A new malvertising campaign has been observed capitalizing on a compromised website to promote spurious versions of PyCharm on Google search results by leveraging Dynamic Search Ads. “Unbeknownst to the site owner, one of their ads was automatically created to promote a…
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Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices
Canada on Monday announced a ban on the use of apps from Tencent and Kaspersky on government mobile devices, citing an “unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.” “The Government of Canada is committed to keeping government information and…
Meta Launches Paid Ad-Free Subscription in Europe to Satisfy Privacy Laws
Meta on Monday announced plans to offer an ad-free option to access Facebook and Instagram for users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland to comply with “evolving” data protection regulations in the region. The ad-free…
Pro-Hamas Hacktivists Targeting Israeli Entities with Wiper Malware
A pro-Hamas hacktivist group has been observed using a new Linux-based wiper malware dubbed BiBi-Linux Wiper, targeting Israeli entities amidst the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. “This malware is an x64 ELF executable, lacking obfuscation or protective measures,” Security Joes said in a new report…
New Webinar: 5 Must-Know Trends Impacting AppSec
Modern web app development relies on cloud infrastructure and containerization. These technologies scale on demand, handling millions of daily file transfers – it’s almost impossible to imagine a world without them. However, they also introduce multiple attack vectors that exploit…
ServiceNow Data Exposure: A Wake-Up Call for Companies
Earlier this week, ServiceNow announced on its support site that misconfigurations within the platform could result in “unintended access” to sensitive data. For organizations that use ServiceNow, this security exposure is a critical concern that could have resulted in major data leakage…
EleKtra-Leak Cryptojacking Attacks Exploit AWS IAM Credentials Exposed on GitHub
A new ongoing campaign dubbed EleKtra-Leak has set its eyes on exposed Amazon Web Service (AWS) identity and access management (IAM) credentials within public GitHub repositories to facilitate cryptojacking activities. “As a result of this, the threat actor associated with the campaign…
Hackers Using MSIX App Packages to Infect Windows PCs with GHOSTPULSE Malware
A new cyber attack campaign has been observed using spurious MSIX Windows app package files for popular software such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Grammarly, and Cisco Webex to distribute a novel malware loader dubbed GHOSTPULSE. “MSIX is a Windows app package…
Urgent: New Security Flaws Discovered in NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes
Three unpatched high-severity security flaws have been disclosed in the NGINX Ingress controller for Kubernetes that could be weaponized by a threat actor to steal secret credentials from the cluster. The vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2022-4886 (CVSS score: 8.8) – Ingress-nginx path sanitization can…
Hackers Using MSIX App Packages to Infect Windows PCs with GHOSTPULSE Maware
A new cyber attack campaign has been observed using spurious MSIX Windows app package files for popular software such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Grammarly, and Cisco Webex to distribute a novel malware loader dubbed GHOSTPULSE. “MSIX is a Windows app package…