Interpol: Replace pig butchering with romance baiting
Interpol has urged using the term “romance baiting” instead of “pig butchering” to refer to online schemes that leverage romantic relationships to…
Month: December 2024
BeyondTrust says hackers breached Remote Support SaaS instances
Privileged access management company BeyondTrust suffered a cyberattack in early December after threat actors breached some of its Remote Support SaaS instances.…
Raccoon Stealer operator jailed | SC Media
BleepingComputer reports that the U.S. has imposed a five-year prison sentence on Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky months after pleading guilty to spearheading…
Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords
Dec 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Botnet Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are…
CISA Mandates Cloud Security for Federal Agencies by 2025 Under Binding Directive 25-01
Dec 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Encryption The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Binding Operational Directive…
Hacker sentenced to 69 months for stealing payment card info
A U.S. man was sentenced to 69 months on criminal hacking charges related to a data-stealing malware operation. Vitali Antonenko,…
Ongoing phishing attack abuses Google Calendar to bypass spam filters
An ongoing phishing scam is abusing Google Calendar invites and Google Drawings pages to steal credentials while bypassing spam filters.…
Raccoon Stealer malware operator gets 5 years in prison after guilty plea
Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware…
Russian hackers use RDP proxies to steal data in MiTM attacks
The Russian hacking group tracked as APT29 (aka “Midnight Blizzard”) is using a network of 193 remote desktop protocol proxy servers…
US considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity risks
The U.S. government is considering banning TP-Link routers starting next year if ongoing investigations find that their use in cyberattacks…