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"Spyware Maker LetMeSpy Shuts Down After Hacker Deletes Server Data"The Poland-based spyware called LetMeSpy is no longer operational. It has announced that it will cease operations after a data breach in June wiped out its servers, including a massive cache of data taken from thousands of victims' phones. In a statement…
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"Once The Domain of Pirated Games, 'Infostealers' Have Racked Up Hundreds of Thousands of Employee Logins"Titan, Redline, and other infostealers target Internet users searching for pirated copies of games and software. However, according to a new report from Flare.io, they are increasingly making their way into corporate environments, possibly due to the…
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"Russian Hacktivists Overwhelm Spanish Sites With DDoS"A leading Spanish research institute has become the latest organization in the country to come under cyberattack from Russia after a weeks-long DDoS campaign that appears to be geopolitically motivated. It has been claimed that the prolific…
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"Administration Launches New Efforts to Strengthen America's K-12 Schools' Cybersecurity"In recent years, the US has seen a rise in cyberattacks aimed at the nation's schools. During the 2022-2023 academic year, at least eight US K-12 school districts were affected by cyberattacks, four of which required schools to cancel classes or close…
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"A New Sophisticated SkidMap Variant Targets Unsecured Redis Servers"A malicious campaign is targeting Redis servers with a new variant of the SkidMap malware. SkidMap is a piece of cryptocurrency mining malware discovered by Trend Micro in September 2019 as it targeted Linux machines. The malicious code evaded detection…
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"US Govt Contractor Serco Discloses Data Breach After MoveIT Attacks"Serco Inc, the Americas division of multinational outsourcing company Serco Group, has recently disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of over 10,000 individuals from a third-party vendor's MoveIT managed file transfer (…
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"EU Late to the Quantum Party, Report Warns"A new report by the European Policy Center, a think center for European Union affairs, calls on companies and governments to act quickly to develop a comprehensive strategy for quantum readiness. Given the current rate of quantum computing research, a…
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"What Are 'Drainer Smart Contracts' and Why Is the FBI Warning of Them?"The FBI urges potential Non-Fungible Token (NFT) buyers to look out for malicious websites that use "drainer smart contracts" to secretly steal from cryptocurrency wallets. The websites pose as outlets for legitimate NFT projects with new offerings. They…
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"Colorado Department of Higher Education Discloses Ransomware Attack, Data Breach"The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) recently has been targeted in a ransomware attack that resulted in a data breach impacting many students and teachers. The organization said it became aware of a cyberattack involving ransomware on…
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"Lazarus Hack Russian Missile Maker as Moscow Pleas for Shells"According to technical evidence reviewed by Reuters and an analysis conducted by security researchers, an elite group of North Korean (DPRK) hackers infiltrated the computer networks of a Russian missile developer for at least five months in 2022.…
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"Clop Ransomware Now Uses Torrents to Leak Data and Evade Takedowns"The Clop ransomware gang has modified its extortion tactics, now using torrents to distribute data stolen in MOVEit attacks. The group launched a wave of data theft attacks beginning on May 27, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer…
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"PaperCut Fixes Bug That Can Lead To RCE"Researchers at Horizon3.ai have published information about CVE-2023-39143, two vulnerabilities in PaperCut application servers that unauthenticated attackers could exploit to execute code remotely. It is not a "one-shot" Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug…