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A new report out today from Cisco Talos, a cybersecurity company part of Cisco Systems Inc., found that in 2024, cybercriminals didn’t need zero-days or custom malware to wreak havoc: They just logged in. Identity-based attacks, misused legitimate tools, and years-old vulnerabilities drove the majority of security incidents last year.

The findings come from the Talos 2024 Year in Review report, based on telemetry from more than 46 million devices across 193 countries and regions, analyzing more

In Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Drumhead,” a Starfleet officer’s suspected espionage sparks an overzealous investigation that turns into a witch hunt, driven by paranoia.  Captain Picard’s warning about the dangers of overreaction, “With the first link, the chain is forged…,” underscores the importance of caution when assigning blame. This is highly relevant to the hacking of Ranveer Allahbadia’s YouTube channel, where suspicions point to Chinese hackers.  Although China has a his

Havoc is a powerful command-and-control (C2) framework. Like other well-known C2 frameworks, such as Cobalt Strike, Silver, and Winos4.0, Havoc has been used in threat campaigns to gain complete control over the target. Additionally, It is open-source and available on GitHub, making it easier for threat actors to modify it to evade detection.

FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a phishing campaign that combines ClickFix and multi-stage malware to deploy a modified Havoc Demon Agent. The threat a

An ongoing PayPal email scam exploits the platform's address settings to send fake purchase notifications, tricking users into granting remote access to scammers.  For the past month, BleepingComputer and others have received emails from PayPal stating, "You added a new address.  This is just a quick confirmation that you added an address in your PayPal account."  The email includes the new address that was allegedly added to your PayPal account, including a message claiming to be a purchase con

The threat actors behind the Darcula Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform appear to be preparing a new version that allows prospective customers and cyber actors to clone any brand's legitimate website and create a phishing version, further bringing down the technical expertise required to pull off phishing attacks at scale.  The latest iteration of the phishing suite "represents a significant shift in criminal capabilities, reducing the barrier to entry for bad actors to target any brand with

A new phishing campaign relies on legitimate links to trick victims into logging in and giving attackers control of their PayPal accounts. The phishing emails inform the intended victim of a payment request, providing legitimate-looking details, such as an amount and transaction ID, and even contain warnings that one would typically find in an email from PayPal. The messages come from a genuine PayPal address and include a genuine URL, which allows them to pass security checks and makes them app

An Android malware called FireScam tricks people into thinking they are downloading a Telegram Premium application that clandestinely monitors victims' notifications, text messages, and app activity while stealing sensitive information via Firebase services.

Cyfirma researchers spotted the new infostealer with spyware capabilities. They said the malware is distributed through a GitHub.io-hosted phishing website miming RuStore, a popular Russian Federation app store.

The phishing site delivers a

While you always want to be careful where you click online, a new variation on the classic clickjacking attack should give you pause when a site asks you to double-click on something.  As reported by Cybernews, Amazon security engineer Paulos Yibelo has shed light on a new version of this attack that can be used to disable security settings, delete an account or even take over your existing accounts.  As the name suggests, clickjacking is an attack method where hackers, scammers or other cybercr

A thwarted attack demonstrates that threat actors are using another delivery method for the malware, which has already been spread using phishing emails, malvertising, hijacking instant messages, and SEO poisoning. The DarkGate remote access Trojan (RAT) has a new attack vector: A threat actor targeted a Microsoft Teams user via a voice call to gain access to their device. Researchers said the attack adds to the other methods for spreading the RAT, which previously has been propagated using phis

Trustwave researchers have recently released a report about a phishing campaign they had been tracking which had experienced a significant increase in activity in August of 2024 and targeting primarily Microsoft 365 users. This campaign has been linked to the phishing kit called Rockstar 2FA.  The Rockstar 2FA phishing kit has been deemed to be an updated version of the DadSec phishing kit. Microsoft tracks the threat actor behind these phishing kits under the moniker Storm-1575.

Rockstar operat

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line as a lure to entice users in the maritime industry to open emails containing malicious attachments.  Red Sky Alliance is providing this list of Motor Vessels in which we directly observed the vessel being impersonated, with associate

Throughout 2024, Bitdefender Labs has been closely monitoring a series of malvertising campaigns that exploit popular platforms to spread malware. These campaigns use fake advertisements to lure users into installing malicious software disguised as legitimate apps or updates. One of the more recent campaigns Bitdefender Labs uncovered involves a fake Bitwarden extension advertised on Meta’s social media platform, Facebook. The campaign tricks users into installing a harmful browser extension und

The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and with all the great sales and promotions come the usual cyber scams. While generally quick and convenient, shopping online can leave you vulnerable to scammers if you are not cautious. Based on a consumer survey, a new report from Norton looks at how scams are a common concern among shoppers and how to protect yourself while holiday shopping online.

Check out the 2024 Cyber Safety Insights Report.

Norton incorporated the results of a survey condu

The Black Basta group is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider that has been in operation since at least April of 2022.  The group is believed to be comprised of former members of the ransomware groups Conti and REvil.  The reason for this belief is driven by several factors, such as the similarities in their tactics and their rapid integration into the cybercriminal ecosystem.

Black Basta is credited as having victimized over 500 organizations.  In the first quarter of 2024, the group had c

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing supply chain keywords in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with various supply chain related keywords as a lure to entice users in the maritime industry to open emails containing malicious attachments.  The identified emails attempted to deliver malware or phishing links to compromise the entire Transportation Supply Chain.  Specific names or key words in the transporta

Red Sky Alliance monthly queries our backend databases, identifying all new data containing Motor Vessel (MV) and Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line of malicious emails.  Malicious actors use emails with Motor Vessel (MV) or Motor Tanker (MT) in the subject line as a lure to entice users in the maritime industry to open emails containing malicious attachments.  Red Sky Alliance is providing this list of Motor Vessels in which we directly observed the vessel being impersonated, with associated

Due to economic turbulence and a relentless surge in cyber threats, today's cybersecurity landscape requires enterprises to remain resilient by adapting to security risks.  Many organizations have chosen to adapt to these risks by embracing modern technology such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which can present new risks if not implemented properly.  The speed at which companies innovate and adopt new technology is far outpacing the security measures that must be addressed first.

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of ongoing phishing campaigns that abuse refresh entries in HTTP headers to deliver spoofed email login pages designed to harvest users' credentials.  Unlike other phishing webpage distribution behavior through HTML content, these attacks use the response header sent by a server, which occurs before the processing of the HTML content.  Malicious links direct the browser to automatically refresh or reload a web page immediately without requiring user interact

The underground market for large illicit language models is lucrative, said academic researchers who called for better safeguards against artificial intelligence misuse.  Academics at the Indiana University Bloomington[1] identified 212 malicious LLMs on underground marketplaces from April through September 2024.  The financial benefit for the threat actor behind one of them, WormGPT, is calculated at US$28,000 over two months, underscoring the allure for harmful agents to break artificial intel

In August 2024, FortiGuard Labs observed a python infostealer we call Emansrepo that is distributed via emails that include fake purchase orders and invoices.  Emansrepo compresses data from the victim’s browsers and files in specific paths into a zip file and sends it to the attacker’s email.  According to our research, this campaign has been ongoing since November 2023.  The attacker sent a phishing mail containing an HTML file, which was redirected to the download link for Emansrepo.  PyInsta