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Cybersecurity threats are evolving beyond traditional attack surfaces, with attackers increasingly targeting hardware and supply chain vulnerabilities. Recent incidents highlight a shift towards exploiting IoT devices and cloud infrastructure, emphasizing the need for robust security measures in these areas. Moreover, ransomware attacks continue to rise, with cybercriminals employing more sophisticated tactics to extort organizations. Phishing remains a prevalent threat, often serving as the initial vector for larger attacks. Organizations are urged to enhance their security posture by adopting comprehensive risk management strategies and prioritizing employee training to mitigate these emerging threats.
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Apparel giant detects unusual activity on accounts
Tehran denied any link, claiming Tirana’s action was “based on such baseless claims”
Background If you haven’t done so yet, read my first Zix exploitation article: Spear Phishing with Zix: An Undisclosed Red Team Method for the Hungry APT, which established baselines to abuse the native organizational trust that Zix provides to perform spear phishing on the affected company. Shortly...
Facilities used to spread Russian disinformation
The campaign relied on spearphishing techniques to initiate infection chains
Background If you haven’t done so yet, read my first Zix exploitation article: Spear Phishing with Zix: An Undisclosed Red Team Method for the Hungry APT, which established baselines to abuse the native organizational trust that Zix provides to perform spear phishing on the affected company. Shortly...
The websites could not be accessed on Tuesday evening, but they were restored hours later
IHG is assessing the nature, extent and impact of the incident and implementing response plans
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line.
Retailer sent half a million emails to people without their consent
Portuguese and US authorities seize website and domains
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool.
Second-largest US school district compromised over the weekend
Study highlights threat detection challenge for many organizations
Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system.
Cops launched public awareness campaign in June to warn potential victims
Instagram allowed children to run business accounts, which showed phone numbers and email addresses
Recently I read this excellent post by Evan Sultanik about exploiting pickle files on Trail of Bits. There was also a DefCon30 talk about backdooring pickle files by ColdwaterQ.
This got me curious to try out backdooring a pickle file myself.
Pickle files - the surprises Surprisingly Python pickle f...
Go-Ahead is working through its incident response plans
The ransomware group claimed to have downloaded 700GB of data from GSE