Vice Society ransomware gang is using a custom lockerThe Vice Society ransomware group has adopted new custom ransomware, with a strong encryption scheme, in recent intrusions....
Month: December 2022
TikTok’s Parent Company Admits Using the Platform’s Data to Track Journalists
TikTok's Parent Company Admits Using the Platform's Data to Track JournalistsIn a series of emails seen by several media, ByteDance admitted that some of its former...
LastPass revealed that encrypted password vaults were stolen
LastPass revealed that encrypted password vaults were stolenThe data breach suffered by LastPass in August 2022 may have been more severe than previously thought. In August password...
BetMGM discloses security breach impacting 1.5 Million customers
BetMGM discloses security breach impacting 1.5 Million customersOnline sports betting company BetMGM suffered a data breach and threat actors offered for sale a database containing the...
An Iranian group hacked Israeli CCTV cameras, defense was aware but didn’t block it
An Iranian group hacked Israeli CCTV cameras, defense was aware but didn’t block itAn Iranian group hacked dozens of CCTV cameras in Israel in 2021 and...
Vulnerabilities Discovered in Passwordstate Credential Management Solution
Vulnerabilities Discovered in Passwordstate Credential Management SolutionSeveral critical security vulnerabilities have been found in Passwordstate password management solution. The flaws can be leveraged by a cybercriminal...
British Newspaper ‘The Guardian’ Targeted by Cyberattack
British Newspaper ‘The Guardian’ Targeted by CyberattackThe British daily newspaper ‘The Guardian’ is facing a serious cyber incident believed to be ransomware. The news was brought...
FIN7 Hackers Use Checkmarks to Exploit Microsoft Exchange Servers
FIN7 Hackers Use Checkmarks to Exploit Microsoft Exchange ServersTo compromise corporate networks, steal data, and pursue targets for ransomware attacks based on financial size, recent finds...
Threat Actors Hacked LastPass’ Cloud Storage and Stole Customers` Data
Threat Actors Hacked LastPass’ Cloud Storage and Stole Customers` DataMalicious actors succeeded in stealing customer vault data during LastPass` cloud storage breach. According to researchers, for...
Sports Betting Company BetMGM Suffered a Data Breach
Sports Betting Company BetMGM Suffered a Data BreachBetMGM, a major player in the sports betting industry, recently reported a data breach in which the personal information...
DuckDuckGo Blocking Google Sign-In Pop Ups on All Sites
DuckDuckGo Blocking Google Sign-In Pop Ups on All SitesThe DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and...
Cybersecurity-as-a-service (CSaaS)
Cybersecurity-as-a-service (CSaaS)As businesses have become increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks, the use of CSaaS has become more important. In this article, we’ll outline what CSaaS is, and...
Password Spraying: Definition, How It Works, and How to Stop It
Password Spraying: Definition, How It Works, and How to Stop ItAutomated tools and a huge amount of information available on the dark web make password spraying...
Trident Ursa aka Gamaredon APT Attack Detection: Russia-Backed Hackers Escalate Offensive Activity by Targeting a Petroleum Refinery in a NATO Country
Trident Ursa aka Gamaredon APT Attack Detection: Russia-Backed Hackers Escalate Offensive Activity by Targeting a Petroleum Refinery in a NATO Country Since russia’s full-scale invasion of...
Probing Weaponized Chat Applications Abused in Supply-Chain Attacks
Probing Weaponized Chat Applications Abused in Supply-Chain AttacksThis report examines the infection chain and the pieces of malware used by malicious actors in supply-chain attacks that...
Forging Ahead in 2023: Insights From Trend Micro’s 2023 Security Predictions
Forging Ahead in 2023: Insights From Trend Micro’s 2023 Security PredictionsIn 2023, cybercriminals and defenders alike will have to move forward with caution in the face...
OWASSRF Exploit Detection: New Exploit Method Abuses Exchange Servers to Bypass ProxyNotShell (CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082) Mitigations and Gain RCE
OWASSRF Exploit Detection: New Exploit Method Abuses Exchange Servers to Bypass ProxyNotShell (CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082) Mitigations and Gain RCE On December 20, 2022, cybersecurity researchers uncovered...
Trend Joining App Defense Alliance Announced by Google
Trend Joining App Defense Alliance Announced by GoogleTrend Micro’s participation in Google’s App Defense Alliance will ensure the security of customers by preventing malicious apps from...
Ransomware Business Models: Future Pivots and Trends
Ransomware Business Models: Future Pivots and TrendsRansomware groups and their business models are expected to change from what and how we know it to date. In...
Agenda Ransomware Uses Rust to Target More Vital Industries
Agenda Ransomware Uses Rust to Target More Vital IndustriesThis year, various ransomware-as-a-service groups have developed versions of their ransomware in Rust, including Agenda. Agenda's Rust variant...
Trend Micro Joins Google’s App Defense Alliance
Trend Micro Joins Google’s App Defense AllianceTrend Micro will be joining Google's App Defense Alliance (ADA) to help improve their ability to identify malicious apps before...
A Closer Look at Windows Kernel Threats
A Closer Look at Windows Kernel ThreatsIn this blog entry, we discuss the reasons why malicious actors choose to and opt not to pursue kernel-level access...
Don’t click too quick! FBI warns of malicious search engine ads
Don’t click too quick! FBI warns of malicious search engine adsThe FBI is warning US consumers that cybercriminals are placing ads in search engine results that...
Web3 IPFS Currently Used For Phishing
Web3 IPFS Currently Used For PhishingWe discuss the use of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) in phishing attacks.Leer másTrend Micro Research, News, PerspectivesWe discuss the use...
Patch Tuesday update is causing some Windows 10 systems to blue screen
Patch Tuesday update is causing some Windows 10 systems to blue screenMicrosoft issues a workaround for problem while it works on a fix Some users running...
Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta
Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in betaSlowly inching toward E2EE Google has added client-side encryption for some email customers, allowing enterprise and education...
Diving into an Old Exploit Chain and Discovering 3 new SIP-Bypass Vulnerabilities
Diving into an Old Exploit Chain and Discovering 3 new SIP-Bypass VulnerabilitiesMore than two years ago, a researcher, A2nkF demonstrated the exploit chain from root privilege...
McGraw Hill’s S3 buckets exposed 100,000 students’ grades and personal info
McGraw Hill's S3 buckets exposed 100,000 students' grades and personal infoEducator gets an F for security Misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 buckets belonging to McGraw Hill...
Hacking the JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch System
Hacking the JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch SystemTwo men have been convicted of hacking the taxi dispatch system at the JFK airport. This enabled them to reorder...
Eurozone plans to formalize passenger data, improve security
Eurozone plans to formalize passenger data, improve securityCentral hub will make things smoother and safer but not store details The European Commission last week proposed rules...