Compromised Website Images Camouflage ObliqueRAT Malware

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, discovered that user data of the Swarmshop card shop have been leaked online on March 17, 2021. The database was posted on a different underground forum and contained 12,344 records of the card shop admins, sellers and buyers including their nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, history of activity, and…

In context: We’ve seen an increase in the number of large-scale cyberattacks recently, from hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server software to the REvil ransomware infections. And while the damage these incidents cause can be severe, President Biden has warned that they could lead to something even more serious: “a real shooting war.” Speaking…

Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security , Incident & Breach Response At Least 10 Indonesian Government Ministries and Agencies Affected Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 13, 2021     Insikt Group, the threat research division of threat intelligence firm Recorded Future, says it has discovered Chinese hackers have breached the internal records of at least…

3rd Party Risk Management , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Additional Money Would Address a Range of Cybersecurity Issues Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 11, 2021     President Joe Biden is asking Congress to boost the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency budget by $110 million to help enable the agency to…

Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Researchers Say Small Number of Core Individuals Selling Access to Hacked Networks Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 16, 2021     An initial access broker first advertised access to an airline before later selling 15 allegedly stolen databases of Pakistan International Airlines. (Source:…

Globally, 90 per cent of enterprises among those surveyed are yet to achieve their digital-first goals with 49 per cent admitting that cyber security is the top-most priority for their business, a report showed on Monday. While 45 per cent of enterprises lost productivity during the crisis due to problems of connectivity, 41 per cent…