Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January’s government crackdown against citizen protests nationwide, the regime implemented an internet shutdown that transcends the standard definition of internet censorship. This was not merelyRead More »Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous
This is new. North Korean hackers are posing as company recruiters, enticing job candidates to participate in coding challenges. When they run the code they are supposed to work on, it installs malware on their system. News article.
Aeternum operates on smart contracts, making its command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure difficult to disrupt. The post Aeternum Botnet Loader Employs Polygon Blockchain C&C to Boost Resilience appeared first on SecurityWeek.
An out-of-band security update for Junos OS Evolved patches the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-21902. The post Juniper Networks PTX Routers Affected by Critical Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat platforms to distribute a remote access trojan (RAT). “A malicious downloader staged a portable Java runtime and executed a malicious Java archive (JAR) file named jd-gui.jar,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team saidRead More »Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms
Meta on Thursday said it’s taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam. As part of the effort, the advertisers’ methods of payment have been suspended, related accounts have been disabled, and the websiteRead More »Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams
CISA has released an advisory to warn about four vulnerabilities discovered by a researcher in Gardyn Home and Gardyn Studio. The post Critical Flaws Exposed Gardyn Smart Gardens to Remote Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The devices have been added to the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC). The post Apple iPhone and iPad Cleared for Classified NATO Use appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts. “Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain,” Qrator Labs said inRead More »Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown
The goal isn’t about preventing every attack but about keeping the business running when attacks succeed. The post Four Risks Boards Cannot Treat as Background Noise appeared first on SecurityWeek.
