Month: July 2024

Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from the use of default passwords.
The flaw impacts the following versions of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) –

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Phishing and fraud surges during any national news story. This time though, the activity is both more voluminous and more targeted.

A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the deployment of ransomware, setting it apart from other nation-state hacking groups linked to the country.
Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity cluster under a new moniker APT45, which overlaps with names such as Andariel, Nickel Hyatt,

Russia has cast aside its focus on civilian infrastructures and is instead targeting Ukraine’s military operations in myriad ways.

Organizations in Taiwan and a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-affiliated state-sponsored hacking group called Daggerfly using an upgraded set of malware tools.
The campaign is a sign that the group “also engages in internal espionage,” Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a new report published today. “In the attack on

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin America under the guise of a providing a hotfix.
The attack chains involve distributing a ZIP archive file named “crowdstrike-hotfix.zip,”

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated variant of a known stealer malware that attackers affiliated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have delivered as part of prior cyber espionage campaigns targeting job seekers.
The artifact in question is an Apple macOS disk image (DMG) file named “MiroTalk.dmg” that mimics the legitimate video call service of the same name,

The CE giant released its investigative findings regarding a March cyberattack that resulted in data exfiltration affecting its Japanese operations.

A now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware operation known as EstateRansomware.
Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat actor in early April 2024, said the modus operandi involved the exploitation of CVE-2023-27532 (CVSS score: 7.5) to carry out the malicious activities.
Initial access to the target

The persistent threat of social engineering tactics sees cybercriminals blending technology with human manipulation to exploit individuals.