Meta says it has taken down about 20 covert influence operations in 2024 | Meta Meta has intervened to take down about 20 covert influence operations around the world this year, it has emerged – though the tech firm said fears of AI-fuelled fakery warping elections had not materialised in Read more…
New Malicious PyPI Packages Caught Using Covert Side-Loading Tactics Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that were found leveraging a technique called DLL side-loading to circumvent detection by security software and run malicious code. The packages, named NP6HelperHttptest and NP6HelperHttper, were each downloaded 537 and 166 times, respectively, [ad_2] 2024-02-20 Read more…
Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine’s Telecom Giant for Months Jan 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar’s systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. Read more…
Chinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations Nov 13, 2023NewsroomNational Security / Cyber Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. “This activity is believed to be part of a Read more…
Google Warns How Hackers Could Abuse Calendar Service as a Covert C2 Channel Nov 06, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Online Security Google is warning of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that leverages its Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The tool, called Google Calendar RAT (GCR), Read more…