FatalRAT Exploits Telegram to Deliver Malicious Links

FatalRAT Exploits Telegram to Deliver Malicious Links

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management AT&T Alien Labs: RAT Uses Defense Evasion Techniques Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • August 2, 2021     FatalRAT is distributed via download links for software or media articles on Telegram channels. (Illustration: Telegram) A remote access Trojan is being distributed via download links for software…

NSA Shares Guidance for Government Employees on Securing Wireless Devices in Public

NSA Shares Guidance for Government Employees on Securing Wireless Devices in Public

NSA Shares Guidance for Government Employees on Securing Wireless Devices in Public | IT Security News 2. August 2021 This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS Feed The National Security Agency (NSA) has published a new document to provide a series of recommendations on how governmental agencies in the United States can mitigate the…

CISA launches vulnerability disclosure platform for federal agencies

CISA launches vulnerability disclosure platform for federal agencies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today launched a new vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) platform for US federal civilian agencies. Initially announced in June, the federal civilian enterprise-wide crowdsourced VDP platform provided by BugCrowd and EnDyna was established in support of Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 20-01 issued in September 2020. The newly launched VDP…

SolarWinds hackers accessed over two dozen federal prosecutors’ offices: DOJ

SolarWinds hackers accessed over two dozen federal prosecutors’ offices: DOJ

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday that the hackers behind the major SolarWinds attack compromised employee accounts in more than two dozen federal prosecutors’ offices. The DOJ said in an update that the hackers are believed to have compromised the accounts from May 7 to Dec. 27, 2020. The data includes “all sent, received, and stored…

Global cyber attacks up as ransomware surges by 93% | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #infosecurity | #hacker | National Cyber Security

Global cyber attacks up as ransomware surges by 93% | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #infosecurity | #hacker | National Cyber Security

Global cyber attacks have increased by 29% in the last six months, as hackers continue to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote working, according to new research. The 2021 Mid-year Security Report from Check Point provides a detailed overview of the cyber threat landscape and shows the latest cyberattack trends observed throughout…

An Indian firm facing 1,738 cyber attacks a week on average, claims report, IT Security News, ET CISO

An Indian firm facing 1,738 cyber attacks a week on average, claims report, IT Security News, ET CISO

An organisation in India faced cyber attack 1,738 times on average per week in the last six months compared to 757 attacks per organisation globally, a report showed on Thursday. The most impacted industries in India in the last six months were education/research, government/military, insurance/legal, manufacturing and healthcare, according to the report by Check Point…

Massive Cyberattack Led to Khaos in Iranian Train System

Massive Cyberattack Led to Khaos in Iranian Train System

A recent massive cyberattack involving wiper malware Meteor was successful in destroying Iran’s national rail infrastructure as well as the ministry of transportation’s website, resulting in significant train service interruptions throughout the country, according to The Hacker News. On July 9, the Iranian train system was rendered obsolete as a result of a massive attack…

SolarWinds Attackers Accessed US Attorneys’ Office Emails

SolarWinds Attackers Accessed US Attorneys’ Office Emails

3rd Party Risk Management , Application Security , Cybercrime DOJ: Russian-Linked Group Breached Office 365 Accounts in 27 Offices Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 1, 2021     Photo: Salticidae via Flickr/CC The Russian-linked group that targeted SolarWinds using a supply chain attack compromised at least one email account at 27 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in…

Pegasus Spyware News: NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments | India News

Pegasus Spyware News: NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments | India News

Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported. The development also follows raids on some offices of the NSO Group on Wednesday by Israeli government agencies “to begin assessing” security…