Daily Cyber Brief
Buenos Aires suffers a ransomware attack, Iranian hackers target high value targets in the Middle East, and Montenegro blames a massive cyberattack on Russia...
Cybersecurity
Government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries have been targeted by a distinct group of espionage hackers as part of an intelligence gathering mission that has been underway since early 2021. "A notable feature of these attacks is that the…
At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state’s main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears…
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team warned today that WordPress sites are actively targeted with exploits targeting a zero-day vulnerability in the WPGateway premium plugin. WPGateway is a WordPress plugin that allows admins to simplify various tasks, including…
The legislature of Argentina’s capital city announced a ransomware attack this week, saying that its internal operating systems were compromised and WiFi connectivity was down. In several tweets, the account for the legislature of Buenos Aires said the attack began on…
The owner of a fraudulent tax preparation business, Ariel Jimenez, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling the stolen identities of thousands of children on welfare and helping "customers" to falsely claim tax credits, causing tens of millions of dollars in tax loss…
Initial access broker or ransomware gang has ‘exclusive’ access to Mitel zero-day exploit: report Ransomware groups are continuing to target a vulnerability discovered earlier this year affecting popular Mitel MiVoice Connect VOIP devices, according to a new report from…
Hackers have injected malware in multiple extensions from FishPig, a vendor of Magento-WordPress integrations that count over 200,000 downloads. Magento is a popular open-source eCommerce platform used for building electronic shops, supporting the sale of tens…
Hackers tied to the Iranian government have been targeting individuals specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, nuclear security, and genome research as part of a new social engineering campaign designed to hunt for sensitive information. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint…
Security software firm Trend Micro warned customers today to patch an actively exploited Apex One security vulnerability as soon as possible. Apex One is an endpoint security platform that provides businesses with automated threat detection and response against…
Security researchers have developed an implementation of the Sysinternals PsExec utility that allows moving laterally in a network using a single, less monitored port, Windows TCP port 135. PsExec is designed to help administrators execute processes remotely on machines in…