China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out a “premeditated” cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center (NTSC), as it described the U.S. as a “hacker empire” and the “greatest source of chaos in cyberspace.” The Ministry of State Security (MSS), in a WeChatRead More »MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems
The Ministry of State Security alleged that the NSA exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging services of a foreign mobile phone brand to steal sensitive information. The post China Accuses US of Cyberattack on National Time Center appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a broad spectrum of crimes ranging from phishing to investment fraud. The coordinated law enforcement effort, dubbed Operation SIMCARTEL, saw 26 searches carried out, resulting inRead More »Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously undocumented .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor. According to Seqrite Labs, the attack chain involves distributing phishing emails containing a ZIP archive as a way to trigger the infection.Read More »New .NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins). “The campaign relied on phishing emails with PDFs that contained embeddedRead More »Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
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The U.S. is the top target for cyberattacks, with criminals and foreign adversaries targeting companies, governments and organizations. The post Microsoft: Russia, China Increasingly Using AI to Escalate Cyberattacks on the US appeared first on SecurityWeek.
77% of organizations have experienced insider-related data loss in the last 18 months.
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Capita fined £14 million, ICTBroadcast vulnerability exploited, Spyware maker NSO acquired. The post In Other News: CrowdStrike Vulnerabilities, CISA Layoffs, Mango Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The North Korean threat actor linked to the Contagious Interview campaign has been observed merging some of the functionality of two of its malware programs, indicating that the hacking group is actively refining its toolset. That’s according to new findings from Cisco Talos, which said recent campaigns undertaken by theRead More »North Korean Hackers Combine BeaverTail and OtterCookie into Advanced JS Malware
