Information Security Magazine

Lazarus APT has been found smuggling malware onto macOS devices using custom extended attributes, evading detection

An individual who posted data allegedly stolen via MOVEit from Amazon and other big-name firms claims not to be malicious

Microsoft has addressed four zero-day vulnerabilities this month, two of which have been exploited

The TA455 phishing campaign used fake job offers on LinkedIn to deploy malware

New phishing tool GoIssue targets GitHub, enabling mass phishing, and has been linked to the GitLoker extortion campaign

Panaseer claims 72% of security leaders are taking out personal indemnity insurance as board scrutiny increases

watchTowr has found a flaw in Citrix’s Session Recording Manager that can be exploited to enable unauthenticated RCE against Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Jamf observed North Korean attackers embedding malware within Flutter applications to target macOS devices, potentially to test a new way of weaponizing malware

Halliburton has reported a $35m loss associated with an August ransomware breach

The World Economic Forum has shared recommendations on how to build on the success of existing partnerships to accelerate the disruption of cybercriminal activities

The new Remcos RAT variant identified in a new phishing campaign exploits CVE-2017-0199 via malicious Excel files

Researchers have uncovered a surge in phishing attacks using Visio .vsdx files to evade security scans

This year’s Blue OLEx cyber-attack drill was hosted in Italy and benefited from the new EU-CyCLONe for the first time

The UK Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) Network has urged the elderly to be on the lookout for scam texts offering a winter fuel subsidy

Swedish-Russian national Roman Sterlingov has been jailed for 12 years and six months for operating notorious cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog

South Korea warned that pro-Russian groups have attacked government and private sector websites following the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Ukraine

International energy solution provider Newpark Resources has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted critical systems

SentinelLabs observed the North Korean group BlueNoroff targeting crypto firms via a multi-stage malware campaign which utilizes a novel persistence mechanism

Androxgh0st botnet has expanded, integrating Mozi IoT payloads and targeting web server vulnerabilities

Interlock employs both “big-game hunting” and double extortion tactics against its victims