A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European Union government (E.U.) organization, Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said. “The ultimate […]
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The vast majority of organizations in the region saw more attacks in the past year, but most don’t feel prepared for future incidents. Go to Source Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident took place on the night of October 7, VGTRK confirmed, describing it as an “unprecedented hacker attack.” However, it said “no significant damage” was caused and that […]
Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43047 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a user-after-free bug in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Service that could lead to […]
Among those affected by all this monkeying around with DDoS in September were some 4,000 organizations in the US. Go to Source Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
The Chinese state-sponsored cyberattack threat managed to infiltrate the “lawful intercept” network connections that police use in criminal investigations. Go to Source Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading
CISOs’ cash compensation tops $400,000 now, but with the high pay comes struggles, rapidly changing responsibilities, and tight budgets. Go to Source Author: Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
Creating a new office of cyber-regulation strategy is the government’s best opportunity to improve security and to protect Americans in an increasingly dangerous world. Go to Source Author: Jason Healey
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which identified the activity last month, said the botnet “issued over 300,000 attack commands, with a shocking attack density” between September 4 and September 27, 2024. No less […]
Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card. Go to Source Author: John Klossner, Cartoonist