Finding Minhook in a sideloading attack – and Sweden too
Multifaceted changes in TTPs illustrate what researchers see when they start digging
The North Korean threat actors linked to the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed publishing another set of 67 malicious packages to the npm registry, underscoring ongoing attempts to poison the open-source ecosystem via software supply chain attacks. The packages, per Socket, have attracted more than 17,000 downloads, and incorporate a previously undocumented version of…
TASS reports: Police have detained a Taganrog resident suspected of administering LeakBase, one of the largest hacker platforms. Law enforcement officials told TASS. The detained Taganrog resident is suspected of administering “one of the largest international hacker platforms, LeakBase,” the agency’s source said. According to him, the liquidated platform operated a credit system and user……
Dysruption Hub reports: Livingston HealthCare in Livingston, Montana, says its phone system has been restored after a cybersecurity incident disrupted communications and led the hospital to take some systems offline, but network disruptions continue as restoration work proceeds. The nonprofit hospital said Feb. 13 that a “potential cybersecurity incident” disrupted its phone systems and network and that……
Today the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) released Beyond HIPAA: Reimagining How Privacy Laws Apply to Health Data to Maximize Equity in the Digital Age. The report examines and proposes solutions to the health data privacy crisis—a product of unregulated digital technologies, weak privacy laws, the criminalization of many forms of health care, and growing federal attacks on marginalized communities. Through commercial surveillance, our health data is extracted to profile us, reveal……
The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group. known as Aquatic Panda has been linked to a “global espionage campaign” that took place in 2022 targeting seven organizations. These entities include governments, catholic charities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think tanks across Taiwan, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, France, and the United States. The activity, which took place
Cyberattacks are getting smarter and harder to stop. This week, hackers used sneaky tools, tricked trusted systems, and quickly took advantage of new security problems—some just hours after being found. No system was fully safe. From spying and fake job scams to strong ransomware and tricky phishing, the attacks came from all sides. Even encrypted…