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Ave Maria RAT (remote access trojan), also known as “Warzone RAT,” is a malware that gains unauthorized access or remote control over a victim’s or targeted computer system. This RAT operates stealthily and grants attackers access to various functionalities within the compromised system. Its malicious activity includes data theft, privilege escalation, remote desktop control, email credential collections, browser credential parsing and more.

On September 21, 2023, Apple released emergency security updates to fix three vulnerabilities impacting macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari. Citizen Lab and Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) observed these three vulnerabilities exploited in an exploit chain against a former Egyptian Member of Parliament to deploy Predator spyware. Predator was developed by Intellexa/Cytrox to perform surveillance on targeted mobile devices.

An account takeover attack is a form of identity theft in which a cybercriminal takes over someone else’s online account. Cybercriminals steal a victim’s login credentials without them knowing through methods such as brute force attacks and phishing. Once the cybercriminal gains access to a victim’s account, they change the login credentials to prevent the victim from logging back in.

Casinos bring in millions of players and billions of dollars a year, via both physical venues and online platforms. And the industry estimated to grow by $11.42 billion between 2021 and 2025. Players trust casinos with their funds and high-value personal data, so it is no surprise that threat actors are targeting these venues to monetize their attacks.

The National Student Clearinghouse is a research facility that gathers data on students from approximately 22,000 high schools and more than 3,600 different colleges. Between all these schools throughout the United States, approximately 97% of the total student population is enrolled in the National Student Clearinghouse. That means the information for most students is on file with the organization.

We couldn’t be prouder that CrowdStrike achieved the highest coverage across the last two consecutive MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations. We achieved 100% protection, 100% visibility and 100% analytic detection coverage in the Enterprise Round 5 evaluation — which equates to 100% prevention and stopping the breach. We also achieved the highest detection coverage in the Managed Security Services Providers testing.

Welcome to the 10th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.

What are my quantum options? And what has Goldilocks’ porridge got to do with it? You’ve heard that eventually you’ll need to migrate to quantum-safe cryptography. Perhaps you’re raring to go. And yet, here I am, ready to tell you one thing: don’t do anything yet. Your options really depend on your quantum problem, but if you’re looking to migrate your cryptography today, you’re moving way too soon.

On September 4, 2023, CERT-UA revealed a meticulously planned cyberattack targeting Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. The attack's modus operandi was distinct; it utilized deceptive emails containing bait links, luring victims into downloading a seemingly innocuous ZIP archive. This archive, however, harbored malicious files designed to hijack the victim's computer, redirecting data flows and exfiltrating sensitive information using services like mockbin.org and mocky.io.

In the last few weeks, Arctic Wolf Labs has noted an increase in threat activity targeting Okta as an attack vector. The relevant Techniques, Tools, and Procedures (TTPs) span across several different types of attacks. This bulletin will review several key aspects of these attacks.