Archives: advisories

WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 020
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 26 July 2024

Pro-Houthi Group Targets Yemen Aid Organizations with Android Spyware Overview A suspected pro-Houthi group, OilAlpha, is targeting humanitarian organizations in Yemen with advanced Android spyware. The operation is associated with the activity cluster codenamed OilAlpha. It utilizes malicious mobile apps

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 019
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 23 July 2024

Samba File Shares Targeted by DarkGate Malware in Recent Cyber Offensive Overview Recent investigations by Palo Alto Networks uncover a brief but significant cyberattack campaign utilizing DarkGate malware. This malicious software exploited Samba file shares to infiltrate networks. The campaign

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 018
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 15 July 2024

OVHcloud Mitigates Record-Breaking 840 Million PPS DDoS Attack Overview In April 2024, OVHcloud, a top French cloud computing firm, successfully stopped a massive DDoS attack. The attack hit a record-breaking rate of 840 million packets per second (Mpps). It beat the previous

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 017
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 08 July 2024

SnailLoad: A New Stealthy Threat to Web Privacy Overview: Researchers discover a concerning new side-channel attack technique: SnailLoad. It exploits inherent weaknesses in the internet to potentially monitor a user’s web activity without requiring any direct access to their network. Impact: Unique

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 016
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 27 June 2024

ExCobalt Cyber Gang Targets Russian Sectors with New GoRed Backdoor Overview An unknown Golang-based backdoor GoRed is being employed by the cybercrime gang ExCobalt. This group has roots dating back to at least 2016 and possibly originates from the notorious Cobalt

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 015
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 24 June 2024

Google’s Privacy Sandbox Faces Scrutiny Over User Tracking Allegations Overview Google’s Privacy Sandbox was initially designed to replace third-party cookies in Chrome. It was a more privacy-conscious solution, but the Austrian privacy group Noyb is now criticizing it. They claim

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 014
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 14 June 2024

LightSpy Spyware’s macOS Variant Detected with Advanced Surveillance Capabilities Overview Findings reveal a previously undocumented macOS variant of the LightSpy spyware. It was initially thought to target only iOS users. This spyware utilizes a plugin-based system for comprehensive data extraction.

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 013
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 10 June 2024

CISA Urges Patching of Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerability Overview CISA just issued an urgent advisory concerning a newly discovered security flaw in the Linux kernel. The flaw is being actively exploited to affect the netfilter component of the Linux kernel. It poses

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 012
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 03 June 2024

Moroccan Cybercrime Group Exploits Gift Card Systems for Major Financial Gains Overview: Storm-0539, also called Atlas Lion, is a Moroccan cybercrime group that executes advanced email and SMS phishing attacks. They are committing fraud by utilizing advanced strategies in the

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WME Cybersecurity Briefings No. 011
Cyber Security
Matt Tinney

WME Security Briefing 27 May 2024

Kinsing Hacker Group Exploits Docker Vulnerabilities Overview Recent investigations have shown that the hacker group Kinsing is actively exploiting Docker vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to systems. The modified hacker group targets misconfigured Docker API ports deployed with cryptocurrency mining malware. Docker is mostly used

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