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"US, Ukraine Shut Down Cryptocurrency Exchanges Used by Cybercriminals"Authorities in the United States and Ukraine have recently shut down nine websites offering cryptocurrency exchange services to cybercriminals. The takedowns are the result of cooperation between the FBI, its Virtual Currency Response Team (VCRT),…
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"Dark Web Bust Leads to Arrest of 288 Suspects"International police have recently arrested nearly 300 individuals on suspicion of buying or selling drugs on the underground marketplace Monopoly Market. Operation SpecTor also led to the seizure of $53m in cash and virtual currency, 850kg of…
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"South Korean Lures Used to Deploy ROKRAT Malware"Security researchers at Check Point Research have discovered that the North Korean threat actor known as APT37 has been changing deployment methods and using South Korean foreign and domestic affairs-themed lures with archives containing Windows shortcut…
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"Hackers Exploit High Severity Flaw in TBK DVR Camera System"According to security researchers at Fortinet, a five-year-old vulnerability in TBK’s DVR camera system (CVE-2018-9995) has been exploited in the wild in April 2023. The High severity flaw derives from an error the camera experiences when handling…
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"Bitmarck Halts Operations Due to Cybersecurity Breach"German IT service provider Bitmarck has recently confirmed that it brought all of its customer and internal systems offline due to a cyberattack discovered over the weekend. The company stated that in compliance with their security protocol, they…
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"UK Gun Owners May Be Targeted After Rifle Association Breach"The National Smallbore Rifle Association has recently warned members of possible follow-on fraud and cybercrime after its IT systems were breached. The association is working with the UK's South East Regional Organised Cybercrime Unit (SEROCU) to…
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"T-Mobile Reveals Second Breach of the Year"T-Mobile USA has recently begun notifying customers impacted by another breach at the firm, which may have resulted in a significant volume of compromised personal and account data. The company said in a breach notification letter that its own…
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"High-Tech Toolkit to Analyze Digital Evidence Made More Efficient and Budget-Friendly for Law Enforcement Agencies"Purdue University has upgraded its Toolkit for Selective Analysis and Reconstruction of Files (FileTSAR+) to be easier and more cost-effective to set up and maintain. It can be used by law enforcement agencies that reconstruct and analyze digital…
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"Russian Hackers KillNet Executed a Cyber Attack on European Air Traffic Control Agency Eurocontrol"The pro-Russian hacking group KillNet launched a cyberattack against Europe's air traffic control agency. According to the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EOSAN), also known as Eurocontrol, the attack caused interruptions to its…
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"Radware Report Sees Religion Fueling More DDoS Attacks"According to a report published by Radware, in just two months, hacktivists claimed to have launched over 1,800 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in an effort to advance various political and religious causes. The analysis of claims made on…
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"UNSW Calls on Government to Protect Bug Bounty Hunters"According to the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia's current cybersecurity consultations offer an opportunity to protect vulnerability researchers. The university's Allen Lab and its business school's regulatory laboratory argue in a…
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"Zscaler ThreatLabz Finds Alarming Growth in Phishing Attacks"A new threat analysis report released by the cloud security provider Zscaler reveals patterns in the growth of phishing attacks in 2022. Based on data including 280 million transactions and an analysis of eight billion attempted attacks, the report found…