TA547 Phishing Attack Hits German Companies with Rhadamanthys Stealer

April 11, 2024PressroomEndpoint security/ransomware A threat actor tracked as TA547 targeted dozens of German organizations with an information stealer called Rhadamanthys as part of an invoice-themed phishing campaign. “This is…

TA547 uses an LLM-generated dropper to infect German organizations

Proofpoint researchers recently observed a malicious campaign targeting dozens of organizations in various sectors in Germany. One part of the attack chain in particular stood out: an otherwise ordinary dropper…

Fortinet rolls out critical security patches for FortiClientLinux vulnerability

April 11, 2024PressroomVulnerabilities/Threat Mitigation Fortinet has released patches to address a critical security flaw affecting FortiClientLinux that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. Classified as CVE-2023-45590, the vulnerability…

NSA Updates Zero-Trust Advice to Reduce Attack Surfaces

The National Security Agency has released its latest guidance for organizations interested in moving toward a zero-trust cybersecurity framework, with a focus on blocking unauthorized access to data both in…

Apple updates spyware alert system to warn victims of mercenary attacks

April 11, 2024PressroomSpyware/cyber espionage Apple on Wednesday revised documentation for its mercenary spyware threat notification system to mention that it alerts users when they may have been individually targeted by…

Wiz Acquires Gem Security to Expand Cloud Detection and Response Offerings

PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 – Cloud security leader Magician announced the acquisition of New York startup Gem Security. With a valuation of $10 billion and $900 million…

MedSec launches cybersecurity program for hospitals with limited resources

PRESS RELEASE MIAMI, April 8, 2024/PRNewswire/ — MedSec, a leading medical device security services company, announced today that it is expanding its service offerings to include a hospital cybersecurity service…

The National Security Agency announces Dave Luber as director of cybersecurity

PRESS RELEASE FORT MEADE, Md. – Dave Luber became the National Security Agency’s (NSA) new Director of Cybersecurity on April 1. As the new Director of Cybersecurity, he oversees the…

Japan, Philippines and US share Intel cyber threats

The United States, Japan and the Philippines will reportedly join forces in cyber security defense with a strategic cyber threat sharing agreement in the wake of growing attacks by China,…

The XZ Utils scare exposes hard truths about software security

The recent discovery of a backdoor in the data compression utility XZ Utils, like thousands of other open source projects, is run by volunteers and, in its case, has a…