Tag: blackberry
Beware weaponized Google Ads
Cybercriminals are exploiting a previously unseen backdoor to substitute ‘malvertizing’, weaponized bogus ads to push them to the top of Google searches. The attacks are particularly dangerous to corporations of all sizes, as they are aimed squarely at in-house IT professionals, who invariably hold the keys to the organization’s digital kingdom The unknown threat actor(s) ' selection of spoofed software evidences that cybercriminals’ targets primarily consist of IT professionals, particularly those in IT security and network administration roles, according to research from Zscaler ThreatLabz. “Beginning in March of 2024, Zscaler ThreatLabz observed a threat actor weaponizing a cluster of domains masquerading as legitimate IP scanner software sites to distribute a previously unseen backdoor. The threat actor registered multiple look-alike domains…and leveraged Google Ads to push these domains to the top of search engine results targeting specific search keywords,” says Zscaler ThreatLabz.
Trello Data Breach Exposes 15M Users – January 29th
Initially noted by the 'Have I Been Pwned?' breach notification service, user data of 15 million Trello users are now exposed, and peddled on Dark Web hacking forums. Atlassian, Trello's parent company commented on the attack, claiming they've taken significant steps to prevent such data scraping attacks. They will continue to investigate and mitigate the situation surrounding the cyber attack.
US aerospace company hit by cyber-attack
An unknown threat actor has breached an as-yet-unnamed US aerospace company. According to BlackBerry, who first highlighted the attack, the threat actor’s weaponization of a phishing attack became operational around September 2022, with the offensive phase of the attack occurring almost a year later in July of this year. The cybercriminals responsible, whom BlackBerry has christened “AeroBlade,” are believed to have used the intervening nine months to develop the additional resources necessary to ensure access to the aerospace company’s systems to exfiltrate potentially highly valuable information - pointing to a high degree of professionalism and persistence on the part of the attacker.