S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?
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Cybercrime
Understanding Malware-as-a-Service
What Malware-as-a-Service includes, on what terms cybercriminals offer it, and what malware they most often distribute under this model
France Accuses Russia of Spoofing Foreign Ministry Website in ‘Typosquatting’ Campaign
The French government is taking a stand against the increasing threat of digital warfare. Publicly accusing Russia of conducting an extensive online manipulation campaign, France is fighting back against typosquatting of major media outlets an…
Unveiling the Balada injector: a malware epidemic in WordPress
Learn the shocking truth behind the Balada Injector campaign and find out how to protect your organization from this relentless viral invasion. A deadly cyber campaign has been working silently to undermine website security by exploiting popular WordPress plugins — infiltrating over a million websites and leaving administrators scrambling for solutions. In April 2023, Bleeping […]
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LLM meets Malware: Starting the Era of Autonomous Threat
Malware researchers analyzed the application of Large Language Models (LLM) to malware automation investigating future abuse in autonomous threats. Executive Summary In this report we shared some insight that emerged during our exploratory research, and proof of concept, on the application of Large Language Models to malware automation, investigating how a potential new kind of […]
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St. Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure
St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois is partly closing operations at its hospitals due to a 2021 ransomware attack that impacted its payment system. In February 2021a ransomware attack hit the St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois and forced the organization to shutdown of IT infrastructure at the Spring Valley hospital to contain the threat. The cyber […]
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Romanian Operator of Bulletproof Hosting Service Sentenced to Prison in US
A Romanian national who operated a bulletproof hosting service used by malware operators was sentenced to prison in the US.
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A database containing data of +8.9 million Zacks users was leaked online
A database containing the personal information of more than 8.9 million Zacks Investment Research users was leaked on a cybercrime forum. A database containing personal information of 8,929,503 Zacks Investment Research users emerged on a popular hacking forum on June 10, 2023. Zacks is the leading investment research firm focusing on stock research, analysis, and recommendations. The availability of the archive […]
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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 [The Mind’s Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 | June 13th, 2023
[The Mind’s Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks
The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. As we will cover a bit b…
UK communications regulator Ofcom hacked with a MOVEit file transfer zero-day
UK communications regulator Ofcom suffered a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack exploiting the MOVEit file transfer zero-day. UK’s communications regulator Ofcom disclosed a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack. The threat actors exploited the zero-day flaw (CVE-2023-34362,) in MOVEit file transfer and access the infrastructure of the regulator. A spokesperson for Ofcom […]
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