Daily Cyber Brief
A ransomware gang threatens to overthrow the Costa Rican government, the Facestealer malware continues to plague the Google play store, and REvil sets to return after arrests...
Cybersecurity
A Venezuelan cardiologist who taught himself computer programming sold software that was used by an Iranian hacking group to attack Israeli companies, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday in bringing criminal charges against him. Moises Zagala, 55, licensed his software…
The ransomware group behind an attack on several Costa Rican government ministries levied several violent warnings against the country this weekend, raising the ransom demand to $20 million and threatening to “overthrow” the government of new President Rodrigo Chaves…
Apple has released security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability that threat actors can exploit in attacks targeting Macs and Apple Watch devices. Zero-days are security flaws that the software vendor is unaware of and hasn't yet patched. In some cases, this type of…
A first-of-its-kind security analysis of iOS Find My function has identified a novel attack surface that makes it possible to tamper with the firmware and load malware onto a Bluetooth chip that's executed while an iPhone is "off." The mechanism takes advantage of the fact…
Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors. Microsoft is alerting customers that its May Patch Tuesday update is causing authentications errors and failures tied to Windows Active Directory Domain Services. In a Friday update, Microsoft…
As the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is busy developing — and gathering industry buy-in — for a new set of quantum encryption standards, the cybersecurity chief for the National Security Agency (NSA) has vowed it won't build in a backdoor for…
Malware designed to steal an Android device user’s Facebook credentials continues to pop up on the Google Play Store, researchers said Monday. Known as Facestealer, the malware is typically hidden in apps that otherwise look harmless. Researchers at Trend Micro said they…
The Parker-Hannifin Corporation announced a data breach exposing employees' personal information after the Conti ransomware gang began publishing allegedly stolen data last month. Parker is an Ohio-based corporation specializing in advanced motion and control…
The notorious REvil ransomware group has made yet another reemergence on the cybercrime scene, according to several security researchers tracking attacks. The group shut down operations for the second time in October after claiming in a message posted on an…
Hackers have started to exploit a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-30525, that affects Zyxel firewall and VPN devices for businesses. Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands remotely without authentication…