Cybercriminals Pose as LastPass Staff to Hack Password Vaults

The attacker combines multiple social engineering techniques that involve contacting the potential victim (voice phishing) and pretending to be a LastPass employee trying to help with securing the account following unauthorized access.

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92% of Enterprises Unprepared for AI Security Challenges

Most industries continue to run almost two or more months behind in patching software vulnerabilities, endpoints remain vulnerable to threats, and most enterprise PCs must be replaced to support AI-based technologies, according to a new report.

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‘MagicDot’ Windows Weakness Allows Unprivileged Rootkit Activity

Malformed DOS paths in file-naming nomenclature in Windows could be used to conceal malicious content, files, and processes.

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OpenMetadata Vulnerabilities Exploited to Abuse Kubernetes Clusters for Cryptomining  

Microsoft warns that several OpenMetadata vulnerabilities are being exploited to deploy cryptomining malware to Kubernetes environments.

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Novel Android Malware Targets Korean Banking Users

A new banking Trojan is targeting Korean users using obfuscation techniques that target the Android manifest, exploit vulnerabilities and take advantage of weaknesses in how Android apps interpret this file.

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Damn Vulnerable RESTaurant: Open-Source API Service Designed for Learning

Damn Vulnerable RESTaurant is an open-source project that allows developers to learn to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in their code through an interactive game.

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Hackers Target Middle East Governments with Evasive “CR4T” Backdoor

Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T.
Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it discovered the activity in February 2024, with evidence suggesting that it may have been active since at least a year prior. The campaign has been codenamed 

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‘Crude’ Ransomware Tools Proliferating on the Dark Web for Cheap, Researchers Find

Researchers at the intelligence unit at the cybersecurity firm Sophos found 19 ransomware varieties being offered for sale or advertised as under development on four forums from June 2023 to February 2024.

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Cyberattack Takes Frontier Communications Offline

The local phone and business communications company said that attackers accessed unspecified PII, after infiltrating its internal networks.

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Evil XDR: Researcher Turns Palo Alto Software Into Perfect Malware

It turns out that a powerful security solution can double as even more powerful malware, capable of granting comprehensive access over a targeted machine.

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