Daily Cyber Brief
Iran-linked Charming Kitten increases operations and TTPs, Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, TikTok could be banned in the US, and Siemens addresses vulnerabilities on patch Tuesday...
Cybersecurity
An Iranian cyber espionage gang with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has learned new methods and phishing techniques, and aimed them at a wider set of targets – including politicians, government officials, critical infrastructure and medical researchers…
The US Department of Justice unsealed a 16-count indictment today accusing five Russians, an American citizen, and a lawful permanent US resident of smuggling export-controlled electronics and military ammunition out of the United States for the Russian government…
Microsoft says it has suspended several third-party developer accounts that submitted malicious Windows drivers for the IT giant to digitally sign so that the code could be used in cyberattacks. In tandem with its Patch Tuesday rollout this week, the tech goliath also…
The US Department of Justice has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ platforms that allow anyone to easily conduct distributed denial of service attacks. Booters are online platforms allowing threat…
The US government's crackdown on TikTok continues, with the latest salvo being a bipartisan bill that would outright ban the popular social media app from doing business in the country. TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, which has led it to become a battleground for…
In security updates released today, Apple has fixed the tenth zero-day vulnerability since the start of the year, with this latest one actively used in attacks against iPhones. The vulnerability was disclosed in security bulletins released today for iOS/iPadOS 15.7.2, Safari…
Emotet has returned as one of the most prevalent malware in the wild after a quiet summer. Additionally, the Trojan Qbot made the list for the first time since 2021, and the Raspberry Robin worm has had a notable influx in use. These are some of the key findings from Check…
The dark web is getting darker as cybercrime gangs increasingly shop their malware, phishing, and ransomware tools on illegal cybercrime markets. In April 2022, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Russia-based Hydra Market. Hydra, the world’s largest dark web market…
An analysis of threats encountered by four organizations has identified the most common techniques used by attackers to compromise systems, infiltrate networks, and steal data, according to data analysts at Splunk SURGe, which published details of the research on Dec…
As usual, Siemens released far more advisories and addressed far more vulnerabilities. Specifically, the company released 20 new advisories addressing roughly 140 security holes. One of the advisories informs customers about patches for more than 80 OpenSSL…