Phishing

Threat actors could launch stealthier targeted phishing attacks through the new Simple Mail Transfer Protocol smuggling technique, reports The Hacker News.

Phishing attacks using the novel JinxLoader malware loader have been launched to facilitate the deployment of the Formbook and XLoader payloads, reports The Hacker News.

Organizations have been targeted by North Korean state-sponsored hacking operation Kimsuky with new spear-phishing attacks that deployed different backdoors, including AppleSeed, TinyNuke, and Meterpreter, The Hacker News reports.

Despite having its operations continuously disrupted by a cyberattack last week, major U.S. title insurance provider First American Financial Corporation has emphasized that the incident has not impacted funds at First American Trust and all its third-party partner banks, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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Security pros say this news demonstrates how old bugs can do extensive damage if left unpatched.

New phishing attacks leveraging lures related to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine have been deployed by state-sponsored cyberespionage group Cloud Atlas against a Russian state-owned research firm and an agro-industrial enterprise, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.