, adversaries are deploying a range of tools to breach security defenses and compromise sensitive data. Surprisingly, one of the most potent weapons in their arsenal is not malicious code but simply stolen or weak usernames and passwords. This article explores the seriousness of compromised credentials, the challenges they present…
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Sourcegraph Discloses Data Breach Following Access Token Leak Ionut Arghire
Sourcegraph says customer information was breached after an engineer accidentally leaked an admin access token. The post Sourcegraph Discloses Data Breach Following Access Token Leak appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Over $1 Million Offered at New Pwn2Own Automotive Hacking Contest Ionut Arghire
ZDI is offering more than $1 million at the Pwn2Own Automotive hacking contest, hosted in January at the Automotive World conference in Tokyo. The post Over $1 Million Offered at New Pwn2Own Automotive Hacking Contest appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service Raked $64.5 Million During the COVID-19 Pandemic [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Classiscam scam-as-a-service program has reaped the criminal actors $64.5 million in illicit earnings since its emergence in 2019. “Classiscam campaigns initially started out on classified sites, on which scammers placed fake advertisements and used social engineering techniques to convince users to pay for goods by transferring money to bank cards,” Group-IB said in a new report.…
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Energy Department Offering $9M in Cybersecurity Competition for Small Electric Utilities Eduard Kovacs
Small electric utilities in the US offered $9 million as part of a competition whose goal is to help them boost their cybersecurity posture. The post Energy Department Offering $9M in Cybersecurity Competition for Small Electric Utilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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SapphireStealer Malware: A Gateway to Espionage and Ransomware Operations [email protected] (The Hacker News)
An open-source .NET-based information stealer malware dubbed SapphireStealer is being used by multiple entities to enhance its capabilities and spawn their own bespoke variants. “Information-stealing malware like SapphireStealer can be used to obtain sensitive information, including corporate credentials, which are often resold to other threat actors who leverage the access for additionalRead More
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Vulnerability in WordPress Migration Plugin Exposes Websites to Attacks Ionut Arghire
A vulnerability in the All-in-One WP Migration plugin’s extensions exposes WordPress websites to attacks leading to sensitive information disclosure. The post Vulnerability in WordPress Migration Plugin Exposes Websites to Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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North Korean Hackers Deploy New Malicious Python Packages in PyPI Repository [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Three additional malicious Python packages have been discovered in the Package Index (PyPI) repository as part of an ongoing malicious software supply chain campaign called VMConnect, with signs pointing to the involvement of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors. The findings come from ReversingLabs, which detected the packages tablediter, request-plus, and requestspro. First disclosed atRead More
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Apple Preparing iPhone 14 Pro Phones for 2024 Security Research Device Program Ionut Arghire
Apple is inviting security researchers to apply for the 2024 iPhone Security Research Device Program (SRDP) to receive hackable iPhones. The post Apple Preparing iPhone 14 Pro Phones for 2024 Security Research Device Program appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
