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23 Feb

Experts Warn of Increasing Cyberattacks Targeting Zoho ManageEngine Products

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On February 23, 2023, multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a critical security vulnerability impacting several Zoho ManageEngine products since January 20, 2023. Tracked as CVE-2022-47966 (CVSS score: 9.8), the remote code execution flaw allows a complete takeover of the susceptible systems by unauthenticated attackers.   Martin Zugec of Bitdefender's cybersecurity firm revealed in a technical advisory that the vulnerability "allows unauthenticated remote code execution due...

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23 Feb

China-Linked Cyber Espionage Group Targeting South American Nations

in Advanced Persistent Threats, Cyber Security, Cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Remote Access Security
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China-based cyberespionage actor DEV-0147 has been observed compromising diplomatic targets in South America, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team. 

The initiative is “a notable expansion of the group’s data exfiltration operations that traditionally targeted gov’t agencies and think tanks in Asia and Europe,” the team tweeted on Monday. 

DEV-0147’s attacks in South America included post-exploitation activity involving the abuse of on-premises identity infrastructure for reconnaissance...

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20 Feb

Financial Cybercriminals Deploy Ransomware and Clipper Malware

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A new financially motivated campaign that commenced in December 2022 has seen the unidentified threat actor behind it deploying a novel ransomware strain dubbed MortalKombat and a clipper malware known as Laplas. Cisco Talos said it "observed the actor scanning the internet for victim machines with an exposed remote desktop protocol (RDP) port 3389." The attacks, per the cybersecurity company,...

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19 Feb

CISA Releases Decryptor Tool to Combat New ESXiArgs Ransomware Variant

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After the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a decryptor for affected victims to recover from ESXiArgs ransomware attacks, the threat actors have bounced back with an updated version that encrypts more data. The emergence of the new variant was reported by a system administrator on an online forum, where another participant stated that files larger than 128MB...

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18 Feb

The Rising Risks of Cryptocurrency Use: Exploring Enigma, Vector, and TgToxic

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Suspected Russian threat actors have been targeting Eastern European users in the crypto industry with fake job opportunities as bait to install information-stealing malware on compromised hosts. The attackers "use several highly obfuscated and under-development custom loaders in order to infect those involved in the cryptocurrency industry with Enigma stealer," Trend Micro researchers Aliakbar...

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Wireless IIoT Device Vulnerabilities Pose Risk to Critical Infrastructure
16 Feb

Wireless IIoT Device Vulnerabilities Pose Risk to Critical Infrastructure

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A set of 38 security vulnerabilities has been uncovered in wireless industrial internet of things (IIoT) devices from four different vendors that could pose a significant attack surface for threat actors looking to exploit operational technology (OT) environments. "Threat actors can exploit vulnerabilities in Wireless IIoT devices to gain initial access to internal OT networks," Israeli...

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13 Feb

Exploring the Increase in Cybersecurity Budgets and its Effect on Data Breaches

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Cybersecurity is a major concern for businesses around the globe, with the projected cost of cybercrime in 2023 set to reach $8 Trillion. As a result, organizations are investing more and more on cybersecurity each year, with global spending on security and risk management expected to increase by 11% in 2023 to $188 Billion.   Despite this, cyber attacks have become increasingly common and more severe. This...

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