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New BLISTER Malware Using Code Signing Certificates to Evade Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an evasive malware campaign that makes use of valid code signing certificates to sneak past security defens…

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CISA Compliance for 2022

The last several years have seen an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks, and while the frequency of such attacks has increased, so too has the resulting da…

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How to see if cybersecurity of your organization is in check for the New Year

The last several years have seen an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks, and while the frequency of such attacks has increased, so too has the resulting da…

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Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded a New Joker Malware App from Play Store

A malicious Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from the Google Play app store has been found hosting malware that stealthily exfiltrates users' conta…

Android

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Security firm Blumira discovers major new Log4j attack vect

A basic Javascript WebSocket connection can trigger a local Log4j remote code attack via a drive-by compromise. Wonderful. Truly wonderful.

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Second Log4j Vulnerability (CVE-2021-45046) Discovered — New Patch Released

UPDATE— The severity score of CVE-2021-45046, originally classified as a DoS bug, has since been revised from 3.7 to 9.0, to reflect the fact that an attacker …

Apache

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The Guide to Automating Security Training for Lean Security Teams

Cyber threats used to be less threatening. While nobody wants their customers' credit card numbers stolen in a data breach, or to see a deranged manifesto plas…

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Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Infect Computers with Khonsari Ransomware

Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family…

Windows

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Ransomware Affiliate Arrested in Romania; 51 Stolen Data Brokers Arrested in Ukraine

Europol, the European Union's premier law enforcement agency, hasannouncedthe arrest of a third Romanian national for his role as a ransomware affiliate suspec…

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Karakurt: A New Emerging Data Theft and Cyber Extortion Hacking Group

A previously undocumented, financially motivated threat group has been connected to a string of data theft and extortion attacks on over 40 entities between Se…

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BlackCat: A New Rust-based Ransomware Malware Spotted in the Wild

Details have emerged about what's the first Rust-language-based ransomware strain spotted in the wild that has already amassed "some victims from different cou…

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Vulnerability Scanning Frequency Best Practices

So you've decided to set up a vulnerability scanning programme, great. That's one of the best ways to avoid data breaches. How often you should run your scans,…

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Researches Detail 17 Malicious Frameworks Used to Attack Air-Gapped Networks

Four different malicious frameworks designed to attack air-gapped networks were detected in the first half of 2020 alone, bringing the total number of such too…

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New Malvertising Campaigns Spreading Backdoors, Malicious Chrome Extensions

A series of malicious campaigns have been leveraging fake installers of popular apps and games such as Viber, WeChat, NoxPlayer, and Battlefield as a lure to t…

Cisco Chrome

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AWS, CrowdStrike, Presidio Join Hands To Develop Ransomware Mitigation Kit

Given the increasing incidents of ransomware attacks, multiple tech giants have joined hands to develop…AWS, CrowdStrike, Presidio Join Hands To Develop Ransom…

AWS

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IPFire Linux Firewall Now Supports exFAT,

IPFire 2.27 Core Update 161 has been released as a new maintenance update to the hardened open-source GNU/Linux distro that primarily performs as a router and …

Linux

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Panasonic Suffers Data Breach After Hackers Hack Into Its Network

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has disclosed a security breach wherein an unauthorized third-party broke into its network and potentially access…

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Hackers Using Compromised Google Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrency

Threat actors are exploiting improperly-secured Google Cloud Platform (GCP) instances to download cryptocurrency mining software to the compromised systems as …

Google Cloud

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Threat Advisory: Linux Ransomware Risks and Prevention Insights

Ransomware has dominated cybersecurity news headlines for the past decade, and for good reason. Through a combination of advanced encryption and effective exto…

Linux

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Ongoing Phishing Attack Targets IKEA Employee Mailboxes To Spread Trojan

Homeware and furniture giant IKEA has suffered a cyberattack on its internal mailboxes. IKEA has…Ongoing Phishing Attack Targets IKEA Employee Mailboxes To Spr…

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Anatomy of a Linux Ransomware Atta

Ransomware has dominated cybersecurity news headlines for the past decade, and for good reason. Through a combination of advanced encryption and effective exto…

Linux

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Hackers Targeting Biomanufacturing Facilities With Tardigrade Malware

An advanced persistent threat (APT) has been linked to cyberattacks on two biomanufacturing companies that occurred this year with the help of a custom malware…

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Crypto Hackers Using Babadeda Crypter to Make Their Malware Undetectable

A new malware campaign has been discovered targeting cryptocurrency, non-fungible token (NFT), andÂDeFiÂaficionados through Discord channels to deploy a crypte…

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CronRAT: A New Linux Malware That's Scheduled to Run on February 31st

Researchers have unearthed a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that employs a never-before-seen stealth technique that involves masking its malicious ac…

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