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Startup Spotlight: LeakSignal Helps Plug Leaky Data in Organizations

Cybersecurity startup LeakSignal, a finalist in this year's Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition, helps organizations see where data is leaking within their environments.

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Kazakh Organizations Targeted by 'Bloody Wolf' Cyber Attacks

Organizations in Kazakhstan are the target of a threat activity cluster dubbed Bloody Wolf that delivers a commodity malware called STRRAT (aka Strigoi Master). "The program selling for as little as $80 on underground resources allows the adversaries to take control of corporate computers and hijack restricted data," cybersecurity vendor BI.ZONE said in a new analysis. The cyber attacks employ

Russia's 'Fighting Ursa' APT Uses Car Ads to Install HeadLace Malware

The scheme, from the group also known as APT28, involves targeting Eastern European diplomats in need of personal transportation and tempting them with a purported good deal on a Audi Q7 Quattro SUV.

China-Linked Hackers Compromise ISP to Deploy Malicious Software Updates

The China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda compromised an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) to push malicious software updates to target companies in mid-2023, highlighting a new level of sophistication associated with the group. Evasive Panda, also known by the names Bronze Highland, Daggerfly, and StormBamboo, is a cyber espionage group that's been active since at least 2012,

Twilio Users Kicked Out of Desktop App, Forced to Switch to Mobile

Now that the Authy Desktop app has reached EOL and is no longer accessible, users are hoping their 2FA tokens synced correctly with their mobile devices.

APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure

A Russia-linked threat actor has been linked to a new campaign that employed a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. "The campaign likely targeted diplomats and began as early as March 2024," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report published today, attributing it with medium to high level of confidence to APT28, which is also referred to as

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4971-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-4971-03 - An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.

New Windows Backdoor BITSLOTH Exploits BITS for Stealthy Communication

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Windows backdoor that leverages a built-in feature called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) as a command-and-control (C2) mechanism. The newly identified malware strain has been codenamed BITSLOTH by Elastic Security Labs, which made the discovery on June 25, 2024, in connection with a cyber attack targeting an

U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange

In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for cybercrime activities have been freed and repatriated to their country. This includes Roman Valerevich Seleznev and Vladislav Klyushin, who are part of a group of eight people who have been swapped back to Russia in exchange for the release of 16 people who

Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare Tunnels to Evade Detection and Spread Malware

Cybersecurity companies are warning about an uptick in the abuse of Clouflare's TryCloudflare free service for malware delivery. The activity, documented by both eSentire and Proofpoint, entails the use of TryCloudflare to create a one-time tunnel that acts as a conduit to relay traffic from an attacker-controlled server to a local machine through Cloudflare's infrastructure. Attack chains