ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor
Russian organizations have been targeted by a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt using a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed.
“ExCobalt focuses on cyber espionage and includes several members active since at least 2016 and presumably once part of the notorious Cobalt Gang,” Positive Technologies researchers Vladislav Lunin and Alexander Badayev said in a technical report
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Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers
A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust.
“The adware is capable of exfiltrating screenshots from infected devices and interacting with browsers using simulated keystrokes,” cybersecurity firm eSentire said in an analysis, adding it identified the activity earlier this month.
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A Catastrophic Hospital Hack Ends in a Leak of 300M Patient Records
Plus: Alleged Apple source code leaks online, cybercrime group Scattered Spider’s alleged kingpin gets arrested, and more.
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives Amid Software Ban
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against a dozen individuals serving executive and senior leadership roles at Kaspersky Lab, a day after the Russian company was banned by the Commerce Department.
The move “underscores our commitment to ensure the integrity of our cyber domain and to protect our citizens against malicious cyber
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LAUSD Data Breach: Hackers Leak 25M Records, Including Student Locations
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) suffered a massive data breach due to a Snowflake vulnerability, exposing personal details of millions of students and thousands of teachers and staff.
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Australian Organizations are Fascinated With Copilot for Microsoft 365, But Will They Avoid The “Gotchas”?
According to Gartner, there are gotchas that can impede an organization’s ability to embrace Copilot. Here’s what enterprises interested in implementing Copilot should keep in mind.
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Kaspersky’s US Customers Face Tight Deadline Following Govt. Ban
After Sept. 29, 2024, organizations and individuals that continue using the vendor’s products will no longer receive any updates or support.
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CISO Corner: Critical Infrastructure Misinformation; France’s Atos Bid
Our collection of the most relevant reporting and industry perspectives for those guiding cybersecurity strategies and focused on SecOps. Also included: Inside China’s civilian hacker army; outer space threats; and NIST 2.0 Framework secrets for success.
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