The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a warning that hackers are attempting to target the helpdesks of hospitals in order to gain access to critical hospital systems. The hackers have been observed contacting hospital IT help desks using local area code phone numbers and then pretending to be a hospital … Read more
A dangerous espionage malware, previously only used against Windows devices, is increasingly being observed on Linux machines, too, experts have warned. Following earlier reports by ESET and Trend Micro, Kaspersky is now warning of the Dinodas Remote Access Trojan (RAT), signaling the rising popularity of the malware. Kaspersky claims the backdoor is “fully functional, granting … Read more
Phishing attacks taking advantage of what appears to be a bug in Apple’s password reset feature have become increasingly common, according to a report from KrebsOnSecurity. Multiple Apple users users have been targeted in an attack that bombards them with an endless stream of notifications or multi-factor authentication (MFA) messages in an attempt to get … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers from Checkmarx have discovered a new infostealing campaign that leveraged typosquatting and stolen GitHub accounts to distribute malicious Python packages to the PyPI repository. In a blog post, Tal Folkman, Yehuda Gelb, Jossef Harush Kadouri, and Tzachi Zornshtain of Checkmarx said they discovered the campaign after a Python developer complained about falling victim … Read more
The US government has issued a warning to its allies that state-backed hackers from Iran and China are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure, with the most notable attacks against water systems. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) probed a number of Iranian attacks targeting Unitronic programmable logic controllers (PLC) used in water facilities. China has … Read more