In a digital gold rush, alleged Chinese threat actors have been found mining for crypto on compromised Kubernetes clusters. FIN7 has reared its head with a new backdoor in its arsenal. The threat group targeted a large U.S. car maker. The cyber landscape witnessed the emergence of a new trend - junk gun ransomware. Read on to know more about it.
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Possible Chinese attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in the OpenMetadata platform running on Kubernetes clusters to download cryptomining software.
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The financially motivated threat actor FIN7 targeted a large U.S. car maker using spear-phishing emails to infect systems with the Anunak backdoor.
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In March, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a malvertising campaign using Google Ads to distribute a new backdoor named MadMxShell, which targeted IT professionals.
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The Sandworm hacking group has been using hacktivist personas, such as XakNet Team, CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, and Solntsepek, to hide its attacks and operations, particularly against water utilities in the U.S., Poland, and France - found Mandiant.
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Law enforcement from 19 countries conducted a year-long operation to disrupt the LabHost phishing platform, resulting in the arrest of 37 suspects and the shutdown of the platform.
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Sophos spotted a new trend, dubbed junk gun ransomware - cheap ransomware for one-time use for wannabe criminals. Researchers found 19 such varieties.
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According to the Food and Ag-ISAC, the U.S. food and agriculture sector faced at least 167 ransomware attacks in 2023, making it the seventh-most targeted sector.
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The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that aims to prevent spy agencies and law enforcement from purchasing Americans' personal data from third-party data brokers.
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Asset intelligence vendor Armis announced the acquisition of prioritization and remediation vendor Silk Security for $150 million.
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Israeli cybersecurity startup Miggo Security raised $7.5 million in seed funding from YL Ventures Ltd., with contributions from Cyber Club London and several private investors.
