Compromised Website Images Camouflage ObliqueRAT Malware
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The ObliqueRAT malware is now cloaking its payloads as seemingly-innocent image files that are hidden on compromised websites.
Following the release of a security-focused point update to iOS in July, Apple on Monday ceased signing code for iOS 14.7. Apple pushed out iOS 14.7.1 just over a week ago to patch a security vulnerability that may have been exploited in the wild. The release also included a fix for a bug that prevented…
Ukrainian law enforcement officials reported the arrest of the Clop ransomware group on Wednesday. The organization had been disrupting infrastructure and carrying attacks around the world since at least 2019, according to The Hacker News. Six defendants were charged as part of an international operation involving Ukraine’s National Police and authorities from Interpol, Korea,…
CISO Discusses Changing Security Culture in Organizations Varun Haran (APACinfosec) • June 4, 2021 Mario Demarillas, CISO, Exceture Mario Demarillas, CISO and head of IT consulting and software engineering at Exceture, in the Philippines, strikes a balance between securing his organization and its business offering in security….
Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Kaspersky Describes ‘Operation TunnelSnake’ That Appears to Have China Connection Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 12, 2021 Architecture of the Moriya rootkit (Source: Kaspersky) An ongoing advanced persistent threat campaign dubbed “Operation TunnelSnake” has been using a Windows rootkit named Moriya to…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management Trend Micro: Cryptojacking Group TeamTNT Targets Clusters in Wormlike Attack Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 26, 2021 Logo for Kubernetes open-source container orchestration system Researchers at Trend Micro say about 50,000 IPs were compromised across multiple Kubernetes clusters in a wormlike attack by the cloud-focused…
Campaigners call platform ‘a fertile recruitment ground’ and say it must take urgent action to protect childrenInstagram has become a hub for young neo-Nazis to recruit young people to far-right groups, a report from an anti-racism group has warned.The recommendations-driven platform and focus on visual media make it ideal for spreading propaganda, Hope Not Hate…