CSO
Specialized third-party solutions prove effective against malicious bots, ATO attacks, script risks
Report finds businesses implementing dedicated third-party offerings see significant improvement in their ability to mitigate fraud and abuse.
ThreatPost
The Account Takeover Cat-and-Mouse Game
ATO attacks are evolving. Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence Security, discusses what new-style cyberattacks look like in the wild.
Latest Hacking News
Deloitte Partners with Memcyco to Combat ATO and Other Online Attacks with Real-Time Digital Impersonation Protection Solutions
Memcyco will showcase its solutions at Deloitte’s annual Cyber iCON event, demonstrating how organizations can build effective defenses to protect their customers against digital impersonation fraud Memcyco Inc, the real-time digital impersonation detection and prevention solution
Cyber Security News
Deloitte and Memcyco Collaborate on Real-Time Digital Impersonation Protection for ATO and Other Online Attacks
Memcyco will showcase its solutions at Deloitte’s annual Cyber iCON event, demonstrating how organizations can build effective defenses to protect their customers against digital impersonation fraud
Bleeping Computer
WhatsApp boosts defense against account takeover via malware
WhatsApp announced today the introduction of several new security features, one of them dubbed "Device Verification" and designed to provide better protection against account takeover (ATO) attacks.
Infosecurity News
BNPL Fraud Alert as Account Takeovers Surge
Threat actors increasingly targeting buy now, pay later services
ZDNet
Australian Taxation Office issues capital gains warning for crypto and NFT sellers | ZDNet
Headed to the moon in the midst of a crash? The tax man would like to take his share.
Infosecurity News
Bad Bots Drive 10% Annual Surge in Account Takeover Attacks
Malicious bots now represent a third of all internet traffic, says Imperva
SecurityWeek
Meta Paid Out $16 Million in Bug Bounties Since 2011
Facebook parent company Meta says it has paid out over $16 million in bug bounties since 2011, with $2 million paid in 2022 alone.
Infosecurity News
Bad Bots Swarm the Internet in Record Numbers in 2021
Account takeover attacks surge as a result
The Record
Nearly 15,000 accounts raided at automaker sites to harvest vehicle IDs, report says
Cybercriminals appear to have deployed bots to break into customer accounts at several large automakers, then harvested important information about thousands of individual vehicles and offered it for sale in private Telegram channels, researchers said Tuesday.
DarkReading
Meta Ponies Up $300K Bounty for Zero-Click Mobile RCE Bugs in Facebook
Facebook's parent company has also expanded bug-bounty payouts to include Oculus and other "metaverse" gadgets for AR/VR.
Infosecurity News
Meta's Bug Bounty Program Shows $2m Awarded in 2022
The total amount since the program's establishment in 2011 is reportedly $16m
Infosecurity News
API Security Flaw Found in Booking.com Allowed Full Account Takeover
The vulnerabilities could affect users logging into the site via their Facebook accounts
Infosecurity News
API Vulnerabilities Discovered in LEGO Marketplace
The vulnerabilities, which are now fixed, could have put sensitive customer data at risk
Infosecurity News
Business Logic Abuse Dominates as API Attacks Surge
Imperva finds attacks targeting API business logic increased to 27% in 2023
Infosecurity News
Bad Bots Now Account For 30% of All Internet Traffic
Figure is highest since records began, says Imperva
DataBreaches
Au: Hackers Follow Through with Dark Web Threat After Law Firm Rejects Ransom
GVS reports: A hacking group claiming to be Russian-linked cybercriminals has published sensitive data from one of Australia’s largest law firms, HWL...
DataBreaches
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office
I saw the headline and shuddered. Nick Evershed and Josh Taylor report: A voice identification system used by the Australian government for millions of people...
Bleeping Computer
Intuit notifies customers of compromised TurboTax accounts
Financial software company Intuit has notified TurboTax customers that some of their personal and financial information was accessed by attackers following what looks like a series of account takeover attacks.
SecurityWeek
Ongoing Azure Cloud Account Takeover Campaign Targeting Senior Personnel
An active cloud account takeover campaign has impacted dozens of Azure environments and compromised hundreds of user accounts.
Infosecurity News
Zenly Bugs Exposed Users to Data Loss and Account Takeover
Social app patches medium-severity flaws after responsible disclosure
CSO
GitHub rolls out passkeys in move toward passwordless authentication
Opting in lets developers use passkeys instead of passwords and 2FA.
CyberNews
Half of all internet traffic comes from bots, research shows
Almost 50% of all internet traffic in 2023 came from bots, a 2% increase over the previous year.
HACKRead
Memcyco Report: Just 6% of Brands Guard Against Digital Impersonation Fraud
Memcyco’s research indicates that the majority of companies do not have adequate solutions to counter digital impersonation fraud.
HACKRead
Memcyco Report: Just 6% of Brands Guard Against Digital Impersonation Fraud
Memcyco’s research indicates that the majority of companies do not have adequate solutions to counter digital impersonation fraud.
CSO
U.S. government proposals spell out 5G security advancements
A joint proposal from federal cybersecurity and defense agencies defines a process for ensuring the security of 5G networks.
The Hacker News
APIs Drive the Majority of Internet Traffic and Cybercriminals are Taking Advantage
Shocking report from Imperva finds API-related security incidents cost global businesses around $75 billion annually. Cybercriminals are exploiting AP
Security Affairs
What is credential stuffing? And how to prevent it?
This post explains what is a credential stuffing attack and which are the countermeasures to prevent them. A credential stuffing attempt can be caught as a behavioral anomaly – if you’re looking. Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, […]
CyberNews
Bots used to hijack pharmacy accounts and sell drugs illegally | Cybernews
Cyber watchdog Kasada observes a trend that debuted in April and has grown alarmingly, with tens of thousands of user accounts for sale on dark web.
The Hacker News
Mandiant's Twitter Account Restored After Six-Hour Crypto Scam Hack
Mandiant's Twitter account, a Google Cloud subsidiary, was hacked for over six hours. The attacker promoted a cryptocurrency scam.
PCMag
Hackers Target Azure Accounts With Malware-Laden Shared Documents
Threat actors are directing their attacks against senior-level executives and employees across multiple organizations, says cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
Cyber Security News
Splunk RCE Vulnerability Let Attackers Upload Malicious File
A high-severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in Splunk Enterprise has been discovered, enabling an attacker to upload malicious files.
Infosecurity News
Malicious Campaign Impacts Hundreds of Microsoft Azure Accounts
Proofpoint has observed an ongoing campaign targeting the Microsoft Azure applications of hundreds of individuals with operational and executive roles
Security Affairs
Cybercriminals launched 'Leaksmas' event in the Dark Web exposing massive volumes of leaked PII and compromised data
Leaksmas: On Christmas Eve, multiple threat actors released substantial data leaks, Resecurity experts reported.
Infosecurity News
Expo Framework API Flaw Reveals User Data in Online Services
The vulnerability was discovered by Salt Security and has a CVSS score of 9.6
Cyber Security News
Nessus Vulnerability Let Attackers Alter Rules Variables
An arbitrary file write vulnerability has been discovered in Nessus which allows an authenticated, attacker to perform a denial of service.
ZDNet
Australian Budget 2022 delivers AU$9.9 billion for spicy cyber
This year's Budget sees the federal government put cybersecurity development at the fore, along with continued funding of the country's digital economy strategy.
The Record
Facebook to pay hackers up to $300,000 to uncover remote code execution bugs
Meta has updated its bug bounty program to offer up to $300,000 for reporting bugs allowing attackers to remotely execute code on its apps.
SecurityWeek
Email Security Vendors Score Billion-Dollar Valuations
Material Security, a startup operating in the crowded email security market, has banked $100 million in new venture capital funding at $1.1 billion valuation.
CyberNews
Hackers expose masses of personal data on dark web during Christmas
On Christmas Eve, multiple threat actors released substantial data dumps on the dark web.
Infosecurity News
Research Shows IT and Construction Sectors Hardest Hit By Ransomware
The Ontinue report draws from an extensive analysis of data collected from 600,000 endpoints
Security Affairs
Experts warn of JinxLoader loader used to spread Formbook and XLoader
JinxLoader is a new Go-based loader that was spotted delivering next-stage malware such as Formbook and XLoader.
Cyber Security News
Wyze webcam Flaw let strangers see into some users’ homes
The Verge reports that dozens of users could see images from strangers' homes, raising serious concerns about the security.
Infosecurity News
CISA Publishes 5G Security Evaluation Process Plan
CISA releases a five-step plan to aid agencies in the development and deployment of 5G projects
Cyber Security News
Chinese Hackers Attacking U.S. Critical Infrastructure Since 2023
VOLTZITE, a designated threat group, has been discovered by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Infosecurity News
Financial Services Targeted in 28% of UK Cyber-Attacks Last Year
API attacks, bad bots and DDoS attacks were the industry's main security challenges
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Cyber Security News
U.S. State Government Network Hacked Via Former Employee Account
CISA and MS-ISAC have jointly disclosed that an unknown organization has attacked a state government organization's network environment.
Cyber Security News
ClearFake a New Malware Attacking Mac users via fake browser updates
Atomic Stealer delivered a fake browser update chain tracked as ‘ClearFake’ to attack Mac users. Reported by Malwarebytes.
Cyber Security News
Hackers launched 250,000+ Attacks to Exploit Ivanti VPN 0-Day
Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities were disclosed in January 2024 as a potential gateway for threat actors to penetrate into corporate networks.
Cyber Security News
CISA Warns Of Active Attacks on Roundcube Webmail XSS Vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned about ongoing attacks targeting a XSS vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail.
The Hacker News
Nexus: A New Rising Android Banking Trojan Targeting 450 Financial Apps
New Android banking trojan Nexus targets 450 financial apps & crypto services
Bleeping Computer
BlackCat ransomware fails to extort Australian commercial law giant
Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth confirmed to local media outlets that its network was hacked after the ALPHV ransomware gang began leaking data they claim was stolen from the company.
Infosecurity News
Android Spyware 'Revive' Upgraded to Banking Trojan
Dubbed ‘Revive’ because of its ability to automatically restart in case it stops working, the tool seems to be designed for persistent campaigns.
Cyber Security News
Cisco To Lay Off 4,000+ Employees Which is 5% of Workforce
Recently, Cisco announced On February 14, 2024, that they are laying off more than 4000 (approx 4200) employees which is 5% of the workforce.
Security Affairs
Pokemon Company resets some users' passwords
The Pokemon Company resets some users' passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users.
Cyber Security News
Canada to Ban Flipper Zero Device Over Car Hacking Fears
The Canadian government has banned Flipper Zero, a compact and customizable hacking tool, citing concerns over its potential use in automotive theft.
Cyber Security News
Citrix Warns Admin to Kill Active or Persistent Sessions to Thwart Hackers
This vulnerability affected Citrix NetScaler Gateway and ADC devices. Following this, AssetNote published a proof-of-concept for this vulnerability named “CitrixBleed.”
Security Affairs
Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts
Roku announced that 576,000 accounts were compromised in a new wave of credential stuffing attacks.
Infosecurity News
Online Fraud Up 233%
RiskOps platform observes massive increase in rate of online fraud attacks
SecurityWeek
Bringing Bots and Fraud to the Boardroom
If cybersecurity leaders can communicate in a way that executives and boar members can understand, internalize, and act upon, it serves to benefit tremendously.
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Cyber Security News
IBM QRadar SIEM Bug Let Remote Attacker Trigger DoS
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IBM QRadar Wincollect which were associated with Denial of service that could allow a threat.
The Hacker News
PikaBot Resurfaces with Streamlined Code and Deceptive Tactics
PikaBot malware undergoes a dramatic transformation, simplifying its code and communication methods
Cyber Security News
Signal Introduces Username to keep Your Phone Number More private
Signal, the privacy-focused messaging app, has introduced a significant update allowing users to keep their phone numbers private using usernames.
Cyber Security News
OwnCloud Critical Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Owncloud was discovered with a new vulnerability which was associated with the exposure of sensitive information.
Cyber Security News
Cacti Cross-Site-Scripting Vulnerability Let Attacker Poison Database
Cacti is a web-based open-source network monitoring, fault, and configuration management tool that acts as an RRDtool (round-robin database tool).
Cyber Security News
Microsoft Defender Bounty Program: Rewards up to $20,000 USD
Microsoft introduced the Defender Bounty Program to enhance the security of customers' experience with rewards to researchers up to USD 20,000.
The Hacker News
TeaBot Android Banking Malware Spreads Again Through Google Play Store Apps
TeaBot Android Banking Malware Spreads Again Through Google Play Store Apps
Infosecurity News
New AXLocker Ransomware Steals Victims' Discord Tokens
Researchers also discover two additional new variants
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Cyber Security News
Zoom Desktop Flaws Let Attackers Launch Privilege Escalation Attacks
Zoom has patched seven vulnerabilities in its desktop and mobile applications, particularly a critical flaw identified as CVE-2024-24691.
Cyber Security News
Kansas Court Hack: Attackers Stole Sensitive Data From Systems
Kanas Supreme Court released the statement for the cyber incident that stole sensitive data from systems,the cybercriminals also stole data.
Cyber Security News
Bug Hunter GPT - AI Assistant that Replies for Hacking Questions
A 23-year-old hacker and CS student, Paolo Arnolfo (@sw33tLie) recently introduced "Bug Hunter GPT," an AI assistant.
ThreatPost
Okta Says It Goofed in Handling the Lapsus$ Attack
"We made a mistake," Okta said, owning up to its responsibility for security incidents that hit its service providers and potentially its own customers.
Cyber Security News
Golang Vulnerability Alert: Remote Code Execution & Infinite Loop DNS Lookup
The Go team has released patches for two significant vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause service disruptions through infinite loops.
Cyber Security News
APT Groups Using HrServ Web Shell to Hack Windows Systems
A HrServ web shell is a malicious script or program that enables remote administration of a server, allowing unauthorized access and control.
Cyber Security News
Hackers Exploit Google Workspace to Exfiltrate Data and Deploy Ransomware
Recent research into Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform by Bitdefender Labs reveals novel attack methods, potentially leading.
Cyber Security News
LabHost Employs Phishing-as-a-Service to Steal Banking Credentials
Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) groups have been on the rise due to multiple tools that are capable of multiple features such as access to an array.
Cyber Security News
Hackers Exploit Litespeed Plugin Flaw To Create Rogue Admin Accounts
WordPress plugins make WordPress more useful, but most of these have flaws that hackers may try to take advantage of to get unauthorized
Security Affairs
Nexus, an emerging Android banking Trojan targets 450 financial apps
Experts warn of an emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus that was employed in attacks against 450 financial applications. Cybersecurity firm experts from Cleafy warn of an emerging Android banking trojan, named Nexus, that was employed by multiple groups in attacks against 450 financial applications. The Nexus ransomware was first analyzed in early March by researchers from the […]
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Cyber Security News
Hackers Exploiting Zimbra 0-day to Attack Government Organizations
Zimbra Collaboration is an open-source solution software suite with an email server and web client for collaboration.
Cyber Security News
Critical RCE Flaw in WordPress Bricks Theme Exposes 25,000+ Sites
A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Bricks Builder theme for WordPress has put over 25,000 websites at risk.
Cyber Security News
Citrix Releases Security Update For Critical PuTTY Vulnerability In Hypervisor
Citrix has released a security bulletin detailing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) affecting certain versions of their Citrix
Security Affairs
American fast-fashion firm Hot Topic hit by credential stuffing attacks
Hot Topic suffered credential stuffing attacks that exposed customers' personal information and partial payment data.
Cyber Security News
New Malware Mimic as Visual Studio Update to Attack macOS users
A new backdoor written in Rust has been discovered to be targeting macOS users which has several interesting features.
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Cyber Security News
New GPS Attacks Targeting Commercial Flights Navigation Systems
A disquieting wave of GPS spoofing attacks has swept through the Middle East, leaving commercial air crews grappling with an unforeseen menace.
SecurityWeek
Chameleon Android Malware Can Bypass Biometric Security
A variant of the Chameleon Android banking trojan features new bypass capabilities and has expanded its targeting area.
Cyber Security News
Firefox 120 Released With Security Updates: What’s New!
10 vulnerabilities are patched, including six 'High Severity' issues and two moderate and low severity issues are fixed.
Cyber Security News
New Android Banking Malware Attacking Over 400 Financial Apps
Several threat actors have already been exploiting a newly discovered Android banking trojan, dubbed Nexus, to penetrate 450 financial applications and steal data.
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Cyber Security News
ScreenConnect Security Flaw Exploited In The Wild By Attackers
The ScreenConnect software is a popular choice for remote access among organizations worldwide. However, recent vulnerabilities have raised
Cyber Security News
Zscaler Investigating Data Breach After Hacker Claims Access for Sale
In response, Zscaler posted a statement on its trust portal saying it has launched an investigation but has not found evidence of a breach.
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Cyber Security News
LockBit Ransomware Infrastructre taken Down by Global Law Enforcement Agencies
International law enforcement agencies have successfully disrupted the operations of the LockBit ransomware gang.
Cyber Security News
Coyote Malware Leverage NodeJS to Attack Users of 60+ Bank Users
Cybersecurity analysts at Kaspersky Labs recently discovered Coyote malware that leverages the NodeJS to attack users of more than 60 banks.
SC Magazine
Azure account takeover campaign targets senior execs
The ongoing campaign incorporates individualized phishing lures and has targeted hundreds of user accounts across dozens of organizations.
Cyber Security News
New Wi-Fi Authentication Bypass Flaw Puts Enterprise and Home Networks at Risk
Researchers Mathy Vanhoef & Héloïse Gollier uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi Authentication of Modern WPA2/3 Networks.
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Cyber Security News
DocGo Confirms Cyber Attack: Hackers Steal Patients Data
DocGo Inc., a prominent healthcare and ambulance transportation service provider, has confirmed a cybersecurity incident.
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Cyber Security News
City of Wichita Ransomware Attack: Services Impacted
The city of Wichita's Ransomware attack has impacted several city services, causing inconvenience to the residents and raising concerns.
Security Affairs
PayPal notifies 34942 users of data breach over credential stuffing attack
PayPal is sending out data breach notifications to thousands of users because their accounts were compromised through credential stuffing attacks. PayPal announced that 34942 customers’ accounts have been compromised between December 6 and December 8. The company added that the unauthorized accessed were the result of credential stuffing attacks and that its systems were not […]
Cyber Security News
Rise of Malicious Black Hat AI Tools That Shifts The Nature Of Cyber Warfare
The rise of malicious versions of LLMs, like dark variants of ChatGPT is escalating cyber warfare by enabling more sophisticated and automated attacks.
Cyber Security News
CISA & NCSC Discloses Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
New security flaws in AI systems must be taken into account in addition to the usual cyber security risks,security is frequently neglected.
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Cyber Security News
SysJoker Malware Attacking Windows, Linux and Mac Users Abusing OneDrive
SysJoker malware, a multi-platform backdoor with several variants for Windows, Linux, and Mac, has been observed being used by a Hamas-affiliated APT to target Israel. This malware was first identified by Intezer in 2021 and was recently used in targeted attacks. Checkpoint researchers disclosed the malware’s growth, variations in the intricacy of its execution flow, and […]
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