Advanced malicious actors are seeing more AI tools and are expected to use them for novel methods of cyberattacks in 2024, including supply chain attacks, hack-for-hire services, and new exploits for consumer devices. Security teams must anticipate the exploitation of software vulnerabilities, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and hacktivism. The rise in kernel rootkits, managed file transfer system issues, and the growing underground market for stolen certificates pose significant threats.
GuidePoint warns of Python backdoor used in ransomware
GuidePoint Security identified a threat actor using a Python-based backdoor to persistently access breached endpoints and release RansomHub encryptors across compromised networks. The backdoor was
