30 Aug

BadBazaar espionage tool targets Android users via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps

ESET researchers have discovered active campaigns linked to the China-aligned APT group known as GREF, distributing espionage code that has previously targeted Uyghurs Source

Author rabih
30 Aug

Toyota Japan back on the road after probably-not-cyber attack halted production

Toyota Japan has recovered from what it’s described as a “malfunction in the production order system” that halted production on 28 lines across 14 plants

Author rabih
30 Aug

Meta reckons China’s troll farms could learn proper OpSec from Russia’s fake news crews

Russia appears to be “better” at running online trolling campaigns aimed at pushing its political narratives than China, according to Meta’s latest Adversarial Threat Report.

Author rabih
29 Aug

University cuts itself off from internet after mystery security snafu

The University of Michigan has isolated itself from the internet but, hey, everything’s fine! The institute’s president on Tuesday published a letter to the school

Author rabih
29 Aug

Apple security boss faces iPads-for-gun-permits bribery charge… again

An appeals court has reversed a 2021 decision to drop a bribery charge against Apple’s head of global security, who is accused of donating iPads

Author rabih
29 Aug

FBI-led Operation Duck Hunt shoots down Qakbot

Uncle Sam today said an international law enforcement effort dismantled Qakbot, aka QBot, a notorious botnet and malware loader responsible for losses totaling hundreds of

Author rabih
29 Aug

Peeling Back the Layers of RemcosRat Malware

Authored by Preksha Saxena McAfee labs observed a Remcos RAT campaign where malicious VBS files were delivered via phishing email. A phishing email contained a

Author rabih
29 Aug

On Public Wi-Fi, a VPN is Your Friend

You can almost feel it in the air. Wi-Fi is everywhere. And if you tap into public Wi-Fi, do it with a VPN.  The keyword

Author rabih
29 Aug

More UK cops’ names and photos exposed in supplier breach

London’s Metropolitan Police has said a third-party data breach exposed staff and officers’ names, ranks, photos, vetting levels, and salary information. In a statement posted

Author rabih
28 Aug

Health, payment info for 1.2M people feared stolen from Purfoods in IT attack

Purfoods has notified more than 1.2 million people that their personal and medical data — including payment card and bank account numbers, security codes, and some

Author rabih
28 Aug

Malware loader lowdown: The big 3 responsible for 80% of attacks so far this year

Three malware loaders — QBot, SocGholish, and Raspberry Robin — are responsible for 80 percent of observed attacks on computers and networks so far this

Author rabih
28 Aug

Recovering from a supply-chain attack: What are the lessons to learn from the 3CX hack?

The campaign started with a trojanized version of unsupported financial software Source

Author rabih
28 Aug

Whiffy malware stinks after tracking location via Wi-FI

Infosec in Brief No one likes malware, but malicious code that tracks your location is particularly unlovable. Case in point, a new piece of nasty

Author rabih
28 Aug

Taiwanese infosec researchers challenge Microsoft’s China espionage finding

Asia In Brief Taiwan-based infosec consultancy Team T5 has disputed Microsoft’s alleged timeline of just when a Beijing-linked attack group named Flax Typhoon commenced its

Author rabih
26 Aug

Tor turns to proof-of-work puzzles to defend onion network from DDoS attacks

Tor, which stands for The Onion Router, weathered a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) storm from June last year through to May. While that attack has

Author rabih
25 Aug

How a Telegram bot helps scammers target victims – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

ESET researchers uncover a Telegram bot that enables even less tech-savvy scammers to defraud people out of their money Source

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25 Aug

FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably

The FBI has warned owners of Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances the devices are likely undergoing attack by snoops linked to China, and removing

Author rabih
24 Aug

A Traveler’s Guide to International Cybersecurity

Have you ever lost your suitcase on vacation? You arrive at baggage claim, keeping your eyes peeled for your belongings. The carousel goes around and

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