North Korean Hackers Leverage Malicious NPM Packages for Initial Access

North Korean hackers, identified as Moonstone Sleet, have been distributing malicious JavaScript packages on the npm registry to infect Windows systems. The two packages, harthat-api and harthat-hash, were uploaded on July 7, 2024.

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The Role of AI in Cybersecurity Operations

AI can analyze data quickly, detect patterns of malicious behavior, and automate routine tasks like alert triaging and log analysis. However, human oversight is still necessary to ensure the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated insights.

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New Go-based Backdoor GoGra Targets South Asian Media Organization

An unnamed media organization in South Asia was targeted in November 20233 using a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GoGra.
“GoGra is written in Go and uses the Microsoft Graph API to interact with a command-and-control (C&C) server hosted on Microsoft mail services,” Symantec, part of Broadcom, said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
It’s currently not clear how it’s

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Dark Reading News Desk Live From Black Hat USA 2024

The Dark Reading team once again welcomes the world’s top cybersecurity experts to the Dark Reading News Desk live from Black Hat USA 2024. Tune into the livestream.

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The Prevalence of DarkComet in Dynamic DNS

A recent analysis using HYAS Insight threat intelligence revealed a trend in dynamic DNS registrations originating from Turkey in 2024, with DarkComet malware representing over 50% of the malicious domains identified.

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CrowdStrike Reveals Root Cause of Global System Outages

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally.
The “Channel File 291” incident, as originally highlighted in its Preliminary Post Incident Review (PIR), has been traced back to a content validation issue that arose after it introduced a new Template Type to enable

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Replacement for Action Fraud, UK’s Cybercrime Reporting Service, Delayed Again Until 2025

The new service, known as the Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis System (FCCRAS), will enhance the reporting process by allowing users to upload additional information like metadata, screenshots, and images.

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Florida Firm Sued Over Theft of 2.9B Personal Records

A class-action lawsuit is brewing over the cyber-heist of 2.9 billion personal records that were stolen from a Florida data broker, Jerico Pictures, doing business as National Public Data, and sold on the dark web.

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CISA Adds Microsoft COM for Windows Bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-0824, arises from the deserialization of untrusted data. Microsoft warns that this flaw could lead to remote code execution if exploited by a specially crafted file or script.

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Police Recover Over $40m Headed to BEC Scammers

A Singaporean commodity firm has had a narrow escape after police managed to intervene to recover nearly all of the $42.3m lost to fraudsters in a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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