Data Security

Several generations of Intel x86 CPUs are vulnerable to attacks leveraging the nearly decade-old Downfall flaw, which could result in the exfiltration of encryption keys and other sensitive data, CyberScoop reports.

Akamai researchers say after being compromised by ransomware threat actors, an organization is almost six times more likely to be hit again within the next three months.

China was reported by the Washington Post to have infiltrated Japan's classified defense network since 2020, enabling access to the country's military capabilities, weaknesses, and plans but Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that security information exposure has not yet been verified, reports Reuters.

Poland-based Android mobile spyware LetMeSpy has confirmed that it will be ending operations by the end of the month after its servers with all of its stolen data were wiped following a data breach in June, according to TechCrunch.

Chromium-based web browsers are being targeted by a new more sophisticated version of the Rilide stealer malware, which has been upgraded to enable stolen data and cryptocurrency exfiltration to interval-based screenshot captures or a Telegram channel, according to The Hacker News.

Sixteen or more organizations across various sectors in Russia and Serbia have been subjected to attacks by the Space Pirates threat operation over the past 12 months, according to The Hacker News.

Fraudulent Android chat app leveraged in new Bahamut attack New social engineering attacks by Indian advanced persistent threat group Bahamut have involved the fraudulent Android chat app SafeChat to facilitate a version of the CoverIm spyware aimed at exfiltrating mobile device data, according to BleepingComputer.