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A malicious campaign targeting the Middle East is likely linked to BackdoorDiplomacy, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to China. The espionage activity, directed against a telecom company in the region, is said to have commenced on August 19, 2021 through the successful exploitation of ProxyShell flaws in the Microsoft Exchange Server. Initial compromise leveraged binaries

Hackers with ties to the Iranian government have been linked to an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign directed against human rights activists, journalists, researchers, academics, diplomats, and politicians working in the Middle East. At least 20 individuals are believed to have been targeted, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report published Monday, attributing the

Ransomware attacks keep increasing in volume and impact largely due to organizations' weak security controls. Mid-market companies are targeted as they possess a significant amount of valuable data but lack the level of protective controls and staffing of larger organizations. According to a recent RSM survey, 62% of mid-market companies believe they are at risk of ransomware in the next 12

A persistent intrusion campaign has set its eyes on telecommunications and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies at lease since June 2022. "The end objective of this campaign appears to be to gain access to mobile carrier networks and, as evidenced in two investigations, perform SIM swapping activity," CrowdStrike researcher Tim Parisi said in an analysis published last week. The

By Deeba Ahmed The infamous North Korean state-backed Lazarus hacking group is using AppleJeus malware to steal crypto funds from Windows users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Windows Crypto Apps Spreading AppleJeus Malware

Categories: News Categories: Threats Tags: Lazarus Tags: APT38 Tags: AppleJeus Tags: sideloading Tags: BloxHolder Researchers have found a new Lazarus campaign, once again targeting cryptocurrency users and organizations by deploying a fake website and malicious documents. (Read more...) The post Lazarus group uses fake cryptocurrency apps to plant AppleJeus malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 is vulnerable to XSS in the text input field since the result dashboard page output is not sanitized. The Concrete CMS security team has ranked this 4.2 with CVSS v3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Thanks @_akbar_jafarli_ for reporting. Remediate by updating to Concrete CMS 8.5.10 and Concrete CMS 9.1.3.

**Why is this Chrome CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in Chromium Open Source Software (OSS) which is consumed by Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest version of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is no longer vulnerable. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information. **How can I see the version of the browser?** 1. In your Microsoft Edge browser, click on the 3 dots (...) on the very right-hand side of the window 2. Click on **Help and Feedback** 3. Click on **About Microsoft Edge**

Categories: Podcast This week on Lock and Code, we explore why security advisories—which businesses rely on to inform them about security patches—are falling short of their intended goals. (Read more...) The post Security advisories are falling short. Here's why, with Dustin Childs: Lock and Code S03E25 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

In short, the global Internet is now part of your external attack surface. Here’s how to better protect your users and data.