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Ionut Arghire is an international correspondent for SecurityWeek.
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Remote code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities addressed in Apache Guacamole can be highly useful to threat actors targeting enterprises.
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ICS-targeting Snake/EKANS ransomware manipulates the firewall to isolate infected systems before initiating the file encryption process.
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In an alert published this week, CISA and the FBI warned enterprises about the use of Tor in cyberattacks.
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The Valak information stealer is being distributed in ongoing campaigns aimed at enterprises in North America, South America, Europe and likely other regions.
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The threat actor behind the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware is demanding a $14 million ransom from Brazilian-based electrical energy company Light S.A.
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For seven years, a Chinese threat actor has targeted the Uyghur ethnic minority with several malware families, including newly identified Android surveillance tools.
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Google this week shared details on how it is fighting memory bugs in Android 11, as well as on other security improvements that the upcoming platform version will deliver.
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Details on a macOS privacy protections bypass method were published this week, more than six months after Apple was informed of the issue, but failed to deliver a fix.
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Within days after a report detailing the GoldenSpy malware operation targeting organizations doing business in China, an uninstaller was pushed to affected systems to completely remove the infection.
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Microsoft publishes advisories to provide details on two remote code execution vulnerabilities addressed in the Windows Codecs Library.
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An Elasticsearch database pertaining to e-learning platform OneClass was found to expose data on over one million students and lecturers.
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Recent attacks associated with the StrongPity threat actor appear to focus on the Kurdish community in Turkey and Syria.
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SQL databases allegedly stolen from 945 websites have emerged on the Dark Web, potentially impacting tens of millions of people.
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Threat hunting solutions provider Hunters today announced that it closed a $15 million Series A funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $20.4 million.
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A Russian national pleaded guilty last week for his role in an international cyber theft ring that caused losses of more than $568 million.
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Magecart web skimmers were found on the websites of eight cities in the United States and one thing they have in common is that they all use the Click2Gov platform.
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University of California San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that it paid roughly $1.14 million to cybercriminals to recover data encrypted during a ransomware attack earlier this month.
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At least 31 organizations in the United States have been targeted with the recently detailed WastedLocker ransomware.
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A recently identified piece of cryptojacking malware includes the necessary functionality to launch DDoS attacks.
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A group of cybercriminals managed to hide their web skimmer in the EXIF metadata of an image that was then surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores.
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NVIDIA this week released patches for a dozen vulnerabilities in GPU display drivers and vGPU software, including multiple issues that could lead to code execution.
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Siemens this week announced that it is acquiring UltraSoC Technologies, a provider of analytics and monitoring solutions for SoCs.
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A man who developed distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets based on the source code of Mirai was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison.
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A newly identified piece of malware is being distributed embedded in tax payment software that some businesses operating in China are required to install.
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Akamai has mitigated a second record-setting DDoS attack since the beginning of June, one that peaked at 809 MPPS.
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- US Senate Panel OKs Online Child Protection Bill Amid Privacy Fears
- Cyberattacks Possibly Involved in Explosions at Iranian Nuclear, Military Facilities
- Apache Guacamole Vulnerabilities Facilitate Attacks on Enterprises
- ICS-Targeting Snake Ransomware Isolates Infected Systems Before Encryption
- CISA Warns Enterprises of Risks Associated With Tor
- Cisco Discloses Details of Chrome, Firefox Vulnerabilities
- Morocco Asks Amnesty for Proof It Used Spyware on Journalist
- The Case for Intent-Based Segmentation with SD-WAN
- Enterprises in Americas, Europe Targeted With Valak Information Stealer
- Ransomware Operators Demand $14 Million From Power Company
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