Russian-backed hacker group BlueDelta, also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard, has used a small Windows backdoor called HOOKEDGE in spying activities aimed at government, diplomatic, and defense-making groups in Europe. The team at PolySwarm recorded an action that aimed at groups in Romania, Spain, and Turkey from late …

Attackers are misusing MikroTik routers through their Secure Shell (SSH) service, which can be accessed from the internet, to take full control without logging in, as per CERT Polska’s warning released on September 5. Successful attacks started on at least September 2. The Hacker News review on September 6 found …

CrowdStrike launched CrowdStrike SafeMind, a set of special security models and tools from the CrowdStrike Cyber Superintelligence Lab. The SafeMind system will work directly in the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. Trusted access for individual models and tools will be included in the Project QuiltWorks program. SafeMind – Providing the First Smart …