The TrickBot trojan is adding man-in-the-browser (MitB) capabilities for stealing online banking credentials that resemble Zeus, the early banking trojan, researchers said — potentially signaling a coming onslaught of fraud attacks. TrickBot is a sophisticated ( and common ) modular threat known for….
New malware that has been active for over a year has compromised Windows containers in order to further hack Kubernetes clusters and install backdoors in them with the aim of further malicious activity. Originally developed by Google and now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating the deployment,…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Governance & Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Agency Now Seeks Feedback to Help Address Governance Challenges Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 31, 2021 (Photo: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay) Citing a need to secure artificial intelligence technologies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is working to…
New Pingback Malware Using ICMP Tunneling to Evade C&C Detection | IT Security News 4. May 2021 Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a novel malware that uses a variety of tricks to stay under the radar and evade detection, while stealthily capable of executing arbitrary commands on infected systems.Called ‘Pingback,’ the Windows malware leverages Internet Control…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Suspicious Activity Detected; Investigation Continues Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • April 30, 2021 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is investigating whether five government agencies may have been breached when attackers exploited vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure VPN products, according to…
Three former US intelligence and military operatives broke America’s weapons export and computer security laws by, among other things, helping the United Arab Emirates hijack and siphon data from people’s iPhones, it emerged on Tuesday. US citizens Marc Baier, 49, and Ryan Adams, 34, and ex-citizen Daniel Gericke, 40, were charged [PDF] with using “illicit,…
Active since 2014, RedFoxtrot predominantly targets aerospace and defense, government, telecommunications, mining, and research organizations in India among other countries. The other countries are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, aligning with the operational remit of PLA Unit 69010. Recorded Future, the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security, on Thursday, revealed cyber…
