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5 Practical Techniques for Effective Cyber Threat Hunting

Addressing cyber threats before they have a chance to strike or inflict serious damage is by far the best security approach any company can embrace. Achieving …

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Hackers Exploit Webview2 to Deploy CoinLurker Malware and Evade Security Detection

Bogus software update lures are being used by threat actors to deliver a new stealer malware called CoinLurker."Written in Go, CoinLurker employs cutting-edge …

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The Mask APT Resurfaces with Sophisticated Multi-Platform Malware Arsenal

A little-known cyber espionage actor known as The Mask has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting an unnamed organization in Latin America twice in 2019…

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Water Facilities Must Secure Exposed HMIs – Warns CISA

As attackers threaten key utility facilities, CISA warns water and waste facilities to protect online…Water Facilities Must Secure Exposed HMIs – Warns CISA on…

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Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Arrived With 70+ Bug Fixes

This month marked the release of Microsoft’s last scheduled updates. With the December 2024 Patch…Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Arrived With 70+ Bug Fixes o…

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Mitigating Spectre: The Ongoing Security Challenge with Qualcomm CPUs

We Linux security admins have a new challenge on our hands: several Qualcomm processors/SoCs are still vulnerable to Spectre-related attacks . Despite its prom…

Linux

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Harnessing Open-Source Encryption to Shield Your Data Against Persistent Chinese Telecom Hacks

Linux admins and infosec professionals tasked with safeguarding sensitive communications face increasing risks with emerging privacy threats like China-sponsor…

Linux

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Defeating Chinese Telecom Hacking with Open Source

Linux admins and infosec professionals tasked with safeguarding sensitive communications face increasing risks with emerging privacy threats like China-sponsor…

Linux

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Decoding PUMAKIT: A Deep Dive into Multi-Stage Malware and Advanced Evasion Techniques in Linux

The recently discovered PUMAKIT loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit stands out as an advanced example of multi-stage malware, operating over multiple stages t…

Linux

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New Glutton Malware Exploits Popular PHP Frameworks Like Laravel and ThinkPHP

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new PHP-based backdoor called Glutton that has been put to use in cyber attacks targeting China, the United States,…

PHP

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Ukrainian Minors Recruited for Cyber Ops and Reconnaissance in Russian Airstrikes

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU or SSU) has exposed a novel espionage campaign suspected to be orchestrated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) tha…

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How to Improve Your Cyber Resilience by Strengthening User Privileges

With virtually every aspect of your business in digital form now, it is far past…How to Improve Your Cyber Resilience by Strengthening User Privileges on Lates…

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Germany Disrupts BADBOX Malware on 30,000 Devices Using Sinkhole Action

Germany's Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) has announced that it has disrupted a malware operation called BADBOX that came preloaded on at least 30…

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390,000+ WordPress Credentials Stolen via Malicious GitHub Repository Hosting PoC Exploits

A now-removed GitHub repository that advertised a WordPress tool to publish posts to the online content management system (CMS) is estimated to have enabled th…

WordPress GitHub

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Securing Your Play: Navigating the Complex World of Linux Game Hacking

Game hacking has become a pervasive issue in the gaming industry, testing notions of fairness and redefining how gamers engage with their favorite titles. Desp…

Linux

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Critical OpenWrt Vulnerability Exposes Devices to Malicious Firmware Injection

A security flaw has been disclosed in OpenWrt's Attended Sysupgrade (ASU) feature that, if successfully exploited, could have been abused to distribute malicio…

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New Python Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Memory Exhaustion Risks

Attention Linux administrators and Python developers! A crucial security alert regarding a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2024-12254 , has just been issued, …

Linux

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Iran-Linked IOCONTROL Malware Targets SCADA and Linux-Based IoT Platforms

Iran-affiliated threat actors have been linked to a new custom malware that's geared toward IoT and operational technology (OT) environments in Israel and the …

Linux

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AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta "Purple Lion": Enhanced Security Protocols and Performance Upgrades

AlmaLinux , launched as an open-source, community-driven replacement for CentOS , has quickly established itself as an enterprise and developer-friendly Linux …

Linux

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No Command Line, No Problem: Practical Linux Security Tips for New Sysadmins

Are you a junior Linux sysadmin looking to securely manage your systems without diving into the complexities of the command line? Protecting your environment c…

Linux

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Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested

A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and took them offline…

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Secret Blizzard Deploys Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine Using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service

The Russian nation-state actor tracked as Secret Blizzard has been observed leveraging malware associated with other threat actors to deploy a known backdoor c…

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New Malware Technique Could Exploit Windows UI Framework to Evade EDR Tools

A newly devised technique leverages a Windows accessibility framework called UI Automation (UIA) to perform a wide range of malicious activities without tippin…

Windows

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ZLoader Malware Returns With DNS Tunneling to Stealthily Mask C2 Comms

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the ZLoader malware that employs a Domain Name System (DNS) tunnel for command-and-control (C2) comm…