Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Android remote access trojan (RAT) called BingoMod that not only performs fraudulent money transfers from the compromised devices but also wipes them in an attempt to erase traces of the malware. Italian cybersecurity firm Cleafy, which discovered the RAT towards the end of May 2024, said the malware is […]
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C-Edge Technologies — a State Bank of India (SBI) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) joint venture — has suffered a ransomware attack, disrupting payment systems in nearly 300 small banks in India. The company, which caters to payment technologies and solutions to Indian banks in the cooperative and regional sectors, has suffered the attack through […]
How to detect and prevent attackers from using these various techniques Obfuscation is an important technique for protecting software that also carries risks, especially when used by malware authors. In this article, we examine obfuscation, its effects, and responses to it. What Is Obfuscation? Obfuscation is the technique of intentionally making information difficult to read, […]
Google has announced that it’s adding a new layer of protection to its Chrome browser through what’s called app-bound encryption to prevent information-stealing malware from grabbing cookies on Windows systems. “On Windows, Chrome uses the Data Protection API (DPAPI) which protects the data at rest from other users on the system or cold boot attacks,” […]
Facebook users are the target of a scam e-commerce network that uses hundreds of fake websites to steal personal and financial data using brand impersonation and malvertising tricks. Recorded Future’s Payment Fraud Intelligence team, which detected the campaign on April 17, 2024, has given it the name ERIAKOS owing to the use of the same […]
Rules implemented in 2023 by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure have raised important considerations for security leaders of public companies ranging from grasping the rules themselves to managing yet another set of regulations in an increasingly evolving and diverse cybersecurity landscape. The new SEC regulation […]
The adoption of passkeys, a passwordless technology for authenticating user access to cloud-hosted applications, is continuing its upward trend, findings released this week from password manager maker Dashlane reveal. While passkey use overall is still nascent compared to passwords, the company said, in a report outlining the top 20 fastest growing sites driving adoption, “growth […]
Monday turned into a hectic day for some admins whose sites’ SSL/TLS certificates came from DigiCert. The company announced that it was revoking a small percentage of certificates that it discovered were lacking proper Domain Control Verification (DCV). DCV is the process through which site ownership is verified before a certificate is issued. “The service […]
Significant upcoming legislation promises to tighten the screws on cyber incident response in Australia, mirroring CIRCIA in the US. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
DEV#POPPER is back, looking to deliver a comprehensive, updated infostealer to coding job seekers by way of a savvy social engineering gambit. Go to Source Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading