Cyber Attack

Recorded Future, a threat intelligence firm, has cautioned that malicious actors are using GitHub services more to carry out secret cyber-attacks and has advised IT teams to act. Its new report, Flying Under the Radar: Abusing GitHub for Malicious Infrastructure, revealed the most popular GitHub services for threat actors. Between …

The global cyber insurance market is expected to reach $90.6 billion by 2033, with a growth rate of 22.3% annually from 2023, as analyzed by Market.Us. The industry is expected to reach $14.8 billion by the end of 2024, up from a projected $12.1 billion in 2023. The report pointed …

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) had an exposed environment file containing sensitive details. The Cybernews reported that this data was accessible for 15 months. An environment file gives instructions to computer programs and is important for any system. Leaving these files open to anyone can expose …

The airport’s screens were hacked with messages criticizing Hezbollah and its leaders for endangering Lebanon and risking war with Israel. The screens at Beirut’s airport were hacked by anti-Hezbollah groups, showing the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The message accused Hezbollah of risking war with Israel. “Hassan Nasrallah, you will …

Security researchers found that Apache RocketMQ services are being targeted by malicious activities. The vulnerabilities, known as CVE-2023-33246 and CVE-2023-37582, remain a serious threat even after the vendor released patches in May 2023. Vulnerability Overview: The CVE-2023-33246 affected different parts of RocketMQ, such as NameServer, Broker, and Controller. Rongtong Jin, …

Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit of BGD e-GOV CIRT has detected a suspicious ongoing phishing campaign by APT group named as SideWinder targeted at Bangladeshi entities such as Bangladesh Armed Forces Division (AFD) and Law Enforcement Agencies. The group is known as a highly active hacker group who has shown the …

Google’s cybersecurity firm Mandiant get back its x (twitter) account after being taken over by someone sharing links to a cryptocurrency platform. On Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 pm EST, the scammar took the control over mandiant’s x account, renamed it as phantom and tweeted out links to a company called …

Around 11 million SSH servers are at risk from the Terrapin attack, which can compromise the security of certain SSH connections. This constitutes roughly 52% of all scanned samples in the IPv4 and IPv6 space monitored by Shadoserver. The Terrapin attack, created by researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, …

Cybercriminals have increased the sale of new or stolen Gold checkmarked accounts from the X/Twitter platform. These accounts are being used by threat actors to share links to malware on the social media site, making it appear as a post from a trusted source. Researchers at CloudSEK in Singapore have …

The research uncovered that 29 malware families targeted 1,800 banking applications across 61 countries last year. In comparison, the 2022 report uncovered 10 prolific malware families targeting 600 banking apps. Traditional banking apps are the main target, with 1,103 compromised apps, accounting for 61% of the total. FinTech and Trading …