Cybercrime

City of Toronto is one of the victims hacked by Clop gang using GoAnywhere zero-day

Clop ransomware gang added the City of Toronto to the list of its victims, it is another organization compromised by exploiting GoAnywhere zero-day. Clop ransomware gang added the City of Toronto to the list of victims published on its Tor leak site. The City was targeted as part of a campaign exploiting the recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in […]

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March 24, 2023
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Nexus, an emerging Android banking Trojan targets 450 financial apps

Experts warn of an emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus that was employed in attacks against 450 financial applications. Cybersecurity firm experts from Cleafy warn of an emerging Android banking trojan, named Nexus, that was employed by multiple groups in attacks against 450 financial applications. The Nexus ransomware was first analyzed in early March by researchers from the […]

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March 23, 2023
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Dole discloses data breach after February ransomware attack

Dole Food Company confirmed that threat actors behind the recent ransomware attack had access to employees’ data. Dole Food Company is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation, it is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries. Dole reported 2021 revenues of $6.5 […]

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March 23, 2023
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Rogue ChatGPT extension FakeGPT hijacked Facebook accounts

A tainted version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome, designed to steal Facebook accounts, has thousands of downloads. Guardio’s security team uncovered a new variant of a malicious Chat-GPT Chrome Extension that was already downloaded by thousands a day. The version employed in a recent campaign is based on a legitimate open-source project, threat […]

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March 23, 2023
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Reversing Emotet Dropping Javascript

Recently (On March 18 2023 at 23:44), a new malspam campaign has been observed in the wild ( HERE ), which caused a significant amount of concern. This campaign is designed to distribute malicious emails, which contain a harmful payload that can infect a user’s system, steal sensitive information, or launch other types of attacks. […]

March 22, 2023
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ENISA: Ransomware became a prominent threat against the transport sector in 2022

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published its first cyber threat landscape report for the transport sector. A new report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) analyzes threats and incidents in the transport sector. The report covers incidents in aviation, maritime, railway, and road transport industries between January 2021 and October […]

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March 22, 2023
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New ShellBot bot targets poorly managed Linux SSH Servers

New ShellBot DDoS bot malware, aka PerlBot, is targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers, ASEC researchers warn. AhnLab Security Emergency response Center (ASEC) discovered a new variant of the ShellBot malware that was employed in a campaign that targets poorly managed Linux SSH servers. The ShellBot, also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC […]

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March 21, 2023
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2022 witnessed a drop in exploited zero-days

Malicious threat actors have actively exploited 55 zero-days in 2022 – down from 81 in 2021 – with Microsoft, Google, and Apple products being most targeted. 53 out of 55 allowed attackers to achieve elevated privileges or execute remote co…

March 21, 2023
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