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New COSMICENERGY Malware Exploits ICS Protocol to Sabotage Power Grids

A new strain of malicious software that’s engineered to penetrate and disrupt critical systems in industrial environments has been unearthed. Google-owned threat...

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Vulnerabilities

GUAC 0.1 Beta: Google’s Breakthrough Framework for Secure Software Supply Chains

Google on Wednesday announced the 0.1 Beta version of GUAC (short for Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition) for organizations to secure their...

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Malware

Data Stealing Malware Discovered in Popular Android Screen Recorder App

Google has removed a screen recording app named “iRecorder – Screen Recorder” from the Play Store after it was found to sneak...

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Data Breach

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among...

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Malware

APT28 Targets Ukrainian Government Entities with Fake “Windows Update” Emails

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks perpetrated by Russian nation-state hackers targeting various government bodies...

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Vulnerabilities

Google Chrome Hit by Second Zero-Day Attack – Urgent Patch Update Released

Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser. The flaw,...

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Cyber Attack

Google Uncovers APT41’s Use of Open Source GC2 Tool to Target Media and Job Sites

A Chinese nation-state group targeted an unnamed Taiwanese media organization to deliver an open source red teaming tool known as Google Command...

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Vulnerabilities

Google Launches New Cybersecurity Initiatives to Strengthen Vulnerability Management

Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation....

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Vulnerabilities

Spyware Vendors Caught Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Android and iOS Devices

A number of zero-day vulnerabilities that were addressed last year were exploited by commercial spyware vendors to target Android and iOS devices,...

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Malware

BATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads

The malware downloader known as BATLOADER has been observed abusing Google Ads to deliver secondary payloads like Vidar Stealer and Ursnif. According...

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Cyber Attack

Google Reveals Alarming Surge in Russian Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine

Russia’s cyber attacks against Ukraine surged by 250% in 2022 when compared to two years ago, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and...

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Malware

Gootkit Malware Continues to Evolve with New Components and Obfuscations

The threat actors associated with the Gootkit malware have made “notable changes” to their toolset, adding new components and obfuscations to their...

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Malware

Russian Turla Hackers Hijack Decade-Old Malware Infrastructure to Deploy New Backdoors

The Russian cyberespionage group known as Turla has been observed piggybacking on attack infrastructure used by a decade-old malware to deliver its...

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Malware

Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google’s Attempts to Disrupt It

The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and “upscaled” campaign, months after Google disrupted...

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Vulnerabilities

Google Warns of Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by ScarCruft Hackers

An Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was actively exploited by a North Korean threat actor to target South Korean users by capitalizing on...

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Malware

Google Wins Lawsuit Against Russians Linked to Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet

Google has won a lawsuit filed against two Russian nationals in connection with the operation of a botnet called Glupteba, the company...

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Malware

Malicious Google Play Store App Spotted Distributing Xenomorph Banking Trojan

Google has removed two new malicious dropper apps that have been detected on the Play Store for Android, one of which posed...

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Cyber Attack

Researchers Identify 3 Hacktivist Groups Supporting Russian Interests

At least three alleged hacktivist groups working in support of Russian interests are likely doing so in collaboration with state-sponsored cyber threat...