Cybersecurity experts at Sophos X-Ops have uncovered a new social engineering campaign that relies on a tactic dubbed ‘TerminalFix’ to compromise enterprise networks. After Microsoft successfully disrupted fraudulent certificate-signing services earlier this year, threat actors quickly pivoted to alternative methods to infiltrate corporate environments. The latest research details how attackers now deceive users into manually pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, triggering a comple
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Cybersecurity experts at Sophos X-Ops have uncovered a new social engineering campaign that relies on a tactic dubbed ‘TerminalFix’ to compromise enterprise networks. After Microsoft successfully disrupted fraudulent certificate-signing services earlier this year, threat actors quickly pivoted to alternative methods to infiltrate corporate environments. The latest research details how attackers now deceive users into manually pasting malicious commands into Windows Terminal, triggering a comple
Imagine a situation where two people need to exchange sensitive details, such as a meeting location or a critical update, while knowing that outside parties may already possess the means to read their usual messages. In such circumstances, the question arises whether any form of truly private exchange can still occur through the same tools. Research into techniques that operate within established secure messaging systems offers a path forward by demonstrating how additional information can tra
Security researchers are alerting about an ongoing supply chain attack that uses malicious Python packages to distribute an information stealer. The attackers have been active since October 2022. The attack was uncovered by investigators on 01 November 2022, with the attackers copying existing popular libraries and injecting a malicious ‘import’ statement into them. The purpose of the injected code is to infect the victim’s machine with a script that runs in the background. The script, which f
