The FBI and CISA are warning that a phishing campaign targeting Signal users tied to Russian intelligence services has evolved to steal Signal Backup Recovery Keys, allowing attackers to access victims’ historical messages. […]
CISA sets urgent deadline to fix Cisco flaw exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is giving federal agencies until Sunday to patch a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server that is being actively exploited. […]
FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys
The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key.
Hand it over once, and the attacker can restore the account’s backup, read the private and group message history, and take over the account. Worse, the key keeps working.
New SharkLoader Malware Deploys Cobalt Strike in StrikeShark Cyberattacks
A newly discovered cyber attack campaign has been observed delivering a previously undocumented malware family called SharkLoader that acts as a loader for deploying Cobalt Strike Beacon on compromised hosts.
Kaspersky, which is tracking the activity under the moniker StrikeShark, said the campaign has targeted a diplomatic organization in Indonesia, government organizations in Taiwan,
Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack
Polymarket says it will fully reimburse customers who lost an estimated $3 million after hackers injected a malicious script into the platform’s frontend following a breach at a third-party vendor. […]
Cybersecurity firms targeted by fraudulent OpenAI organization invites
Threat actors are creating OpenAI tenants that impersonate legitimate companies and inviting employees to join them, in what appears to be a ploy to trick targets into submitting sensitive company information in chats and projects. […]
Chinese-Speaking APT Deploys New TinyRCT Backdoor in Southeast Asia Campaign
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been linked to a new custom backdoor called TinyRCT as part of cyber attacks aimed at government entities and critical infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
The activity, particularly aimed at state-owned enterprises in the energy and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat actor called CL-STA-1062, which Palo Alto Networks
Amazon Q Flaw Enabled Cloud Credential Theft via Malicious Repositories
AWS has patched the vulnerability and published its own advisory to inform customers about the potential impact.
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More Klue Breach Victims Identified as Hackers Get Hacked
Roughly two dozen companies have notified their customers of the Klue-Salesforce incident impact.
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In Other News: Chinese Mythos-Like AI, Tata Electronics Breach, Snyk Layoffs
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Russia used Cellebrite to hack activist’s phone, Five Eyes issue urgent AI threat warning, macOS Gaslight backdoor, Scattered Spider guilty pleas.
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