CVE-2021-25165 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Lazarus APT, a North Korean threat actor known for its sophisticated attacks, has been observed using a clever method to bypass security mechanisms by hiding its malicious code within a bitmap (.BMP) image file used to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive information. According to researchers at Malwarebytes Labs,…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime DOJ: Wyatt Travnichek Allegedly Accessed Cleaning and Disinfecting System Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 2, 2021     This is the website of the Ellsworth County Rural Water District in Kansas. The facility was targeted in an attack in 2019, according to the Justice Department….

The attack overwhelmed the systems of a Belgian ISP, leading to widespread service outages and disruptions Many government websites and services in Belgium were knocked offline on Tuesday after Belnet, the internet service provider (ISP) for the country’s public sector, was hit by a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. According to Belnet, the attack started…

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Email Security & Protection Attackers Co-Opted Malware for Data Exfiltration and Ransom, Group-IB Finds Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • May 8, 2021     Attackers co-opted the Hancitor malware downloader and recently used it to deliver Cuba ransomware as part of an email spam campaign for data exfiltration and ransom extortion,…

The cyberattack on SITA that impacted multiple airlines around the world was orchestrated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor tracked as APT41, security researchers at detection and prevention firm Group-IB say. Codenamed ColunmTK and disclosed in early March 2021, the attack affected airlines such as Air India, Air New Zealand, Finland’s Finnair, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia…

The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. BPL serves almost 4 million visitors per year through its central library and twenty-five neighborhood branches, as well as millions more online.  It is the third-largest public library in the United States behind the…