Life360 Says Personal Information Stolen From Tile Customer Support Platform

Life360 says hackers attempted to extort it after stealing personal information from a Tile customer support platform.

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Pakistan-linked Malware Campaign Evolves to Target Windows, Android, and macOS

Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018.
The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed HeavyLift, according to Cisco Talos, which are administered using another standalone tool referred to as GravityAdmin.
The

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Prevalence and Impact of Password Exposure Vulnerabilities in ICS/OT 

Analysis and insights on the prevalence and impact of password exposure vulnerabilities in ICS and other OT products.

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Pakistani Hacking Team ‘Celestial Force’ Spies on Indian Gov’t, Defense

Against a backdrop of political conflict, a years-long cyber espionage campaign in South Asia is coming to light.

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Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups

The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups.
The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in order to evade detection by security programs.
The product is believed to have been

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City of Cleveland Scrambling to Restore Systems Following Cyberattack

The City of Cleveland says emergency services, utilities, and airport are unaffected by a recent cyberattack.

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Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day

Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.
The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an elevation of privilege issue in Pixel Firmware.
The company did not share any additional details related to the nature of attacks exploiting it, but noted “there are indications that CVE-2024-32896 may be

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New Cross-Platform Malware ‘Noodle RAT’ Targets Windows and Linux Systems

A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years.
While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara Hiroaki said “this backdoor is not merely a variant of existing malware, but is a new type altogether.”

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Rockwell’s ICS Directive Comes As Critical Infrastructure Risk Peaks

Critical infrastructure is facing increasingly disruptive threats to physical processes, while thousands of devices are online with weak authentication and riddled with exploitable bugs.

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Scores of Biometrics Bugs Emerge, Highlighting Authentication Risks

Face scans stored like passwords inevitably will be compromised, like passwords are. But there’s a crucial difference between the two that organizations can rely on when their manufacturers fail.

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