Une nouvelle vulnérabilité, baptisée ‘Lazy FP’, a été identifiée dans les microprocesseurs Intel, plus précisément, dans la technologie d’exécution spéculative du processeur, comme Spectre et Meltdown. Elle pourrait potentiellement être exploitée pour accéder à des informations sensibles, y compris des données liées au chiffrement. Vue détaillée La faille se situe dans […]
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Russian police detained cybercriminals who broke into the accounts of 700,000 customers of popular Internet stores
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and Group-IB have detained cybercriminals who broke into the accounts of 700,000 customers of popular Internet stores The Administration “K” of the MIA of Russia, with the assistance of Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks and the development of […]
Recently discovered RANCOR cyber espionage group behind attacks in South East Asia
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new cyber espionage group tracked as RANCOR that has been targeting entities in South East Asia. According to the experts, the RANCOR APT group has been targeting political entities in Singapore, Cambodia, and Thailand, and likely in other countries, using two previously unknown […]
Recent spam campaigns powered by Necurs uses Internet Query File attachments
Trend Micro experts reported the Necurs botnet has been using Internet Query (IQY) files in recent spam campaigns to bypass security protections. The Necurs botnet is currently the largest spam botnet, it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware, the Scarab […]
Carthage Cyber Arena, est de retour le 28 & 29 Juin
La Tunisie s’apprête à accueillir un des plus grands évènements technologiques : Carthage Cyber Arena (CCA2018) ; Une série de conférences, de tables rondes et de workshops techniques autours de la cybersécurité, pour en faire le plus grand rassemblement de la communauté qui partage l’intérêt envers la cybersécurité en […]
FireEye Denies Hacking Back Against Chinese Cyberspies
In his latest book, New York Times correspondent David Sanger describes how cybersecurity firm Mandiant hacked into the devices of Chinese cyberspies during its investigation into the threat group known as APT1. Mandiant, now owned by FireEye, published its famous report on APT1 back in 2013 when it was led by CEO […]
EFF Launches Encryption Initiative for Email Domains Named STARTTLS Everywhere
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced a new project named STARTTLS Everywhere that aims to provide guidance to server administrators on how to set up a proper email server that runs STARTTLS the correct way. STARTTLS Everywhere is eerily similar to Let’s Encrypt, another pro-encryption initiative the EFF launched together […]
Lazarus APT hackers leverages HWP Documents in a recent string of attacks
Security researchers at AlienVault uncovered a series of cyber attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges leveraging weaponized Hangul Word Processor HWP documents (Hangul Word Processor documents). The string of attacks involving the HWP documents has been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group, and includes the hack of the South Korean virtual currency […]
Misconfigured Java web server component Jolokia expose website at cyber attacks
Several websites using the misconfigured Java web server component Jolokia, including those operated by financial organizations. are exposed to cyber attacks. Websites using a misconfigured Java web server component are exposed to cyber attacks. Several high-profile websites including those operated by financial organizations were affected by issues. The security researcher […]
China Tick APT group targeting air-gapped systems in Asia
Palo Alto Networks experts uncovered a new operation conducted by the cyber espionage group known as Tick APT that has been targeting a secure USB drive built by a South Korean defense company. The Tick APT group has been active for at least a decade, tracked also as Bronze Butler, it was […]