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Journalists Emerge as Favored Attack Target for APTs

Since 2021, various state-aligned threat groups have turned up their targeting of journalists to siphon data and credentials and also track them.

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China’s Tonto Team increases espionage activities against Russia

China is gathering more intel about Russia after strengthening their diplomatic ties in the face of Western sanctions. The post China’s Tonto Team increases espionage activities against Russia appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns

Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as part of a series of campaigns since early 2021. "Most commonly, phishing attacks targeting journalists are used for espionage or to gain key insights into the inner workings of another government, company, or other area of state-designated

How Confidential Computing Locks Down Data, Regardless of Its State

Whether data's in motion, at rest, or in use, confidential computing makes moving workloads to the public cloud safer, and can enhance data security in other deployments.

Take threats against machine learning systems seriously, security firm warns

A new white paper from NCC Group details the myriad security threats associated with machine learning models

4 ways businesses can save money on cyber insurance

When it comes to insurance, better security means better savings. The post 4 ways businesses can save money on cyber insurance appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

How the FBI quietly added itself to criminals’ instant message conversations

Researchers have given the world a glimpse of how the FBI's An0m devices were able to eavesdrop on criminals. The post How the FBI quietly added itself to criminals’ instant message conversations appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

A Quick Guide to GDPR (General Data Protection Requirements)

By Owais Sultan General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is not a new data protection law by any means. It has… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Quick Guide to GDPR (General Data Protection Requirements)

Hackers Exploiting Follina Bug to Deploy Rozena Backdoor

A newly observed phishing campaign is leveraging the recently disclosed Follina security vulnerability to distribute a previously undocumented backdoor on Windows systems. "Rozena is a backdoor malware that is capable of injecting a remote shell connection back to the attacker's machine," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a report this week. Tracked as CVE-2022-30190, the

Microsoft Reverses Course on Blocking Office Macros by Default

Security experts criticize company for reversing course, albeit temporarily, on a decision it made just this February to block macros in files downloaded from the Internet.