Riding the wave of notoriety from the Chinese company’s R1 AT chatbot, attackers are spinning up lookalike sites for different malicious use cases. Go to Source Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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When it comes to protecting your company from cyberattacks, you don’t have to be the fastest gazelle — you just can’t afford to be the slowest. Go to Source Author: Boaz Barzel
Bogus websites advertising Google Chrome have been used to distribute malicious installers for a remote access trojan called ValleyRAT. The malware, first detected in 2023, is attributed to a threat actor tracked as Silver Fox, with prior attack campaigns primarily targeting Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. “This actor has increasingly targeted […]
Ransomware attacks netted cybercrime groups a total of $813.5 million in 2024, a decline from $1.25 billion in 2023. The total amount extorted during the first half of 2024 stood at $459.8 million, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding payment activity slumped after July 2024 by about 3.94%. “The number of ransomware events increased into […]
A new malware campaign dubbed SparkCat has leveraged a suit of bogus apps on both Apple’s and Google’s respective app stores to steal victims’ mnemonic phrases associated with cryptocurrency wallets. The attacks leverage an optical character recognition (OCR) model to exfiltrate select images containing wallet recovery phrases from photo libraries to a command-and-control (C2) server, […]
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategies, shifting from a technical necessity to a critical pillar in leadership agendas. With the PAM market projected to reach $42.96 billion by 2037 (according to Research Nester), organizations invest heavily in PAM solutions. Why is PAM climbing the ranks of leadership priorities? […]
The North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC). The attacks commence with phishing emails containing a Windows shortcut (LNK) file that’s disguised as a Microsoft Office or PDF document. […]
You arrive at the office, power up your system, and panic sets in. Every file is locked, and every system is frozen. A ransom demand flashes on your screen: “Pay $2 million in Bitcoin within 48 hours or lose everything.” And the worst part is that even after paying, there’s no guarantee you’ll get your […]
Cisco has released updates to address two critical security flaws Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges on susceptible devices. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-20124 (CVSS score: 9.9) – An insecure Java deserialization vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE that could permit an […]
Cheap banking scams are often easier to pull off in a country with older devices, fewer regulations, and experienced fraudsters. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer