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SolarMarker Malware Evolves to Resist Takedown Attempts with Multi-Tiered Infrastructure

By: Newsroom β€” May 21st 2024 at 13:07
The persistent threat actors behind the SolarMarker information-stealing malware have established a multi-tiered infrastructure to complicate law enforcement takedown efforts, new findings from Recorded Future show. "The core of SolarMarker's operations is its layered infrastructure, which consists of at least two clusters: a primary one for active operations and a secondary one likely
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Iranian Hackers Target Middle East Policy Experts with New BASICSTAR Backdoor

By: Newsroom β€” February 19th 2024 at 04:39
The Iranian-origin threat actor known as Charming Kitten has been linked to a new set of attacks aimed at Middle East policy experts with a new backdoor called BASICSTAR by creating a fake webinar portal. Charming Kitten, also called APT35, CharmingCypress, Mint Sandstorm, TA453, and Yellow Garuda, has a history of orchestrating a wide range of social engineering campaigns that cast a
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Unifying Security Tech Beyond the Stack: Integrating SecOps with Managed Risk and Strategy

By: The Hacker News β€” January 8th 2024 at 11:39
Cybersecurity is an infinite journey in a digital landscape that never ceases to change. According to Ponemon Institute1, β€œonly 59% of organizations say their cybersecurity strategy has changed over the past two years.” This stagnation in strategy adaptation can be traced back to several key issues. Talent Retention Challenges: The cybersecurity field is rapidly advancing, requiring a
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SLAM Attack: New Spectre-based Vulnerability Impacts Intel, AMD, and Arm CPUs

By: Newsroom β€” December 9th 2023 at 11:52
Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have disclosed a new side-channel attack called SLAM that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from kernel memory on current and upcoming CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Arm. The attack is an end-to-end exploit for Spectre based on a new feature in Intel CPUs called Linear Address Masking (LAM) as well as its analogous
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Arm Issues Patch for Mali GPU Kernel Driver Vulnerability Amidst Ongoing Exploitation

By: Newsroom β€” October 3rd 2023 at 04:58
Arm has released security patches to contain a security flaw in the Mali GPU Kernel Driver that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked asΒ CVE-2023-4211, the shortcoming impacts the following driver versions - Midgard GPU Kernel Driver: All versions from r12p0 - r32p0 Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: All versions from r0p0 - r42p0 Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: All versions from r19p0 -
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Charming Kitten's New Backdoor 'Sponsor' Targets Brazil, Israel, and U.A.E.

By: THN β€” September 11th 2023 at 13:24
The Iranian threat actor known asΒ Charming KittenΒ has been linked to a new wave of attacks targeting different entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a previously undocumented backdoor named Sponsor. Slovak cybersecurity firm is tracking the cluster under the nameΒ Ballistic Bobcat. Victimology patterns suggest that the group primarily singles out education, government, and healthcare
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Charming Kitten Targets Iranian Dissidents with Advanced Cyber Attacks

By: THN β€” August 14th 2023 at 11:00
Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has warned of cyber attacks targeting Iranian persons and organizations in the country since the end of 2022. "The cyber attacks were mainly directed against dissident organizations and individuals – such as lawyers, journalists, or human rights activists – inside and outside Iran," the agencyΒ saidΒ in an advisory. The
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