Phishing

Insight Partners' portfolio includes cybersecurity firms Abnormal Security, Checkmarx and Wiz.

Insight Partners disclosed immediately acting to contain and remediate the breach of some of its systems upon its discovery on Jan. 16, adding that an investigation has revealed no evidence suggesting persistent access to the impacted systems while dismissing the occurrence of further disruptions as a result of the incident.

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Suspected Russian threat actors obtain access tokens through a lesser-known authentication flow.

Intrusions with Astaroth involve the distribution of malicious links redirecting to a seemingly legitimate website luring targets into providing their login credentials, which are later pilfered, an analysis from SlashNext revealed.

Kimsuky — also known as APT43, Black Banshee, TA427, and Velvet Chollima — commences intrusions with the distribution of phishing emails with a ZIP archive attachment containing an LNK file seemingly spoofing legitimate documents.

Attacks involved the delivery of malicious emails warning travelers of potential denied entry due to incomplete immigration requirements that include a link redirecting to a fake government portal-spoofing website facilitating login credential and payment data theft, a report from Cofense revealed.