Zurich Insurance Group has invested $60 million in cyber insurance firm Cowbell to help it scale operations and deliver new products.
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Thousands Download New Mandrake Android Spyware Version From Google Play
Five Android applications containing the Mandrake spyware have been downloaded over 32,000 times from Google Play since 2022.
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Apple Rolls Out Security Updates for iOS, macOS
Apple has released security patches for dozens of vulnerabilities in iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS, and Safari.
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New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries
The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishing campaign include countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and the
The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishing campaign include countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and the
ZeroTier Raises $13.5 Million in Series A Funding
Virtual networking provider ZeroTier has raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures.
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OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of executing a malicious PowerShell script.
“This campaign heavily relies on social engineering tactics to deceive users into executing a PowerShell script, thereby compromising their systems,” Trellix security researcher Rafael Pena said in a Monday analysis.
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“This campaign heavily relies on social engineering tactics to deceive users into executing a PowerShell script, thereby compromising their systems,” Trellix security researcher Rafael Pena said in a Monday analysis.
The cybersecurity
VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access
A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware.
The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8), an Active Directory integration authentication bypass that allows an attacker to obtain administrative access to the host.
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The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8), an Active Directory integration authentication bypass that allows an attacker to obtain administrative access to the host.
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Android spyware ‘Mandrake’ hidden in apps on Google Play since 2022
A new version of the Android spyware ‘Mandrake’ has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform’s official app store. […]
New Specula tool uses Outlook for remote code execution in Windows
Microsoft Outlook can be turned into a C2 beacon to remotely execute code, as demonstrated by a new red team post-exploitation framework named “Specula,” released today by cybersecurity firm TrustedSec. […]
Apple iOS 18.1 Beta previews Apple Intelligence for the first time
Apple has released the iOS 18.1 Beta to developers, allowing them to test some of its upcoming AI-powered Apple Intelligence features before they are released for testing in the public previews. […]