Lazarus APT conceals malicious code within BMP image to drop its RAT

[Leer en español] Russia yesterday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, John Sullivan, in response to the cyber espionage sanctions adopted by Washington, which include the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova advanced that the conversation with the ambassador “will not be to the liking of the U.S. side.” “Such…

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Biden Administration Says Attempted Ransomware Disruption Efforts Won’t Be Immediate Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 12, 2021     REvil ransom note seen by victims of the ransomware attack involving Kaseya’s software (Source: Cisco Talos) As the Biden administration attempts to force Russia to crack…

Microsoft Tuesday issued instructions and a one-click tool to small businesses with on-premises Exchange servers to patch the vulnerability first disclosed by the company March 2, and which criminals have been using to spy on victims’ communications as well as gain access to other parts of their networks. “We realized that there was a need…

Security researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) on Wednesday disclosed a new strain of cross-platform malware that steals sensitive information from Apple’s macOS users. The malware identified as “XLoader” is currently being is distributed in the form of malware-as-a-service (MaaS) on the dark web forum as a botnet loader service for as low as $49,…

Microsoft has provided mitigation guidance to block attacks on systems vulnerable to exploits targeting the Windows Print Spooler zero-day vulnerability known as PrintNightmare. This remote code execution (RCE) bug—now tracked as CVE-2021-34527—impacts all versions of Windows per Microsoft, with the company still investigating if the vulnerability is exploitable on all of them. CVE-2021-34527 allows attackers to take over affected…

MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors – Front Page 24. August 2021 This article has been indexed from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors – Front Page Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to join other tech executives in a cybersecurity meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, reports Bloomberg. The meeting will focus on the…