Month: June 2023

The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have published a comprehensive set of guidelines aimed at defending Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environments. The guidelines address the rising threat of malicious cyber actors (MCAs) exploiting vulnerabilities in CI/CD pipelines, particularly through the exposure of secrets. CI/CD pipelines are essential

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Canada’s leading integrated energy company Suncor Energy has announced earlier this week that it experienced a cybersecurity incident resulting in technical problems at its subsidiary, Petro-Canada. As a result, more than 1500 gas stations nationwide are unable to accept credit card payments and customers cannot use rewards points. Suncor Energy, ranked as the 48th-largest public company

by Naked Security writer The latest high-profile cybercrime exploits attributed to the Clop ransomware crew aren’t your traditional sort of ransomware attacks (if “traditional” is the right word for an extortion mechanism that goes back only to 1989). Conventional ransomware attacks are where your files get scrambled, your business gets totally derailed, and a message

Threat actors using the notorious banking Trojan Anatsa have launched a new campaign targeting banks in the US, UK and the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). According to a new blog post by ThreatFabric, this ongoing campaign started around March 2023 and has witnessed over 30,000 installations of the malware so far. The security experts highlighted

A trojanized Super Mario Bros game installer has been found to contain multiple malicious components, including an XMR miner, the SupremeBot mining client and the open-source Umbral Stealer. The discovery comes from security researchers at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL), who described the threat in an advisory published last Friday. According to the technical

by Naked Security writer Some hacks become so notorious that they acquire a definite article, even if the word THE ends up attached to a very general technical term. For example, you can probably trot out the names of dozens of well-known internet worms amongst the millions that exist in the zoos maintained by malware

New versions of Chinese espionage malware have been observed spreading rapidly through infected USB drives. The malicious software tools were discovered by Check Point Research (CPR) as part of an attack against a healthcare institution in Europe and described in an advisory published on Thursday. The Check Point Incident Response Team (CPIRT) investigated the malware

by Matt Fairbanks Ransomware – as readers here know only too well – is one of the biggest cybercrime challenges we collectively face today. That’s why Sophos has recently visited cities around the globe to dive deep into the real story behind ransomware. We captured more than 100 hours of interviews with cybercriminals, cybersecurity experts,

Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack campaign that exploits custom and open-source tools to target Linux-based systems and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. According to a new blog post by Microsoft, the attackers utilized a patched version of OpenSSH to gain control of compromised devices and install cryptomining malware. Read more on this type

by Paul Ducklin Researchers at Korean anti-malware business AhnLab are warning about an old-school attack that they say they’re seeing a lot of these days, where cybercriminals guess their way into Linux shell servers and use them as jumping-off points for further attacks, often against innocent third parties. The payloads unleashed by this crew of

Service members across the US military have reported receiving smartwatches unsolicited in the mail.  These smartwatches have Wi-Fi auto-connect capabilities and can connect to cell phones unprompted, gaining access to user data. According to the US Criminal Investigation Division (CID), the smartwatches may also contain malware granting the sender access to saved data, including banking information,

by Paul Ducklin The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has apparently advised people Down Under to turn off their mobile phones once a day, for the surprisingly precise period of five minutes, as a cybersecurity measure. UK newspaper The Guardian quotes the PM as saying: We all have a responsibility. Simple things, turn your phone

As the UK’s largest building society, Nationwide has 18,000 users on its IT systems, 400 domains and 750 servers. The business pushes out 25,000 technology changes and updates every year. As a financial services provider, the society faces an increase in cyber-threats, as well as the need to comply with industry-specific legislation. As a result,

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Becky Pinkard describes herself as an outsider who found her place, and was able to express her true identity, in the cybersecurity industry. Pinkard, who has worked in cybersecurity since 1996, is now managing director of global cyber operations at Barclays. She is also a speaker, diversity advocate and security trainer who says that she

by Paul Ducklin Right at the start of June 2023, well-known Russian cybersecurity outfit Kaspersky reported on a previously unknown strain of iPhone malware. Most notable about the original story was its strapline: Targeted attack on [Kaspersky] management with the Triangulation Trojan. Although the company ultimately said, “We’re confident that Kaspersky was not the main