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After a cyberattack, Canada’s anti-money laundering agency is offline.
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ( FINTRAC ) has announced that as a precaution, it was forced to take its corporate systems offline as a result of a” cyber incident. “ The Canadian government agency FINTRAC serves as the country’s financial intelligence unit. It conducts money laundering investigations, making thousands of…
Hackers use YARN, Docker, Confluence, and Redis servers that have been misconfigured for crypto mining.
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cryptocurrency Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to deliver a cryptocurrency miner and spawn a reverse shell for persistent remote access. ” The attackers leverage these tools to issue exploit…
VMware fixes critical sandbox escape flaws in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion
VMware released security updates to fix critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products, allowing attackers to escape virtual machines and access the host operating system. These types of flaws are critical as they could permit attackers to gain unauthorized access to the host system where a hypervisor is installed…
Exit Scam: After receiving a$ 22 million payout, BlackCat Ransomware Group vanishes.
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Ransomware The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. “ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates,” security researcher Fabian Wosar said. “It is blatantly obvious when you…
Hackers target Docker, Hadoop, Redis, Confluence with new Golang malware
Hackers are targeting misconfigured servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Confluence, or Redis with new Golang-based malware that automates the discovery and compromise of the hosts. The malicious tools used in the campaign take advantage of the configuration weaknesses and exploit an old vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence to execute code on the machine. Researchers at…
A New Way To Manage Your Web Exposure: The Reflectiz Product Explained
An in-depth look into a proactive website security solution that continuously detects, prioritizes, and validates web threats, helping to mitigate security, privacy, and compliance risks. Reflectiz shields websites from client-side attacks, supply chain risks, data breaches, privacy violations, and compliance issues. You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See Today’s websites are connected to dozens of…
How to Find and Fix Risky Sharing in Google Drive
Mar 06, 2024The Hacker NewsData Security / Cloud Security Every Google Workspace administrator knows how quickly Google Drive becomes a messy sprawl of loosely shared confidential information. This isn’t anyone’s fault; it’s inevitable as your productivity suite is purposefully designed to enable real-time collaboration – both internally and externally. For Security & Risk Management teams,…
U.S. Cracks Down on Predatory Spyware Firm for Targeting Officials and Journalists
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Spyware The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts in the country. “The proliferation of commercial spyware poses…
VMware Issues Security Patches for ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Flaws
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability VMware has released patches to address four security flaws impacting ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, including two critical flaws that could lead to code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253, the vulnerabilities have been described as use-after-free bugs in the XHCI USB controller. They carry a CVSS score of 9.3…
Alert: GhostSec and Stormous Launch Joint Ransomware Attacks in Over 15 Countries
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “GhostLocker and Stormous ransomware…