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Talos discovered a new, stealthy espionage campaign that has likely persisted since at least March 2021. The observed activity affects an Islamic non-profit organization using backdoors for a previously unreported malware family we have named “Zardoor.”

Cisco, Fortinet, and VMware have released security fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, including critical weaknesses that could be exploited to perform arbitrary actions on affected devices. The first set from Cisco consists of three flaws – CVE-2024-20252 and CVE-2024-20254 (CVSS score: 9.6) and CVE-2024-20255 (CVSS score: 8.2) – impacting Cisco Expressway Series that could allow an

The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made "behavioral changes" to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity. KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) routers and firewall devices across the world, with one specific cluster acting as a covert data transfer system for other Chinese

Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that's used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. "This [computer network] was used for unclassified research and development (R&D)," the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) said in a statement. "Because this system was self-contained, it did not lead to any damage to the

By Uzair Amir The appointment is a major coup for Resonance as Skouroupathis is widely regarded as an expert innovator in the cybersecurity space. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Resonance Hires Cybersecurity Pro George Skouroupathis As Its Offensive Security Engineer

You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Attackers don’t hack anyone these days. They log on.” In this blog, we describe the various tools and techniques bad actors are using to steal credentials so they can 'log on' with valid account details, and outline our recommendations for defense.

Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more.

Russian state-sponsored actors have staged NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hash relay attacks through various methods from April 2022 to November 2023, targeting high-value targets worldwide. The attacks, attributed to an "aggressive" hacking crew called APT28, have set their eyes on organizations dealing with foreign affairs, energy, defense, and transportation, as well as those involved with

The FBI has removed malware from hundreds of routers in an effort to disrupt threat actors linked to the Chinese government.

By Waqas The KV Botnet, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor group gained widespread attention for compromising hundreds of U.S.-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI Disrupts Chinese State-Backed Volt Typhoon’s KV Botnet