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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

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US offers a $10 million reward for information on four Iranian nationals

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The street lights in Leicester City cannot be turned off due to a cyber attack

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North Korea-linked APT groups target South Korean defense contractors

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U.S. Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity

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A cyber attack paralyzed operations at Synlab Italia

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Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw

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Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities

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A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites

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Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims

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DuneQuixote campaign targets the Middle East with a complex backdoor

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 468 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Critical CrushFTP zero-day exploited in attacks in the wild

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A French hospital was forced to reschedule procedures after cyberattack

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MITRE revealed that nation-state actors breached its systems via Ivanti zero-days

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FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigates data breach

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FIN7 targeted a large U.S. carmaker with phishing attacks

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Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost

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Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT

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Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. PoC publicly available

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Linux variant of Cerber ransomware targets Atlassian servers

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Ivanti fixed two critical flaws in its Avalanche MDM

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Researchers released exploit code for actively exploited Palo Alto PAN-OS bug

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Cisco warns of large-scale brute-force attacks against VPN and SSH services

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PuTTY SSH Client flaw allows of private keys recovery

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A renewed espionage campaign targets South Asia with iOS spyware LightSpy

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Misinformation and hacktivist campaigns targeting the Philippines skyrocket

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Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, Czech minister said

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Ransomware group Dark Angels claims the theft of 1TB of data from chipmaker Nexperia

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Cisco Duo warns telephony supplier data breach exposed MFA SMS logs

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Ukrainian Blackjack group used ICS malware Fuxnet against Russian targets

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CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Threat actors exploited Palo Alto Pan-OS issue to deploy a Python Backdoor

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U.S. and Australian police arrested Firebird RAT author and operator

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Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger data breach may have impacted millions of customers

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 467 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Crooks manipulate GitHub's search results to distribute malware

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BatBadBut flaw allowed an attacker to perform command injection on Windows

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Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts

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LastPass employee targeted via an audio deepfake call

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TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware

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CISA adds D-Link multiple NAS devices bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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US CISA published an alert on the Sisense data breach

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Palo Alto Networks fixed multiple DoS bugs in its firewalls

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Apple warns of mercenary spyware attacks on iPhone users in 92 countries

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Microsoft fixed two zero-day bugs exploited in malware attacks

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Group Health Cooperative data breach impacted 530,000 individuals

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AT&T states that the data breach impacted 51 million former and current customers

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Fortinet fixed a critical remote code execution bug in FortiClientLinux

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Microsoft Patches Tuesday security updates for April 2024 fixed hundreds of issues

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Cybersecurity in the Evolving Threat Landscape

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Over 91,000 LG smart TVs running webOS are vulnerable to hacking

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ScrubCrypt used to drop VenomRAT along with many malicious plugins

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Google announces V8 Sandbox to protect Chrome users

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China is using generative AI to carry out influence operations

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Greylock McKinnon Associates data breach exposed DOJ data of 341650 people

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Crowdfense is offering a larger 30M USD exploit acquisition program

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U.S. Department of Health warns of attacks against IT help desks

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 466 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Over 92,000 Internet-facing D-Link NAS devices can be easily hacked

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More than 16,000 Ivanti VPN gateways still vulnerable to RCE CVE-2024-21894

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Cisco warns of XSS flaw in end-of-life small business routers

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Magento flaw exploited to deploy persistent backdoor hidden in XML

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Cyberattack disrupted services at Omni Hotels & Resorts

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HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood technique can be exploited in DoS attacks

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US cancer center City of Hope: data breach impacted 827149 individuals

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Ivanti fixed for 4 new issues in Connect Secure and Policy Secure

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Jackson County, Missouri, discloses a ransomware attack

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Google addressed another Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own in March

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The New Version of JsOutProx is Attacking Financial Institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab Abuse

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Google fixed two actively exploited Pixel vulnerabilities

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Highly sensitive files mysteriously disappeared from EUROPOL headquarters

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XSS flaw in WordPress WP-Members Plugin can lead to script injection

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Binarly released the free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor

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Google agreed to erase billions of browser records to settle a class action lawsuit

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PandaBuy data breach allegedly impacted over 1.3 million customers

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OWASP discloses a data breach

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New Vultur malware version includes enhanced remote control and evasion capabilities

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Pentagon established the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

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Info stealer attacks target macOS users

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 465 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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DinodasRAT Linux variant targets users worldwide

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AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million customers

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Expert found a backdoor in XZ tools used many Linux distributions

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German BSI warns of 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

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Cisco warns of password-spraying attacks targeting Secure Firewall devices

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American fast-fashion firm Hot Topic hit by credential stuffing attacks

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Cisco addressed high-severity flaws in IOS and IOS XE software

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Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

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Google addressed 2 Chrome zero-days demonstrated at Pwn2Own 2024

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CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint bug disclosed at Pwn2Own to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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The DDR Advantage: Real-Time Data Defense

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Finnish police linked APT31 to the 2021 parliament attack

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TheMoon bot infected 40,000 devices in January and February

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UK, New Zealand against China-linked cyber operations

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US Treasury Dep announced sanctions against members of China-linked APT31

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CISA adds FortiClient EMS, Ivanti EPM CSA, Nice Linear eMerge E3-Series bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Iran-Linked APT TA450 embeds malicious links in PDF attachments

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StrelaStealer targeted over 100 organizations across the EU and US

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GoFetch side-channel attack against Apple systems allows secret keys extraction

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr

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Russia-linked APT29 targeted German political parties with WINELOADER backdoor

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Mozilla fixed Firefox zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024

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Large-scale Sign1 malware campaign already infected 39,000+ WordPress sites

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German police seized the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market

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Unsaflok flaws allow to open millions of doors using Dormakaba Saflok electronic locks

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Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024: participants earned $1,132,500 for 29 unique 0-days

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Critical Fortinet's FortiClient EMS flaw actively exploited in the wild

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Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 Day 1 - team Synacktiv hacked a Tesla

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New Loop DoS attack may target 300,000 vulnerable hosts

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Critical flaw in Atlassian Bamboo Data Center and Server must be fixed immediately

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Threat actors actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws to deliver malware

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BunnyLoader 3.0 surfaces in the threat landscape

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Pokemon Company resets some users' passwords

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Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts

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New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia's weapon?

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Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series. Tournament suspended

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Earth Krahang APT breached tens of government organizations worldwide

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PoC exploit for critical RCE flaw in Fortra FileCatalyst transfer tool released

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Fujitsu suffered a malware attack and probably a data breach

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Remove WordPress miniOrange plugins, a critical flaw can allow site takeover

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The Aviation and Aerospace Sectors Face Skyrocketing Cyber Threats

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Email accounts of the International Monetary Fund compromised

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Threat actors leaked 70,000,000+ records allegedly stolen from AT&T

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“gitgub” malware campaign targets Github users with RisePro info-stealer

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 463 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people

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Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack

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Lazarus APT group returned to Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds

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Moldovan citizen sentenced in connection with the E-Root cybercrime marketplace case

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UK Defence Secretary jet hit by an electronic warfare attack in Poland

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Cisco fixed high-severity elevation of privilege and DoS bugs

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Recent DarkGate campaign exploited Microsoft Windows zero-day

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Nissan Oceania data breach impacted roughly 100,000 people

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Researchers found multiple flaws in ChatGPT plugins

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Fortinet fixes critical bugs in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS

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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

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Stanford University announced that 27,000 individuals were impacted in the 2023 ransomware attack

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for March 2024 fixed 59 flaws

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Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) alleges US is plotting to interfere in presidential election

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First-ever South Korean national detained for espionage in Russia

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Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

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Massive cyberattacks hit French government agencies

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BianLian group exploits JetBrains TeamCity bugs in ransomware attacks

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Experts released PoC exploit for critical Progress Software OpenEdge bug

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Magnet Goblin group used a new Linux variant of NerbianRAT malware

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Hackers exploited WordPress Popup Builder plugin flaw to compromise 3,300 sites

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Lithuania security services warn of China's espionage against the country

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 462 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Threat actors breached two crucial systems of the US CISA

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CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Critical Fortinet FortiOS bug CVE-2024-21762 potentially impacts 150,000 internet-facing devices

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QNAP fixed three flaws in its NAS devices, including an authentication bypass

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Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard breached Microsoft systems again

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Cisco addressed severe flaws in its Secure Client

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Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.

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2023 FBI Internet Crime Report reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023

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National intelligence agency of Moldova warns of Russia attacks ahead of the presidential election

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CISA adds Apple iOS and iPadOS memory corruption bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

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Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers

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CISA ADDS ANDROID PIXEL AND SUNHILLO SURELINE BUGS TO ITS KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

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Watch out, GhostSec and Stourmous groups jointly conducting ransomware attacks

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LockBit 3.0’s Bungled Comeback Highlights the Undying Risk of Torrent-Based (P2P) Data Leakage

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Apple emergency security updates fix two new iOS zero-days

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VMware urgent updates addressed Critical ESXi Sandbox Escape bugs

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US Gov sanctioned Intellexa Consortium individuals and entities behind Predator spyware attacks

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CISA ADDS MICROSOFT WINDOWS KERNEL BUG USED BY LAZARUS APT TO ITS KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

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Experts disclosed two severe flaws in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software

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Ukraine's GUR hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense

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Some American Express customers' data exposed in a third-party data breach

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META hit with privacy complaints by EU consumer groups

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New GTPDOOR backdoor is designed to target telecom carrier networks

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Threat actors hacked Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom

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New Linux variant of BIFROSE RAT uses deceptive domain strategies

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Eken camera doorbells allow ill-intentioned individuals to spy on you

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 461 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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U.S. Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp

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U.S. authorities charged an Iranian national for long-running hacking campaign

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US cyber and law enforcement agencies warn of Phobos ransomware attacks

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Police seized Crimemarket, the largest German-speaking cybercrime marketplace

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Five Eyes alliance warns of attacks exploiting known Ivanti Gateway flaws

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Crooks stole €15 Million from European retail company Pepco

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CISA adds Microsoft Streaming Service bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Researchers found a zero-click Facebook account takeover

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New SPIKEDWINE APT group is targeting officials in Europe

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Is the LockBit gang resuming its operation?

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Lazarus APT exploited zero-day in Windows driver to gain kernel privileges

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Pharmaceutical giant Cencora discloses a data breach

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Unmasking 2024's Email Security Landscape

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FBI, CISA, HHS warn of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks against the healthcare sector

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

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Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploit recent ConnectWise ScreenConnect bugs

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XSS flaw in LiteSpeed Cache plugin exposes millions of WordPress sites at risk

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 460 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

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New Redis miner Migo uses novel system weakening techniques

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Critical flaw found in deprecated VMware EAP. Uninstall it immediately

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Microsoft Exchange flaw CVE-2024-21410 could impact up to 97,000 servers

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ConnectWise fixed critical flaws in ScreenConnect remote access tool

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

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Cactus ransomware gang claims the theft of 1.5TB of data from Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric

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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

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A Ukrainian Raccoon Infostealer operator is awaiting trial in the US

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Russia-linked APT TAG-70 targets European government and military mail servers exploiting Roundcube XSS

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How BRICS Got "Rug Pulled" – Cryptocurrency Counterfeiting is on the Rise

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SolarWinds addressed critical RCEs in Access Rights Manager (ARM)

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ESET fixed high-severity local privilege escalation bug in Windows products

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 459 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Ukrainian national faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in Zeus, IcedID malware schemes

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CISA: Cisco ASA/FTD bug CVE-2020-3259 exploited in ransomware attacks

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CISA adds Microsoft Exchange and Cisco ASA and FTD bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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US gov offers a reward of up to $10M for info on ALPHV/Blackcat gang leaders

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U.S. CISA: hackers breached a state government organization

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Russia-linked Turla APT uses new TinyTurla-NG backdoor to spy on Polish NGOs

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US Gov dismantled the Moobot botnet controlled by Russia-linked APT28

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A cyberattack halted operations at Varta production plants

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North Korea-linked actors breached the emails of a Presidential Office member

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CISA adds Microsoft Windows bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Nation-state actors are using AI services and LLMs for cyberattacks

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Abusing the Ubuntu 'command-not-found' utility to install malicious packages

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Zoom fixed critical flaw CVE-2024-24691 in Windows software

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Adobe Patch Tuesday fixed critical vulnerabilities in Magento, Acrobat and Reader

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2024 fixed 2 actively exploited 0-days

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A ransomware attack took 100 Romanian hospitals down

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Bank of America customer data compromised after a third-party services provider data breach

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Ransomfeed - Third Quarter Report 2023 is out!

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Global Malicious Activity Targeting Elections is Skyrocketing

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

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Residential Proxies vs. Datacenter Proxies: Choosing the Right Option

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CISA adds Roundcube Webmail Persistent XSS bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Canada Gov plans to ban the Flipper Zero to curb car thefts

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9 Possible Ways Hackers Can Use Public Wi-Fi to Steal Your Sensitive Data

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US Feds arrested two men involved in the Warzone RAT operation

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Raspberry Robin spotted using two new 1-day LPE exploits

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 458 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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CISA adds Fortinet FortiOS bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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macOS Backdoor RustDoor likely linked to Alphv/BlackCat ransomware operations

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Exploiting a vulnerable Minifilter Driver to create a process killer

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Black Basta ransomware gang hacked Hyundai Motor Europe

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Fortinet warns of a new actively exploited RCE flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN

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Ivanti warns of a new auth bypass flaw in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateway devices

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26 Cyber Security Stats Every User Should Be Aware Of in 2024

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US offers $10 million reward for info on Hive ransomware group leaders

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Unraveling the truth behind the DDoS attack from electric toothbrushes

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon remained undetected for years in US infrastructure

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Cisco fixes critical Expressway Series CSRF vulnerabilities

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CISA adds Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Fortinet addressed two critical FortiSIEM vulnerabilities

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Experts warn of a critical bug in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises

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Critical shim bug impacts every Linux boot loader signed in the past decade

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China-linked APT deployed malware in a network of the Dutch Ministry of Defence

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Commercial spyware vendors are behind most zero-day exploits discovered by Google TAG

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Google fixed an Android critical remote code execution flaw

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A man faces up to 25 years in prison for his role in operating unlicensed crypto exchange BTC-e

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U.S. Gov imposes visa restrictions on individuals misusing Commercial Spyware

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HPE is investigating claims of a new security breach

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Experts warn of a surge of attacks targeting Ivanti SSRF flaw

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How to hack the Airbus NAVBLUE Flysmart+ Manager

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Crooks stole $25.5 million from a multinational firm using a 'deepfake' video call

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Software firm AnyDesk disclosed a security breach

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The 'Mother of all Breaches': Navigating the Aftermath and Fortifying Your Data with DSPM

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US government imposed sanctions on six Iranian intel officials

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A cyberattack impacted operations at Lurie Children's Hospital

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AnyDesk Incident: Customer Credentials Leaked and Published for Sale on the Dark Web

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 457 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million

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Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account

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Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)

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Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals

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Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison

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Cloudflare breached on Thanksgiving Day, but the attack was promptly contained

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PurpleFox malware infected at least 2,000 computers in Ukraine

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Man sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swapping

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CISA orders federal agencies to disconnect Ivanti VPN instances by February 2

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Multiple malware used in attacks exploiting Ivanti VPN flaws

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Police seized 50,000 Bitcoin from operator of the now-defunct piracy site movie2k

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Crooks stole around $112 million worth of XRP from Ripple’s co-founder

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CISA adds Apple improper authentication bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Ivanti warns of a new actively exploited zero-day

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Threat actors exploit Ivanti VPN bugs to deploy KrustyLoader Malware

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Data leak at fintech giant Direct Trading Technologies

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Root access vulnerability in GNU Library C (glibc) impacts many Linux distros

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Italian data protection authority said that ChatGPT violated EU privacy laws

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750 million Indian mobile subscribers' data offered for sale on dark web

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Juniper Networks released out-of-band updates to fix high-severity flaws

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Hundreds of network operators’ credentials found circulating in Dark Web

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Cactus ransomware gang claims the Schneider Electric hack

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Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed sensitive data, including source code

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Experts detailed Microsoft Outlook flaw that can leak NTLM v2 hashed passwords

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NSA buys internet browsing records from data brokers without a warrant

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Ukraine’s SBU arrested a member of Pro-Russia hackers group 'Cyber Army of Russia'

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Multiple PoC exploits released for Jenkins flaw CVE-2024-23897

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Medusa ransomware attack hit Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 456 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

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Participants earned more than $1.3M at the Pwn2Own Automotive competition

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A TrickBot malware developer sentenced to 64 months in prison

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Russian Midnight Blizzard APT is targeting orgs worldwide, Microsoft warns

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Watch out, experts warn of a critical flaw in Jenkins

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Pwn2Own Automotive 2024 Day 2 - Tesla hacked again

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Yearly Intel Trend Review: The 2023 RedSense report

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Cisco warns of a critical bug in Unified Communications products, patch it now!

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Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard hacked Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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CISA adds Atlassian Confluence Data Center bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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5379 GitLab servers vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks

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Experts released PoC exploit for Fortra GoAnywhere MFT flaw CVE-2024-0204

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Splunk fixed high-severity flaw impacting Windows versions

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Watch out, a new critical flaw affects Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

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Australian government announced sanctions for Medibank hacker

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LoanDepot data breach impacted roughly 16.6 individuals

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Black Basta gang claims the hack of the UK water utility Southern Water

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CISA adds VMware vCenter Server bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Mother of all breaches - a historic data leak reveals 26 billion records: check what's exposed

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Apple fixed actively exploited zero-day CVE-2024-23222

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“My Slice”, an Italian adaptive phishing campaign

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Threat actors exploit Apache ActiveMQ flaw to deliver the Godzilla Web Shell

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Cybercriminals leaked massive volumes of stolen PII data from Thailand in Dark Web

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Backdoored pirated applications targets Apple macOS users

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LockBit ransomware gang claims the attack on the sandwich chain Subway

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 455 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release

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VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers

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China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021

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Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128%

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U.S. CISA warns of actively exploited Ivanti EPMM flaw CVE-2023-35082

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The Quantum Computing Cryptopocalypse – I’ll Know It When I See It

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Kansas State University suffered a serious cybersecurity incident

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CISA adds Chrome and Citrix NetScaler to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Google TAG warns that Russian COLDRIVER APT is using a custom backdoor

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PixieFail: Nine flaws in UEFI open-source reference implementation could have severe impacts

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iShutdown lightweight method allows to discover spyware infections on iPhones

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Pro-Russia group hit Swiss govt sites after Zelensky visit in Davos

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Github rotated credentials after the discovery of a vulnerability

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FBI, CISA warn of AndroxGh0st botnet for victim identification and exploitation

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Citrix warns admins to immediately patch NetScaler for actively exploited zero-days

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Google fixed the first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2024

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Atlassian fixed critical RCE in older Confluence versions

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VMware fixed a critical flaw in Aria Automation. Patch it now!

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Experts warn of mass exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure VPN flaws

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Experts warn of a vulnerability affecting Bosch BCC100 Thermostat

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Over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) online exposed to hack

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Phemedrone info stealer campaign exploits Windows smartScreen bypass

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Balada Injector continues to infect thousands of WordPress sites

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Attackers target Apache Hadoop and Flink to deliver cryptominers

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Apple fixed a bug in Magic Keyboard that allows to monitor Bluetooth traffic

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 454 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw

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Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches

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Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election

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Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467

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Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes 118K users

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CISA adds Ivanti and Microsoft SharePoint bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Two zero-day bugs in Ivanti Connect Secure actively exploited

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X Account of leading cybersecurity firm Mandiant was hacked because not adequately protected

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Cisco fixed critical Unity Connection vulnerability CVE-2024-20272

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ShinyHunters member sentenced to three years in prison

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HMG Healthcare disclosed a data breach

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Threat actors hacked the X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and announced fake Bitcoin ETF approval

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Decryptor for Tortilla variant of Babuk ransomware released

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2024 fixed 2 critical flaws

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CISA adds Apache Superset bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Syrian group Anonymous Arabic distributes stealthy malware Silver RAT

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Swiss Air Force sensitive files stolen in the hack of Ultra Intelligence & Communications

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DoJ charged 19 individuals in a transnational cybercrime investigation xDedic Marketplace

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Long-existing Bandook RAT targets Windows machines

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A cyber attack hit the Beirut International Airport

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Iranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash leaks user passports and IDs

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Turkish Sea Turtle APT targets Dutch IT and Telecom firms

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Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea

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Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 billion claim over NotPetya damages

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The source code of Zeppelin Ransomware sold on a hacking forum

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Russia-linked APT Sandworm was inside Ukraine telecoms giant Kyivstar for months

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Ivanti fixed a critical EPM flaw that can result in remote code execution

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MyEstatePoint Property Search Android app leaks user passwords

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Hacker hijacked Orange Spain RIPE account causing internet outage to company customers

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HealthEC data breach impacted more than 4.5 Million people

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Experts found 3 malicious packages hiding crypto miners in PyPi repository

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Crooks hacked Mandiant X account to push cryptocurrency scam

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Invoice Fraud

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CISA ADDS CHROME AND PERL LIBRARY FLAWS TO ITS KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

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Don’t trust links with known domains: BMW affected by redirect vulnerability

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Hackers stole more than $81 million worth of crypto assets from Orbit Chain

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Ukraine’s SBU said that Russia's intelligence hacked surveillance cameras to direct a missile strike on Kyiv

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Experts warn of JinxLoader loader used to spread Formbook and XLoader

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Terrapin attack allows to downgrade SSH protocol security

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Multiple organizations in Iran were breached by a mysterious hacker

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Top 2023 Security Affairs cybersecurity stories

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Malware exploits undocumented Google OAuth endpoint to regenerate Google cookies

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Cactus RANSOMWARE gang hit the Swedish retail and grocery provider Coop

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Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 452 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp

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Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk

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Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania

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Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign

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Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app

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New Version of Meduza Stealer Released in Dark Web

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Operation Triangulation attacks relied on an undocumented hardware feature

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Cybercriminals launched “Leaksmas” event in the Dark Web exposing massive volumes of leaked PII and compromised data

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Lockbit ransomware attack interrupted medical emergencies gang at a German hospital network

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Experts warn of critical Zero-Day in Apache OfBiz

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Xamalicious Android malware distributed through the Play Store

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Barracuda fixed a new ESG zero-day exploited by Chinese group UNC4841

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Elections 2024, artificial intelligence could upset world balances

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Experts analyzed attacks against poorly managed Linux SSH servers

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A cyberattack hit Australian healthcare provider St Vincent’s Health Australia

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Rhysida ransomware group hacked Abdali Hospital in Jordan

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Carbanak malware returned in ransomware attacks

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Resecurity Released a 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast

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APT group UAC-0099 targets Ukraine exploiting a WinRAR flaw

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Iran-linked APT33 targets Defense Industrial Base sector with FalseFont backdoor

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 451 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Europol and ENISA spotted 443 e-stores compromised with digital skimming

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Video game giant Ubisoft investigates reports of a data breach

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LockBit ransomware gang claims to have breached accountancy firm Xeinadin

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Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile discloses a data breach

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Akira ransomware gang claims the theft of sensitive data from Nissan Australia

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Member of Lapsus$ gang sentenced to an indefinite hospital order

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Real estate agency exposes details of 690k customers

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ESET fixed a high-severity bug in the Secure Traffic Scanning Feature of several products

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Phishing attacks use an old Microsoft Office flaw to spread Agent Tesla malware

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Data leak exposes users of car-sharing service Blink Mobility

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Google addressed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day

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German police seized the dark web marketplace Kingdom Market

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Law enforcement Operation HAECHI IV led to the seizure of $300 Million

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Sophisticated JaskaGO info stealer targets macOS and Windows

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BMW dealer at risk of takeover by cybercriminals

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Comcast’s Xfinity customer data exposed after CitrixBleed attack

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FBI claims to have dismantled AlphV/Blackcat ransomware operation, but the group denies it

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Smishing Triad: Cybercriminals Impersonate UAE Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship on the Peak of Holidays Season

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The ransomware attack on Westpole is disrupting digital services for Italian public administration

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Info stealers and how to protect against them

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Pro-Israel Predatory Sparrow hacker group disrupted services at around 70% of Iran’s fuel stations

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Qakbot is back and targets the Hospitality industry

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A supply chain attack on crypto hardware wallet Ledger led to the theft of $600K

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MongoDB investigates a cyberattack, customer data exposed

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InfectedSlurs botnet targets QNAP VioStor NVR vulnerability

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 450 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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New NKAbuse malware abuses NKN decentralized P2P network protocol

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Snatch ransomware gang claims the hack of the food giant Kraft Heinz

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Multiple flaws in pfSense firewall can lead to arbitrary code execution

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BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware Gangs Spotted in a Joint Campaign

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Data of over a million users of the crypto exchange GokuMarket exposed

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Idaho National Laboratory data breach impacted 45,047 individuals

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Ubiquiti users claim to have access to other people’s devices

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Russia-linked APT29 spotted targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers

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Microsoft seized the US infrastructure of the Storm-1152 cybercrime group

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French authorities arrested a Russian national for his role in the Hive ransomware operation

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon linked to KV-Botnet

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UK Home Office is ignoring the risk of 'catastrophic ransomware attacks,' report warns

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OAuth apps used in cryptocurrency mining, phishing campaigns, and BEC attacks

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Sophos backports fix for CVE-2022-3236 for EOL firewall firmware versions due to ongoing attacks

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December 2023 Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixed 4 critical flaws

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Ukrainian military intelligence service hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service

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Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile carrier brought down by a cyber attack

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Dubai’s largest taxi app exposes 220K+ users

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus exploits Log4j flaws to deploy DLang malware

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Apple released iOS 17.2 to address a dozen of security flaws

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Toyota Financial Services discloses a data breach

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Apache fixed Critical RCE flaw CVE-2023-50164 in Struts 2

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CISA adds Qlik Sense flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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CISA and ENISA signed a Working Arrangement to enhance cooperation

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Researcher discovered a new lock screen bypass bug for Android 14 and 13

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WordPress 6.4.2 fixed a Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 449 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Hacktivists hacked an Irish water utility and interrupted the water supply

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5Ghoul flaws impact hundreds of 5G devices with Qualcomm, MediaTek chips

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Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack

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Bypassing major EDRs using Pool Party process injection techniques

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Founder of Bitzlato exchange has pleaded for unlicensed money transmitting

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Android barcode scanner app exposes user passwords

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UK and US expose Russia Callisto Group's activity and sanction members

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A cyber attack hit Nissan Oceania

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New Krasue Linux RAT targets telecom companies in Thailand

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Atlassian addressed four new RCE flaws in its products

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CISA adds Qualcomm flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Experts demonstrate a post-exploitation tampering technique to display Fake Lockdown mode

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GST Invoice Billing Inventory exposes sensitive data to threat actors

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Threat actors breached US govt systems by exploiting Adobe ColdFusion flaw

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ENISA published the ENISA Threat Landscape for DoS Attacks Report

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Russia-linked APT28 group spotted exploiting Outlook flaw to hijack MS Exchange accounts

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Google fixed critical zero-click RCE in Android

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New P2PInfect bot targets routers and IoT devices

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Malvertising attacks rely on DanaBot Trojan to spread CACTUS Ransomware

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LockBit on a Roll - ICBC Ransomware Attack Strikes at the Heart of the Global Financial Order

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Zyxel fixed tens of flaws in Firewalls, Access Points, and NAS devices

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New Agent Raccoon malware targets the Middle East, Africa and the US

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 448 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Researchers devised an attack technique to extract ChatGPT training data

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Fortune-telling website WeMystic exposes 13M+ user records

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Expert warns of Turtle macOS ransomware

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Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022

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CISA adds ownCloud and Google Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Apple addressed 2 new iOS zero-day vulnerabilities

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Critical Zoom Room bug allowed to gain access to Zoom Tenants

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Rhysida ransomware group hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London

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Google addressed the sixth Chrome Zero-Day vulnerability in 2023

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Okta reveals additional attackers' activities in October 2023 Breach

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Thousands of secrets lurk in app images on Docker Hub

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Threat actors started exploiting critical ownCloud flaw CVE-2023-49103

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International police operation dismantled a prominent Ukraine-based Ransomware group

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Daixin Team group claimed the hack of North Texas Municipal Water District

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Healthcare provider Ardent Health Services disclosed a ransomware attack

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Ukraine's intelligence service hacked Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia

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Iranian hacker group Cyber Av3ngers hacked the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania

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The hack of MSP provider CTS potentially impacted hundreds of UK law firms

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 447 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack

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North Korea-linked APT Lazarus is using a MagicLine4NX zero-day flaw in supply chain attack

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Hamas-linked APT uses Rust-based SysJoker backdoor against Israel

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App used by hundreds of schools leaking children's data

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Microsoft launched its new Microsoft Defender Bounty Program

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Exposed Kubernetes configuration secrets can fuel supply chain attacks

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North Korea-linked Konni APT uses Russian-language weaponized documents

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ClearFake campaign spreads macOS AMOS information stealer

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Welltok data breach impacted 8.5 million patients in the U.S.

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North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet supply chain attack relies on CyberLink software

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Automotive parts giant AutoZone disclosed data breach after MOVEit hack

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New InfectedSlurs Mirai-based botnet exploits two zero-days

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SiegedSec hacktivist group hacked Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

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CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Citrix provides additional measures to address Citrix Bleed

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Tor Project removed several relays associated with a suspicious cryptocurrency scheme

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Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors

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The Top 5 Reasons to Use an API Management Platform

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Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors

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Rhysida ransomware gang is auctioning data stolen from the British Library

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Russia-linked APT29 group exploited WinRAR 0day in attacks against embassies

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DarkCasino joins the list of APT groups exploiting WinRAR zero-day

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US teenager pleads guilty to his role in credential stuffing attack on a betting site

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 446 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware

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Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine

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The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman

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Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services

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CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Zimbra zero-day exploited to steal government emails by four groups

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Vietnam Post exposes 1.2TB of data, including email addresses

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Samsung suffered a new data breach

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FBI and CISA warn of attacks by Rhysida ransomware gang

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Critical flaw fixed in SAP Business One product

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Law enforcement agencies dismantled the illegal botnet proxy service IPStorm

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Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password

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VMware disclosed a critical and unpatched authentication bypass flaw in VMware Cloud Director Appliance

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Danish critical infrastructure hit by the largest cyber attack in Denmark's history

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Major Australian ports blocked after a cyber attack on DP World

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Nuclear and Oil & Gas are Major Targets of Ransomware Groups in 2024

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CISA adds five vulnerabilities in Juniper devices to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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LockBit ransomware gang leaked data stolen from Boeing

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North Korea-linked APT Sapphire Sleet targets IT job seekers with bogus skills assessment portals

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The Lorenz ransomware group hit Texas-based Cogdell Memorial Hospital

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The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted 1.3M people

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 445 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform

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Serbian pleads guilty to running ‘Monopoly’ dark web drug market

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McLaren Health Care revealed that a data breach impacted 2.2 million people

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After ChatGPT, Anonymous Sudan took down the Cloudflare website

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) suffered a ransomware attack

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SysAid zero-day exploited by Clop ransomware group

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Dolly.com pays ransom, attackers release data anyway

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DDoS attack leads to significant disruption in ChatGPT services

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Russian Sandworm disrupts power in Ukraine with a new OT attack

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Veeam fixed multiple flaws in Veeam ONE, including critical issues

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Pro-Palestinian hackers group 'Soldiers of Solomon' disrupted the production cycle of the biggest flour production plant in Israel

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Iranian Agonizing Serpens APT is targeting Israeli entities with destructive cyber attacks

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Critical Confluence flaw exploited in ransomware attacks

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QNAP fixed two critical vulnerabilities in QTS OS and apps

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Attackers use Google Calendar RAT to abuse Calendar service as C2 infrastructure

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Socks5Systemz proxy service delivered via PrivateLoader and Amadey

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US govt sanctioned a Russian woman for laundering virtual currency on behalf of threat actors

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 444 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Lazarus targets blockchain engineers with new KandyKorn macOS Malware

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Kinsing threat actors probed the Looney Tunables flaws in recent attacks

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ZDI discloses four zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange

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Okta customer support system breach impacted 134 customers

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Multiple WhatsApp mods spotted containing the CanesSpy Spyware

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Russian FSB arrested Russian hackers who supported Ukrainian cyber operations

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MuddyWater has been spotted targeting two Israeli entities

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Clop group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees

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Okta discloses a new data breach after a third-party vendor was hacked

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Suspected exploitation of Apache ActiveMQ flaw CVE-2023-46604 to install HelloKitty ransomware

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Boeing confirmed its services division suffered a cyberattack

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Resecurity: Insecurity of 3rd-parties leads to Aadhaar data leaks in India

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Who is behind the Mozi Botnet kill switch?

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CISA adds two F5 BIG-IP flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Threat actors actively exploit F5 BIG-IP flaws CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748

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Pro-Hamas hacktivist group targets Israel with BiBi-Linux wiper

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British Library suffers major outage due to cyberattack

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Critical Atlassian Confluence flaw can lead to significant data loss

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WiHD leak exposes details of all torrent users

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Experts released PoC exploit code for Cisco IOS XE flaw CVE-2023-20198

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Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government-issued mobile devices

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Florida man sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to theft of $1M in cryptocurrency

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Wiki-Slack attack allows redirecting business professionals to malicious websites

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HackerOne awarded over $300 million bug hunters

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StripedFly, a complex malware that infected one million devices without being noticed

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IT Army of Ukraine disrupted internet providers in territories occupied by Russia

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 443 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Bug hunters earned $1,038,250 for 58 unique 0-days at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023

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Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Boeing

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How to Collect Market Intelligence with Residential Proxies?

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F5 urges to address a critical flaw in BIG-IP

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Hello Alfred app exposes user data

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iLeakage attack exploits Safari to steal data from Apple devices

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Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps

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Seiko confirmed a data breach after BlackCat attack

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Winter Vivern APT exploited zero-day in Roundcube webmail software in recent attacks

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Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 Day 1 - organizers awarded $438,750 in prizes

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VMware addressed critical vCenter flaw also for End-of-Life products

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Citrix warns admins to patch NetScaler CVE-2023-4966 bug immediately

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New England Biolabs leak sensitive data

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Former NSA employee pleads guilty to attempted selling classified documents to Russia

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Experts released PoC exploit code for VMware Aria Operations for Logs flaw. Patch it now!

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How did the Okta Support breach impact 1Password?

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PII Belonging to Indian Citizens, Including their Aadhaar IDs, Offered for Sale on the Dark Web

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Spain police dismantled a cybercriminal group who stole the data of 4 million individuals

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CISA adds second Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Cisco warns of a second IOS XE zero-day used to infect devices worldwide

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City of Philadelphia suffers a data breach

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SolarWinds fixed three critical RCE flaws in its Access Rights Manager product

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Don't use AI-based apps, Philippine defense ordered its personnel

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Vietnamese threat actors linked to DarkGate malware campaign

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MI5 chief warns of Chinese cyber espionage reached an unprecedented scale

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The attack on the International Criminal Court was targeted and sophisticated

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 442 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram's Police Portal

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Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers' data

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US DoJ seized domains used by North Korean IT workers to defraud businesses worldwide

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Alleged developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware was arrested

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CISA adds Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Tens of thousands Cisco IOS XE devices were hacked by exploiting CVE-2023-20198

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Law enforcement operation seized Ragnar Locker group's infrastructure

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THE 11TH EDITION OF THE ENISA THREAT LANDSCAPE REPORT IS OUT!

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North Korea-linked APT groups actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaw

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Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831

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Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data

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Threat actors have been exploiting CVE-2023-4966 in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway devices since August

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A flaw in Synology DiskStation Manager allows admin account takeover

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D-Link confirms data breach, but downplayed the impact

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CVE-2023-20198 zero-day widely exploited to install implants on Cisco IOS XE systems

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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

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Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

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Malware-laced 'RedAlert - Rocket Alerts' app targets Israeli users

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Cisco warns of active exploitation of IOS XE zero-day

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Signal denies claims of an alleged zero-day flaw in its platform

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Microsoft Defender thwarted Akira ransomware attack on an industrial engineering firm

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DarkGate malware campaign abuses Skype and Teams

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The Alphv ransomware gang stole 5TB of data from the Morrison Community Hospital

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 441 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Lockbit ransomware gang demanded an 80 million ransom to CDW

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CISA warns of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations exploited in ransomware attacks

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Stayin' Alive campaign targets high-profile Asian government and telecom entities. Is it linked to ToddyCat APT?

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FBI and CISA published a new advisory on AvosLocker ransomware

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More than 17,000 WordPress websites infected with the Balada Injector in September

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Ransomlooker, a new tool to track and analyze ransomware groups' activities

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Phishing, the campaigns that are targeting Italy

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A new Magecart campaign hides the malicious code in 404 error page

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CISA adds Adobe Acrobat Reader flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Mirai-based DDoS botnet IZ1H9 added 13 payloads to target routers

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Air Europa data breach exposed customers' credit cards

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#OpIsrael, #FreePalestine & #OpSaudiArabia - How Cyber Actors Capitalize On War Actions Via Psy-Ops

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for October 2023 fixed three actively exploited zero-day flaws

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New 'HTTP/2 Rapid Reset' technique behind record-breaking DDoS attacks

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Exposed security cameras in Israel and Palestine pose significant risks

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A flaw in libcue library impacts GNOME Linux systems

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Hacktivists in Palestine and Israel after SCADA and other industrial control systems

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Large-scale Citrix NetScaler Gateway credential harvesting campaign exploits CVE-2023-3519

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The source code of the 2020 variant of HelloKitty ransomware was leaked on a cybercrime forum

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Gaza-linked hackers and Pro-Russia groups are targeting Israel

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Flagstar Bank suffered a data breach once again

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Android devices shipped with backdoored firmware as part of the BADBOX network

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 440 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT laundered over $900 million through cross-chain crime

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QakBot threat actors are still operational after the August takedown

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Ransomware attack on MGM Resorts costs $110 Million

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Cybersecurity, why a hotline number could be important?

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Multiple experts released exploits for Linux local privilege escalation flaw Looney Tunables

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Cisco Emergency Responder is affected by a critical Static Credentials bug. Fix it immediately!

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Belgian intelligence service VSSE accused Alibaba of ‘possible espionage’ at European hub in Liege

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CISA adds JetBrains TeamCity and Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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NATO is investigating a new cyber attack claimed by the SiegedSec group

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Global CRM Provider Exposed Millions of Clients’ Files Online

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Sony sent data breach notifications to about 6,800 individuals

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Apple fixed the 17th zero-day flaw exploited in attacks

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Atlassian Confluence zero-day CVE-2023-22515 actively exploited in attacks

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A cyberattack disrupted Lyca Mobile services

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Chipmaker Qualcomm warns of three actively exploited zero-days

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DRM Report Q2 2023 - Ransomware threat landscape

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Phishing campaign targeted US executives exploiting a flaw in Indeed job search platform

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San Francisco’s transport agency exposes drivers’ parking permits and addresses

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BunnyLoader, a new Malware-as-a-Service advertised in cybercrime forums

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Exclusive: Lighting the Exfiltration Infrastructure of a LockBit Affiliate (and more)

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Two hacker groups are back in the news, LockBit 3.0 Black and BlackCat/AlphV

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European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) suffered a data breach

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WS_FTP flaw CVE-2023-40044 actively exploited in the wild

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National Logistics Portal (NLP) data leak: seaports in India were left vulnerable to takeover by hackers

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North Korea-linked Lazarus targeted a Spanish aerospace company

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Ransomware attack on Johnson Controls may have exposed sensitive DHS data

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BlackCat gang claims they stole data of 2.5 million patients of McLaren Health Care

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 439 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One

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FBI warns of dual ransomware attacks

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Progress Software fixed two critical severity flaws in WS_FTP Server

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Child abuse site taken down, organized child exploitation crime suspected – exclusive

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A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M Exim servers

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Chinese threat actors stole around 60,000 emails from US State Department in Microsoft breach

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Misconfigured WBSC server leaks thousands of passports

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CISA adds JBoss RichFaces Framework flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Cisco urges to patch actively exploited IOS zero-day CVE-2023-20109

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Dark Angels Team ransomware group hit Johnson Controls

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GOOGLE FIXED THE FIFTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023

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Russian zero-day broker is willing to pay $20M for zero-day exploits for iPhones and Android devices

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China-linked APT BlackTech was spotted hiding in Cisco router firmware

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Watch out! CVE-2023-5129 in libwebp library affects millions applications

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DarkBeam leaks billions of email and password combinations

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'Ransomed.vc' in the Spotlight - What is Known About the Ransomware Group Targeting Sony and NTT Docomo

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Top 5 Problems Solved by Data Lineage

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Threat actors claim the hack of Sony, and the company investigates

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Canadian Flair Airlines left user data leaking for months

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The Rhysida ransomware group hit the Kuwait Ministry of Finance

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BORN Ontario data breach impacted 3.4 million newborns and pregnancy care patients

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Xenomorph malware is back after months of hiatus and expands the list of targets

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Smishing Triad Stretches Its Tentacles into the United Arab Emirates

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Crooks stole $200 million worth of assets from Mixin Network

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A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures

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Alert! Patch your TeamCity instance to avoid server hack

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Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government?

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Nigerian National pleads guilty to participating in a millionaire BEC scheme

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New variant of BBTok Trojan targets users of +40 banks in LATAM

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Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East

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Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacted approximately 900 US schools

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Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack

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Recently patched Apple and Chrome zero-days exploited to infect devices in Egypt with Predator spyware

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CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Information of Air Canada employees exposed in recent cyberattack

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Sandman APT targets telcos with LuaDream backdoor

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Apple rolled out emergency updates to address 3 new actively exploited zero-day flaws

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Ukrainian hackers are behind the Free Download Manager supply chain attack

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Space and defense tech maker Exail Technologies exposes database access

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Pro-Russia hacker group NoName launched a DDoS attack on Canadian airports causing severe disruptions

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Experts found critical flaws in Nagios XI network monitoring software

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The dark web drug marketplace PIILOPUOTI was dismantled by Finnish Customs

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International Criminal Court hit with a cyber attack

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GitLab addressed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-5009

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Trend Micro addresses actively exploited zero-day in Apex One and other security Products

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ShroudedSnooper threat actors target telecom companies in the Middle East

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Recent cyber attack is causing Clorox products shortage

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Earth Lusca expands its arsenal with SprySOCKS Linux malware

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Microsoft AI research division accidentally exposed 38TB of sensitive data

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German intelligence warns cyberattacks could target liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals

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Deepfake and smishing. How hackers compromised the accounts of 27 Retool customers in the crypto industry

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FBI hacker USDoD leaks highly sensitive TransUnion data

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North Korea's Lazarus APT stole almost $240 million in crypto assets since June

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Clop gang stolen data from major North Carolina hospitals

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CardX released a data leak notification impacting their customers in Thailand

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 437 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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TikTok fined €345M by Irish DPC for violating children’s privacy

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Dariy Pankov, the NLBrute malware author, pleads guilty

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Dangerous permissions detected in top Android health apps

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Caesars Entertainment paid a ransom to avoid stolen data leaks

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Free Download Manager backdoored to serve Linux malware for more than 3 years

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Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York

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The iPhone of a Russian journalist was infected with the Pegasus spyware

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Kubernetes flaws could lead to remote code execution on Windows endpoints

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Threat actor leaks sensitive data belonging to Airbus

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A new ransomware family called 3AM appears in the threat landscape

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Redfly group infiltrated an Asian national grid as long as six months

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Mozilla fixed a critical zero-day in Firefox and Thunderbird

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Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday fixed 2 actively exploited zero-day flaws

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Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

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Adobe fixed actively exploited zero-day in Acrobat and Reader

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A new Repojacking attack exposed over 4,000 GitHub repositories to hack

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MGM Resorts hit by a cyber attack

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Anonymous Sudan launched a DDoS attack against Telegram

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Iranian Charming Kitten APT targets various entities in Brazil, Israel, and the U.A.E. using a new backdoor

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GOOGLE FIXED THE FOURTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023

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CISA adds recently discovered Apple zero-days to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

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UK and US sanctioned 11 members of the Russia-based TrickBot gang

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New HijackLoader malware is rapidly growing in popularity in the cybercrime community

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Some of TOP universities wouldn’t pass cybersecurity exam: left websites vulnerable

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Evil Telegram campaign: Trojanized Telegram apps found on Google Play

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Rhysida Ransomware gang claims to have hacked three more US hospitals

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Akamai prevented the largest DDoS attack on a US financial company

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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US CISA added critical Apache RocketMQ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel's Mayanei Hayeshua hospital

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North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day

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Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks

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Zero-days fixed by Apple were used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

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Apple discloses 2 new actively exploited zero-day flaws in iPhones, Macs

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A malvertising campaign is delivering a new version of the macOS Atomic Stealer

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Two flaws in Apache SuperSet allow to remotely hack servers

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Chinese cyberspies obtained Microsoft signing key from Windows crash dump due to a mistake

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Google addressed an actively exploited zero-day in Android

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A zero-day in Atlas VPN Linux Client leaks users' IP address

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MITRE and CISA release Caldera for OT attack emulation

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ASUS routers are affected by three critical remote code execution flaws

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Hackers stole $41M worth of crypto assets from crypto gambling firm Stake

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Freecycle data breach impacted 7 Million users

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Meta disrupted two influence campaigns from China and Russia

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A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

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"Smishing Triad" Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

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University of Sydney suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider

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Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

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PoC exploit code released for CVE-2023-34039 bug in VMware Aria Operations for Networks

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 435 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM)

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UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

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Researchers released a free decryptor for the Key Group ransomware

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Fashion retailer Forever 21 data breach impacted +500,000 individuals

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Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware

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Akira Ransomware gang targets Cisco ASA without Multi-Factor Authentication

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Paramount Global disclosed a data breach

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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

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Abusing Windows Container Isolation Framework to avoid detection by security products

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Critical RCE flaw impacts VMware Aria Operations Networks

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UNC4841 threat actors hacked US government email servers exploiting Barracuda ESG flaw

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Hackers infiltrated Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) for months

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FIN8-linked actor targets Citrix NetScaler systems

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Japan's JPCERT warns of new 'MalDoc in PDF' attack technique

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Attackers can discover IP address by sending a link over the Skype mobile app

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Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software

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Cloud and hosting provider Leaseweb took down critical systems after a cyber attack

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Crypto investor data exposed by a SIM swapping attack against a Kroll employee

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China-linked Flax Typhoon APT targets Taiwan

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Researchers released PoC exploit for Ivanti Sentry flaw CVE-2023-38035

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Resecurity identified a zero-day vulnerability in Schneider Electric Accutech Manager

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Electron

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2018

Electron Windows Protocol Handler MITM/RCE (bypass for CVE-2018-1000006 fix)

As part of an engagement for one of our clients, we analyzed the patch for the recent Electron Windows Protocol handler RCE bug (CVE-2018-1000006) and identified a bypass. Under certain circumstances, this bypass leads to session hijacking and remote code execution. The vulnerability is triggered by simply visiting a web page through a browser. Electron apps designed to run […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2018

A new flaw in Electron poses a risk to apps based on the framework

Security experts have discovered a vulnerability in the Electron software framework that has been used for building a large number of popular desktop applications. Popular desktop applications, including Skype, Slack, GitHub Desktop, Twitch, WordPress.com, and others, are potentially affected. Electron is a node.js, V8, and Chromium open-source framework that allows developers to use web technologies such as […]