New Winos 4.0 Malware Infects Gamers Through Malicious Game Optimization Apps – OfficialSarkar

New Winos 4.0 Malware Infects Gamers Through Malicious Game Optimization Apps – OfficialSarkar

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Online Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning that a command-and-control (C&C) framework called Winos is being distributed within gaming-related applications like installation tools, speed boosters, and optimization utilities. “Winos 4.0 is an advanced malicious framework that offers comprehensive functionality, a stable architecture, and efficient control over numerous online endpoints to execute…

9 Steps to Get CTEM on Your 2025 Budgetary Radar – OfficialSarkar

9 Steps to Get CTEM on Your 2025 Budgetary Radar – OfficialSarkar

Budget season is upon us, and everyone in your organization is vying for their slice of the pie. Every year, every department has a pet project that they present as absolutely essential to profitability, business continuity, and quite possibly the future of humanity itself. And no doubt that some of these actually may be mission…

INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime – OfficialSarkar

INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime – OfficialSarkar

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Cybercrime INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation. Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, targeting phishing, ransomware, and information stealer infrastructure. “Of the approximately…

South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers – OfficialSarkar

South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers – OfficialSarkar

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Tech Regulation Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent. The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission…

Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users – OfficialSarkar

Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users – OfficialSarkar

Nov 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Phishing Protection Google’s cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security. “We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out…

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions – OfficialSarkar

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions – OfficialSarkar

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. “An Advanced Persistent Threat group allegedly created and deployed malware (CVE-2020-12271) as part of a widespread series of indiscriminate computer intrusions designed…

New Android Banking Malware ‘ToxicPanda’ Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers – OfficialSarkar

New Android Banking Malware ‘ToxicPanda’ Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers – OfficialSarkar

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Attack Over 1,500 Android devices have been infected by a new strain of Android banking malware called ToxicPanda that allows threat actors to conduct fraudulent banking transactions. “ToxicPanda’s main goal is to initiate money transfers from compromised devices via account takeover (ATO) using a well-known technique called on-device…

Leveraging Wazuh for Zero Trust security – OfficialSarkar

Leveraging Wazuh for Zero Trust security – OfficialSarkar

Zero Trust security changes how organizations handle security by doing away with implicit trust while continuously analyzing and validating access requests. Contrary to perimeter-based security, users within an environment are not automatically trusted upon gaining access. Zero Trust security encourages continuous monitoring of every device and user, which ensures sustained protection after successful user authentication….

Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices – OfficialSarkar

Synology Urges Patch for Critical Zero-Click RCE Flaw Affecting Millions of NAS Devices – OfficialSarkar

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Security Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker Synology has addressed a critical security flaw impacting DiskStation and BeePhotos that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-10443 and dubbed RISK:STATION by Midnight Blue, the zero-day flaw was demonstrated at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 hacking contest by security researcher…

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks – OfficialSarkar

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Data Breach and Extortion Attacks – OfficialSarkar

Nov 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual who is suspected to have conducted a series of hacks stemming from the breach of cloud data warehousing platform Snowflake earlier this year. The individual in question, Alexander “Connor” Moucka (aka Judische and Waifu), was apprehended on October 30, 2024,…