New SteganoAmor Attacks Use Steganography to Target 320 Organizations Globally

The attacks begin with malicious emails containing seemingly innocuous document attachments (Excel and Word files) that exploit the CVE-2017-11882 flaw, a commonly targeted Microsoft Office Equation Editor vulnerability fixed in 2017.

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3 Steps Executives and Boards Should Take to Ensure Cyber Readiness

Many teams think they’re ready for a cyberattack, but events have shown that many don’t have an adequate incident response plan.

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TA558 Hackers Weaponize Images for Wide-Scale Malware Attacks

The threat actor tracked as TA558 has been observed leveraging steganography as an obfuscation technique to deliver a wide range of malware such as Agent Tesla, FormBook, Remcos RAT, LokiBot, GuLoader, Snake Keylogger, and XWorm, among others.
“The group made extensive use of steganography by sending VBSs, PowerShell code, as well as RTF documents with an embedded exploit, inside

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Law Firm to Pay $8M to Settle Health Data Hack Lawsuit

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s proposed agreement with plaintiffs, filed last week in a northern California federal court, settles four proposed consolidated class action lawsuits filed against it in the wake of the March 2023 hacking incident.

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FBI: Smishing Campaign Lures Victims With Unpaid-Toll Notices

The scam is spreading across the US and impersonates the specific toll-collection services of each state in malicious SMS messages.

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LockBit 3.0 Variant Generates Custom, Self-Propagating Malware

Kaspersky researchers discovered the new variant after responding to a critical incident targeting an organization in West Africa.

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Cryptojacker Arrested, Charged for Defrauding Cloud Providers of $3.5 Million

Charles O. Parks III was arrested and charged with defrauding two cloud-services providers of $3.5 million.

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Cloud Users Warned of Data Exposure Risk From Command-Line Tools

Cloud security specialists found data exposure risk associated with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud command-line tools.

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OpenSSF Warns of Fake Maintainers Targeting JavaScript Projects

By Deeba Ahmed

Alarming social engineering attacks target critical open-source projects! Learn how to protect your project and the open-source community from takeovers.

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Global Hack Exposes Personal Data: Implications & Privacy Protection – Axios Security Group

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In a digital age where information is the new currency, the recent global hack has once again highlighted…

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