Data center flaws spurred disruptions, espionage and malware attacks

By Waqas
Trellix’s researchers uncovered a series of vulnerabilities in two prominent data center equipment vendors: CyberPower and Dataprobe.
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South African Power Supplier Hit by DroxiDat Malware

By Deeba Ahmed
Cybersecurity researchers at Securelist have discovered a cyberattack against a power-generating firm in South Africa. Reportedly, the firm…
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Macs are getting compromised to act as proxy exit nodes

AdLoad, well-known malware that has been targeting systems running macOS for over half a decade, has been observed delivering a new payload that – unbeknown to the owners – enlisted their systems into a residential proxy botnet. According t…

APTs use of lesser-known TTPs are no less of a headache

APT (advanced persistent threat) attacks were once considered to be primarily a problem for large corporations, but the number of these (often state-sponsored) attacks against small- and medium-sized businesses has increased significantly. Everyone is …

Security Affairs newsletter Round 432 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Police dismantled bulletproof hosting service provider Lolek Hosted Python URL parsing function flaw can enable command execution […]

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DroxiDat Malware Variant Targets South African Power Generating Firm

An unknown hacker group has been associated with a hacking campaign that targeted a power generation firm based in South Africa. The firm was targeted by a new variant of the SystemBC malware known as DroxiDat. Researchers said this malware variant was…

Power Generator in South Africa hit with DroxiDat and Cobalt Strike

Threat actors employed a new variant of the SystemBC malware, named DroxiDat, in attacks aimed at African critical infrastructure. Researchers from Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) reported that an unknown threat actor used a new variant of the SystemBC proxy malware, named DroxiDat, in an attack against a power generation company in southern Africa. SystemBC was […]

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MoustachedBouncer Hackers Caught Spying on Embassies

By Deeba Ahmed
MoustachedBouncer is a Belarusian government-backed hacking group that has been active since 2014.
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Email Hacking Reigns as Top Cybersecurity Threat, Indusface Study

By Waqas
The new study has identified a cybersecurity training gap and an alarming lack of preparedness in countering emerging threats.
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[SANS ISC] Show me All Your Windows!

Today, I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Show me All Your Windows!“: It’s a key point for attackers to implement anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques. Anti-debugging means the malware will try to detect if it’s being debugged (executed in a debugger or its execution is slower than expected). Anti-analysis refers

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