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Microsoft warns it lost some customer's security logs for a month

300+by Lawrence Abrams / 2d

Microsoft is warning enterprise customers that, for almost a month, a bug caused critical logs to be partially lost, putting at risk companies that rely on this data to detect unauthorized activity. [...]

Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots

3 TTPs

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100+by Bill Toulas / 12h

Microsoft is using deceptive tactics against phishing actors by spawning realistic-looking honeypot tenants with access to Azure and lure cybercriminals in to collect intelligence about them. [...]

Google Scholar has a 'verified email' for Sir Isaac Newton

76by Ax Sharma / 12h

It's true: Google Scholar profile of the renowned former physicist and polymath, Sir Isaac Newton bears a "verified email" note. According to Google Scholar, Isaac Newton is a "Professor of Physics, MIT" with a "Verified email at mit.edu." [...]

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Cisco takes DevHub portal offline after hacker publishes stolen data

Cisco data breach claims emerge

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46by Lawrence Abrams / 1d

Cisco confirmed today that it took its public DevHub portal offline after a threat actor leaked "non-public" data, but it continues to state that there is no evidence that its systems were breached. [...]

ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs

IoC > 1 URL

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57by Lawrence Abrams / 1d

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8 TTPs

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ESET-branded wiper malware targets Israel

Hackers breached ESET's exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks. [...]

Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack

23by Bill Toulas / 1d

Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web. [...]

Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

Defense Evasion (Enterprise TA0005)

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73by Bill Toulas / 1d

The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older Zen 1, Zen 1+, and Zen 2 microarchitectures on Linux are vulnerable to new speculative execution attacks that bypass existing 'Spectre' mitigations. [...]

How to leverage $200 million FCC program boosting K-12 cybersecurity

22by Sponsored by Cynet / 1d

In 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the K-12 Cybersecurity Pilot Program, a groundbreaking initiative backed by $200 million in funding. Learn more from Cynet about how schools and libraries can apply to this program. [...]

Oct 17, 2024

Fake Google Meet conference errors push infostealing malware

IoC > 5 domains

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57by Bill Toulas / 2d

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6 TTPs

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ClickFix tactic spreads infostealers

A new ClickFix campaign is luring users to fraudulent Google Meet conference pages showing fake connectivity errors that deliver info-stealing malware for Windows and macOS operating systems. [...]

FBI arrest Alabama man suspected of hacking SEC's X account

3 TTPs

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22by Lawrence Abrams / 2d

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FBI arrests SEC Twitter hacker

An Alabama man was arrested today by the FBI for his suspected role in hacking the SEC's X account to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were approved. [...]

Undercover North Korean IT workers now steal data, extort employers

5 TTPs

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50by Bill Toulas / 2d

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North Korean IT workers extort companies

North Korean IT professionals who trick Western companies into hiring them are stealing data from the organization's network and asking for a ransom to not leak it. [...]

BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians

BianLian attacks Boston Children's Health

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24by Bill Toulas / 2d

The BianLian ransomware group has claimed the cyberattack on Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) and threatens to leak stolen files unless a ransom is paid. [...]

Hackers blackmail Globe Life after stealing customer data

Globe Life faces extortion attempt

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48by Bill Toulas / 2d

Insurance giant Globe Life says an unknown threat actor attempted to extort money in exchange for not publishing data stolen from the company's systems earlier this year. [...]

Top 5 Cloud Security Automations for SecOps Teams

21by Sponsored by Blink Ops / 2d

Learn about 5 powerful cloud security automations with Blink Ops to simplify security operations like S3 bucket monitoring, subdomain takeover detection and failed EC2 login detection. [...]

Oct 16, 2024

Iranian hackers act as brokers selling critical infrastructure access

26 TTPs

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20by Ionut Ilascu / 3d

Iranian hackers are breaching critical infrastructure organizations to collect credentials and network data that can be sold on cybercriminal forums to enable cyberattacks from other threat actors. [...]

Google: 70% of exploited flaws disclosed in 2023 were zero-days

42by Bill Toulas / 3d

Google Mandiant security analysts warn of a worrying new trend of threat actors demonstrating a better capability to discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in software. [...]

USDoD hacker behind National Public Data breach arrested in Brazil

38by Lawrence Abrams / 3d

A notorious hacker named USDoD, who is linked to the National Public Data and InfraGard breaches, has been arrested by Brazil's Polícia Federal in "Operation Data Breach". [...]

SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaw is now exploited in attacks

2 TTPs

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100+by Bill Toulas / 3d

CISA has added three flaws to its 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities' (KEV) catalog, among which is a critical hardcoded credentials flaw in SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) that the vendor fixed in late August 2024. [...]

US disrupts Anonymous Sudan DDoS operation, indicts 2 Sudanese brothers

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by Lawrence Abrams / 3d

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Sudanese nationals indicted for cyberattacks

The United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment today against two Sudanese brothers suspected of being the operators of Anonymous Sudan, a notorious and dangerous hacktivist group known for conducting over 35,000 DDoS attacks in a year. [...]

Critical Kubernetes Image Builder flaw gives SSH root access to VMs

2 TTPs

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100+by Bill Toulas / 3d

A critical vulnerability in Kubernetes could allow unauthorized SSH access to a virtual machine running an image created with the Kubernetes Image Builder project. [...]

Understand these seven password attacks and how to stop them

22by Sponsored by Specops Software / 3d

Hackers are always looking for new ways to crack passwords and gain access to your organization's data and systems. In this post, Specops Software discusses the seven most common password attacks and provide tips on how to defend against them. [...]

Malicious ads exploited Internet Explorer zero day to drop malware

15 TTPs

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22by Bill Toulas / 3d

The North Korean hacking group ScarCruft launched a large-scale attack in May that leveraged an Internet Explorer zero-day flaw to infect targets with the RokRAT malware and exfiltrate data. [...]

Amazon says 175 million customers now use passkeys to log in

FIDO introduces passkey transfer specs

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by Lawrence Abrams / 3d

Amazon has seen massive adoption of passkeys since the company quietly rolled them out a year ago, announcing today that over 175 million customers use the security feature. [...]