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Blind Eagle Targets Colombian Insurance Sector with Customized Quasar RAT

The Colombian insurance sector is the target of a threat actor tracked as Blind Eagle with the end goal of delivering a customized version of a known commodity remote access trojan (RAT) known as Quasar RAT since June 2024.
“Attacks have originated with phishing emails impersonating the Colombian tax authority,” Zscaler ThreatLabz researcher Gaetano Pellegrino said in a new analysis published

New RAMBO Attack Allows Air-Gapped Data Theft via RAM Radio Signals

An academic researcher has devised a new method of exfiltrating data from air-gapped systems using radio signals from memory buses.

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Visual Studio Code in Southeast Asian Cyberattacks

The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Mustang Panda has been observed weaponizing Visual Studio Code software as part of espionage operations targeting government entities in Southeast Asia.
“This threat actor used Visual Studio Code’s embedded reverse shell feature to gain a foothold in target networks,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researcher Tom Fakterman said in a

CISA Releases Election Security Focused Checklists for Both Cybersecurity and Physical Security

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Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Possibly Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

A recently patched SonicWall vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-40766 may have been exploited in ransomware attacks.

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Predator Spyware Resurfaces With Fresh Infrastructure

Recorded Future observes renewed Predator spyware activity on fresh infrastructure after a drop caused by US sanctions.

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One Million US Kaspersky Customers Transferred to Pango’s UltraAV

Kaspersky’s customers in the US are being acquired by cybersecurity firm Pango and will be offered UltraAV antimalware software.

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Progress Software Issues Patch for Vulnerability in LoadMaster and MT Hypervisor

Progress Software has released security updates for a maximum-severity flaw in LoadMaster and Multi-Tenant (MT) hypervisor that could result in the execution of arbitrary operating system commands.
Tracked as CVE-2024-7591 (CVSS score: 10.0), the vulnerability has been described as an improper input validation bug that results in OS command injection.
“It is possible for unauthenticated, remote

Month: September 2024