The SonicWall Capture Labs team reported on threat actors developing malicious, fake Android apps to impersonate Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and X.
When downloaded by victims and once permissions have been granted to use them, illegitimate apps aim to steal sensitive data from Android devices, such as contacts, text messages, call logs, and passwords.
The past four weeks have seen a sharp global increase in ‘brute force’ attacks on virtual private network (VPN) services, which supply private networks using encryption over the internet. ‘Brute force’ attacks use trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys. New life has been breathed into what is an old hacking technique with widely available software using artificial intelligence (AI) that can carry out large numbers of attempts automatically.
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group reports a sharp rise worldwide in this type of attack against targets, including virtual private network (VPN) services and web authentication interfaces.
“Cisco Talos has been actively monitoring a global increase in brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services since at least March 18, 2024. The traffic related to these attacks has increased with time and is likely to continue to rise,” predicts Cisco Talos
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) to establish collaboration efforts under the bilateral Cyber Framework between the US and the Republic of Korea signed in April.
The framework between the Republic of Korea and the US includes sharing technical and operational cyber threat information and best practices in cyber crisis management.
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