Infosecurity News
Open Source Leaders Warn of XZ Utils-Like Takeover Attempts
Two open source organizations have revealed attempts to socially engineer project takeovers
Bad Bots Drive 10% Annual Surge in Account Takeover Attacks
Malicious bots now represent a third of all internet traffic, says Imperva
Russia and Ukraine Top Inaugural World Cybercrime Index
An international team of researchers published the first-ever index ranking countries by cybercrime threat level
New LockBit Variant Exploits Self-Spreading Features
Kaspersky also uncovered the use of the SessionGopher script to extract saved passwords
Palo Alto Networks Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Designated CVE-2024-3400 and with a CVSS score of 10.0, the flaw enables unauthorized actors to execute arbitrary code on affected firewalls
Chipmaker Giant Nexperia Confirms Cyber-Attack Amid Ransomware Group Claims
Nexperia confirmed its IT servers were accessed by attackers, with the Dunghill ransomware group claiming to have stolen chip designs and other sensitive documents
FBI Warns of Massive Toll Services Smishing Scam
The Feds have received thousands of complaints about phishing texts from fake road toll collection services
Police Swoop on €645m Cannabis Investment Fraud Gang
Nine arrests and millions of euros seized in bid to bust JuicyFields investment scammers
CISA Urges Immediate Credential Reset After Sisense Breach
The breach affecting business analytics provider Sisense could lead to a wide-scale supply chain attack
Palo Alto Networks Warns About Critical Zero-Day in PAN-OS
A fix for CVE-2024-3400 is scheduled on April 4, Palo Alto Networks announced
Apple Boosts Spyware Alerts For Mercenary Attacks
The revision points out companies like NSO Group, known for surveillance tools like Pegasus
Data Breach Exposes 300k Taxi Passengers’ Information
These records belonged to Dublin-based iCabbi, a dispatch and fleet management technology provider
New Android Espionage Campaign Spotted in India and Pakistan
A new cyber espionage campaign, called ‘eXotic Visit,’ targeted Android users in South Asia via seemingly legitimate messaging apps
Raspberry Robin Distributed Through Windows Script Files
Distribution vectors of the Raspberry Robin worm now include Windows Script Files (WSF) alongside other methods like USB drives
Threat Actors Game GitHub Search to Spread Malware
Checkmarx warns of GitHub search result manipulation designed to promote malicious repositories
US Data Breach Reports Surge 90% Annually in Q1
The number of publicly reported data breaches and leaks grew 90% in the first three months of the year
Rhadamanthys Malware Deployed By TA547 Against German Targets
Proofpoint said this is the first time the threat actor has been seen using LLM-generated PowerShell scripts
LG TV Vulnerabilities Expose 91,000 Devices
The issues identified permit unauthorized access to the TV’s root system by bypassing authorization mechanisms
Women Experience Exclusion Twice as Often as Men in Cybersecurity
A WiCyS report detailed the causes of disparities in the experiences of women working in cybersecurity compared to men, including respect and exclusion
Windows: New 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Given Highest Severity Score
A flaw in the Rust standard library exposes Windows systems to command injection attacks
