Malware

17 Jan

PyPI Users Targeted With ‘Wacatac’ Trojan in New Supply Chain Attack

Information, Malware, News

Fortinet warns of three new malicious PyPI packages containing code designed to fetch the Wacatac trojan and information stealer as a next stage payload. The three Python packages, ‘colorslib’, ‘httpslib’ and ‘libhttps’ were uploaded to PyPI (Python Package Index) on January 7 and January 12. All three packages were published by the same author from a user account named ‘Lolip0p’, which joined the repository shortly before the packages were published. The Python packages feature legitimate-looking…

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17 Jan

DigiCert releases Trust Lifecycle Manager to unify certificate management, PKI services

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Digital security certificate company DigiCert has announced the launch of DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager – a new solution designed to unify certificate authority-agnostic certificate management and public key infrastructure (PKI) services. Available now as part of the DigiCert ONE platform, Trust Lifecycle Manager aims to set a new standard for managing trust within an organization’s digital footprint and reduce their attack surface to help prevent data breaches, the firm said. Solution built to address three…

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17 Jan

European data protection authorities issue record €2.92 billion in GDPR fines

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

European data regulators issued a record €2.92 billion in fines last year, a 168% increase from 2021. That’s according to the latest GDPR and Data Breach survey from international law firm DLA Piper, which covers all 27 Member States of the European Union, plus the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This year’s biggest fine of €405 million was imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) against Meta Platforms Ireland Limited relating to Instagram for…

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17 Jan

US Maritime Administrator to study port crane cybersecurity concerns

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in late December 2022 was filled with a host of military-related cybersecurity provisions. One little-noticed provision in the bill called for a study of cybersecurity and national security threats posed by foreign-manufactured cranes at United States ports. Under this provision, the Maritime Administrator, working with Homeland Security, the Pentagon, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is required to…

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16 Jan

Researchers: Brace for Zoho ManageEngine ‘Spray and Pray’ Attacks

Information, Malware, News

Security researchers tracking a known pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine products are warning organizations to brace for “spray and pray” attacks across the internet. The vulnerability, patched by Zoho last November, affects multiple Zoho ManageEngine products and can be reached over the internet to launch code execution exploits if SAML single-sign-on is enabled or has ever been enabled. According to researchers at automated penetration testing firm Horizon3.ai, the CVE-2022-47966 flaw is easy…

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16 Jan

How AI chatbot ChatGPT changes the phishing game

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s free chatbot based on GPT-3.5, was released on 30 November 2022 and racked up a million users in five days. It is capable of writing emails, essays, code and phishing emails, if the user knows how to ask. By comparison, it took Twitter two years to reach a million users. Facebook took ten months, Dropbox seven months, Spotify five months, Instagram six weeks. Pokemon Go took ten hours, so don’t break out the…

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13 Jan

Attackers deploy sophisticated Linux implant on Fortinet network security devices

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

In December network security vendor Fortinet disclosed that a critical vulnerability in its FortiOS operating system was being exploited by attackers in the wild. This week, after additional analysis, the company released more details about a sophisticated malware implant that those attackers deployed through the flaw. Based on currently available information, the original zero-day attack was highly targeted to government-related entities. However, since the vulnerability has been known for over a month, all customers should…

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13 Jan

Gen Digital Warns of Norton Password Manager Account Breach

Attacks, Malware

Credential stuffing attacks are a rather old method of breaching an account, but they are still relatively successful. These attacks rely on human error in the form of reusing passwords. From an organizational standpoint, this could lead to account compromise if an employee reuses one of their passwords from an external site that was breached for their work account. To detect credential stuffing attacks, organizations can monitor logon events for a spike in failed authentications…

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13 Jan

San Francisco Transit Police Breached

Attacks, Malware

Public sector entities tend to be at a higher risk for breach due to the lack of budget and ability to hire cyber security professionals. Because of this, many fall victim to cyber-attacks that affect systems with no way to easily mitigate. Customers who believe they may have been a victim of this breach should ensure they are taking the necessary precautions to protect themselves, such as looking out for phishing emails and monitoring credit…

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13 Jan

Microsoft: Exchange Server 2013 Reaches End of Support in 90 days

Attacks, Malware

Microsoft recommends upgrading on-premises Exchange Server 2013 servers to Exchange Server 2019 to keep receiving bug fixes and security updates for new flaws. However, before deploying new Exchange Server 2019 installations across servers running software quickly reaching EOS, admins should ensure that network, hardware, software, and clients meet the requirements. Redmond also advises admins to migrate to its hosted Exchange Online email and the calendaring client as an alternative option, available as an Office 365…

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