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These are the tools of the trade Sophos detected in use by cybercriminals over 2024

Ransomware remains the biggest threat, but old and misconfigured network devices are making it too easy

Cheap Android smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies have been observed pre-installed with trojanized apps masquerading as WhatsApp and Telegram that contain cryptocurrency clipper functionality as part of a campaign since June 2024. While using malware-laced apps to steal financial information is not a new phenomenon, the new findings from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web point…

The U.S. government funding for non-profit research giant MITRE to operate and maintain its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program will expire Wednesday, an unprecedented development that could shake up one of the foundational pillars of the global cybersecurity ecosystem. The 25-year-old CVE program is a valuable tool for vulnerability management, offering a de facto…

Cybercriminals capitalize on tax preparation stress, technology sprawl, and lax communications. Accounting teams can’t afford to treat cybersecurity as an afterthought.

The remediated flaw gave adversaries a way to maintain access to the app through password resets.

Bad bots are becoming increasingly difficult to detect as they more easily mimic human behaviors and utilize evasion techniques, researchers say.

Researchers at Abnormal Security said threat actors are using a legitimate presentation and graphic design tool named “Gamma” in phishing attacks.

Customer data such as birth dates, credit card numbers and driver’s license information were stolen when threat actors exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Cleo-managed file transfer products.

Russia-backed APT29’s latest campaign once again uses malicious invites to wine-tasting events as its lure, but this time targets a different set of vintages — errr, victims — and delivers a novel backdoor, GrapeLoader.