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Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. A China-based threat actor has ramped up ...
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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data ...
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras ...
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk. A recently surfaced ...
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Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels. A longtime threat group identified as TA558 has ...
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Black Hat and DEF CON Roundup
‘Summer Camp’ for hackers features a compromised satellite, a homecoming for hackers and cyberwarfare warnings. There was nothing typical this year at BSides LV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON ...
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New Hacker Forum Takes Pro-Ukraine Stance
A uniquely politically motivated site called DUMPS focuses solely on threat activity directed against Russia and Belarus A new hacker forum is taking a unique political stance to support Ukraine ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands
Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake ...
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Hackers for Hire: Adversaries Employ ‘Cyber Mercenaries’
A for-hire cybercriminal group is feeling the talent-drought in tech just like the rest of the sector and has resorted to recruiting so-called “cyber-mercenaries” to carry out specific illicit ...
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Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack
Malware loads itself from remote servers and bypasses Microsoft’s Defender AV scanner, according to reports. A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office allows adversaries to run malicious code ...
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Sysrv-K Botnet Targets Windows, Linux
Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins. Unpatched vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins ...
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iPhones Vulnerable to Attack Even When Turned Off
Wireless features Bluetooth, NFC and UWB stay on even when the device is powered down, which could allow attackers to execute pre-loaded malware. Attackers can target iPhones even when they are ...