Tag: security
North Korean hackers are carrying out even more cyberattacks than previously thought
The Lazarus Group and its subsidiaries are running even more hacking campaigns than previously thought. Three separate campaigns linked to North Korea’s most active state-sponsored threat actors have been reported in recent weeks, abusing various zero-days to steal sensitive information from target endpoints and deploy malware to establish persistence. BleepingComputerreported…
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This malicious Telegram bot could create huge phishing scams
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET recently discovered a new toolkit that allows even the lowest-skilled hackers to pull off elaborate phishing schemes. The toolkit is called Telekopye and it’s implemented as a Telegram bot. Hackers can use it to generate fraudulent websites and landing pages, send SMS messages and emails, and…
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Chinese hackers sneakily stole secrets from Dutch chip company
Chinese hackers infiltrated the network of NXP, a major Dutch semiconductor maker, for more than two years to steal chip designs, according to a report from Dutch daily newspaper NRC (via Tom’s Hardware). According to the report, Chimera, a hacking group with links to China and a history of targeting…
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Even gas pumps aren’t safe from cyberattacks at the moment
An alarming number of gas pumps could be vulnerable to cyberattacks, threatening to cut off driver supply to fuel, new research has claimed. The research team behind Cybernews has uncovered results from the Shodan search engine, which lets users search for severs connected to the Internet, and suggests that nearly…
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A new botnet is spreading Mirai across the world, with thousands of devices affected
Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new campaign to bring additional endpoints into the Mirai botnet. According to a blog post from Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), unidentified threat actors discovered two new zero-day vulnerabilities and are currently exploiting them to strengthen the infamous DDoS botnet. Given that the zero-days…
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This devious malware will let hackers restore deleted cookies and hijack your Google account
The latest version of the Lumma infostealer malware has a rather interesting feature – it is able to restore expired Google cookies, which can then be used to access the victim’s Google account. The findings come from cybersecurity researchers from Hudson Rock, who have warned it could spell disaster even…
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