Russian Star Blizzard Targets WhatsApp Accounts in New Spear-Phishing Campaign

The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that targets victims’ WhatsApp accounts, signaling a departure from its longstanding tradecraft in a likely attempt to evade detection. “Star Blizzard’s targets are most commonly related to government or diplomacy (both incumbent and former position holders), defense policy or…

Rsync File Synchronization Tool Vulnerabilities

What are the Vulnerabilities?Six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync tool, an open-source file synchronization and data transferring tool utilized for its ability to perform incremental transfers, reducing data transfer times and bandwidth usage. Several popular backup software such as Rclone, DeltaCopy, and ChronoSync use Rsync for file synchronization. The vulnerabilities are…

Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes

Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that’s targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on Google. “The scheme consists of stealing as many advertiser accounts as possible by impersonating Google Ads and redirecting victims to fake login pages,” Jérôme Segura, senior…