A significant development in cybersecurity has emerged as the Chinese firm Qihoo 360 Netlab announced a collaboration with Baidu aimed at dismantling a malware botnet that has compromised hundreds of thousands of systems. The targeted botnet, linked to a group known as ShuangQiang or “Double Gun,” has a history of…
New Malware Threat Targets Air-Gapped Systems in Southeast Asia Recent research from Kaspersky has unveiled that a sophisticated Chinese threat actor, identified as Cycldek, has enhanced its capabilities to attack air-gapped systems with the intent of exfiltrating sensitive information for espionage purposes. Cycldek, also known as Goblin Panda or Conimes,…
Hacker Groups Exploit Misconfigured AWS S3 Buckets to Inject Malicious Code into Websites In a stark reminder of ongoing cybersecurity threats, various hacking groups are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in misconfigured Amazon S3 data storage buckets to infiltrate websites with malicious code. This tactic is primarily aimed at capturing sensitive information,…
Recent advancements in cybersecurity have unveiled an alarming technique capable of remote eavesdropping using standard light bulbs as conduits. Researchers have demonstrated that by observing variations in the light emitted by a bulb in a room, they can effectively intercept conversations from a nearby location. This innovative method, termed “Lamphone,”…
Targeted Cyber-Espionage Campaign Hits Aerospace and Military Sectors Cybersecurity researchers have unveiled a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign that specifically targets aerospace and military organizations across Europe and the Middle East. This initiative, termed “Operation In(ter)ception,” reportedly aimed to infiltrate and monitor key personnel within these firms while also attempting to extract…
The U.S. government has filed a superseding indictment against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, alleging his involvement with hacking groups such as LulzSec and Anonymous. This updated indictment expands on the previous 18-count charges, initially levied in May 2019, though it does not introduce new allegations. The Department of…
In a troubling evolution of cybercrime tactics, malicious actors are now embedding harmful code within the metadata of image files, notably targeting payment card data entered on compromised websites. This technique, identified as a form of steganography, was recently highlighted by researchers at Malwarebytes, who discovered that cybercriminals have effectively…
Recent investigations have revealed targeted watering hole attacks specifically aimed at the Kurdish community in Syria and Turkey. These incursions, attributed to an advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as StrongPity, employ sophisticated strategies to infiltrate and exfiltrate sensitive data from compromised systems, according to a report from Bitdefender shared…
Recent investigations by cybersecurity experts have unveiled the presence of four distinct Brazilian banking trojan families that have launched sophisticated attacks against financial institutions in Brazil, other parts of Latin America, and Europe. Collectively identified as “Tetrade” by researchers at Kaspersky, these malware families—Guildma, Javali, Melcoz, and Grandoreiro—have significantly enhanced…
