A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. “In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well…
The new lightweight stealer, distributed via underground forums and cracked software, demonstrates an important evolution in the stealth of commodity infostealing malware.
Quantum computing and AI working together will bring incredible opportunities. Together, the technologies will help us extend innovation further and faster than ever before. But, imagine the flip side, waking up to news that hackers have used a quantum computer to crack your company’s encryption overnight, exposing your most sensitive data, rendering much of it…
Generative AI has gone from a curiosity to a cornerstone of enterprise productivity in just a few short years. From copilots embedded in office suites to dedicated large language model (LLM) platforms, employees now rely on these tools to code, analyze, draft, and decide. But for CISOs and security architects, the very speed of adoption…
Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going “dark.” Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. This is supported by…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy,…
This week, the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) indicted five Chinese nationals for hacking into the networks of over 100 companies in a global cyber crime campaign. According to the press release, the industries attacked included software development companies, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, social media companies, video game companies, non-profit organizations, universities, think…
The Microsoft Patch Tuesday release for July 14, 2020 contains (123) reported disclosures. This month’s release has one critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server (CVE-2020-1350) that allows for remote code execution by an unauthenticated attacker. It also has been confirmed by Microsoft to be wormable; devoid of user interaction. What are the specifics of the…
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024. “Using a court order granted by the Southern…
What is the Vulnerability? FortiGuard Labs has observed active network telemetry relating to CVE-2025-7775, a memory overflow vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway that enables remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) under certain pre-conditions. Exploitation on unpatched appliances has been confirmed, and CISA has added the vulnerability to its Known Exploited…