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Silver Fox APT Targets Taiwan with Complex Gh0stCringe and HoldingHands RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that’s targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such as HoldingHands RAT and Gh0stCringe.
The activity is part of a broader campaign that delivered the Winos 4.0 malware framework earlier this January by sending phishing messages impersonating Taiwan’s National Taxation Bureau, Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said in a report

Zyxel Firewall Vulnerability Again in Attacker Crosshairs

GreyNoise warns of a spike in exploitation attempts targeting a two-year-old vulnerability in Zyxel firewalls.

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Google Warns of Scattered Spider Attacks Targeting IT Support Teams at U.S. Insurance Firms

The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider (aka UNC3944) that recently targeted various U.K. and U.S. retailers has begun to target major insurance companies, according to Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).
“Google Threat Intelligence Group is now aware of multiple intrusions in the U.S. which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered Spider activity,” John Hultquist, chief analyst

US Insurance Industry Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks

Google is warning insurance companies that Scattered Spider appears to have shifted its focus from the retail sector.

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Circumvent Raises $6 Million for Cloud Security Platform

Cloud security startup Circumvent has raised $6 million to develop a network of agents for autonomous prioritization and remediation.

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Are Forgotten AD Service Accounts Leaving You at Risk?

For many organizations, Active Directory (AD) service accounts are quiet afterthoughts, persisting in the background long after their original purpose has been forgotten. To make matters worse, these orphaned service accounts (created for legacy applications, scheduled tasks, automation scripts, or test environments) are often left active with non-expiring or stale passwords.
It’s no surprise

Organizations Warned of Vulnerability Exploited Against Discontinued TP-Link Routers

CISA warns that a vulnerability impacting multiple discontinued TP-Link router models is exploited in the wild.

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Hard-Coded ‘b’ Password in Sitecore XP Sparks Major RCE Risk in Enterprise Deployments

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the popular Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) that could be chained to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution.
Sitecore Experience Platform is an enterprise-oriented software that provides users with tools for content management, digital marketing, and analytics and reports.
The list of vulnerabilities, which are yet to be

Backups Are Under Attack: How to Protect Your Backups

Ransomware has become a highly coordinated and pervasive threat, and traditional defenses are increasingly struggling to neutralize it. Today’s ransomware attacks initially target your last line of defense — your backup infrastructure. Before locking up your production environment, cybercriminals go after your backups to cripple your ability to recover, increasing the odds of a ransom payout.

Asus Armoury Crate Vulnerability Leads to Full System Compromise

A high-severity authorization bypass vulnerability in Asus Armoury Crate provides attackers with low-level system privileges.

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