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  • "Critical Vulnerability Impacts Over 120 Lexmark Printers"

    Printer and imaging products manufacturer Lexmark recently published a security advisory to warn users of a critical vulnerability impacting over 120 printer models.  The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-23560 (CVSS score of 9.0), is described as a server…

  • "How Noob Website Hackers Can Become Persistent Threats"

    Two university researchers suggest that tracking the early activities of hackers using open-source intelligence can provide major hints about the potential of them becoming a persistent threat in the future. They emphasized that this information can lead…

  • "2 Hacks Involving Mental Health Data Affected Nearly 400,000"

    Nearly 400,000 individuals' sensitive information was compromised by two hacking incidents, one of which occurred at a non-profit provider of mental health and substance treatment services and the other at a provider of behavioral health services. The…

  • "US Reiterates $10 Million Reward Offer After Disruption of Hive Ransomware"

    Following the shutdown of the Hive ransomware operation by law enforcement, the US government is now reminding the public that a reward of up to $10 million is offered for information on cybercriminals.  On Thursday, authorities in the United States…

  • "Android RPG Game App Leaks Data of 100K Players"

    Cybernews researchers discovered sensitive data hardcoded into the client side of the popular Guidus game app, leaving it vulnerable to data leaks. Guidus is a mobile game with over 100,000 downloads on the Google Play store. Researchers found that…

  • "BIND Updates Patch High-Severity, Remotely Exploitable DoS Flaws"

    The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) recently announced patches for multiple high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the DNS software suite BIND.  The addressed issues could be exploited remotely to cause named (the BIND daemon…

  • "Large East Asian Companies Attacked With SparkRAT Open-Source Tool"

    According to SentinelLabs researchers, large companies in East Asia are being attacked with an open-source tool called SparkRAT. They have been observing a hacker group known as "DragonSpark" since October 2022 because of its repeated attacks on large…

  • "New Cyberattacks Are Being Launched Every Minute"

    Between September and November 2022, BlackBerry's Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven preventative technology blocked over 1.76 million malware-based attacks. The attacks made up 62 per hour or more than one per minute. Several industries were targeted,…

  • "Bitwarden Password Vaults Become Focus of Phishing Attacks Using Google Advertisements"

    Google Ads phishing campaigns are now targeting Bitwarden and other password managers in order to steal users' password vault credentials. Bitwarden users began to notice a Google advertisement for "Bitward - Password Manager" in search results for "…

  • "BlackCat Ransomware Gang Stole Secret Military Data From an Industrial Explosives Manufacturer"

    SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA has been added to the list of victims published by the BlackCat ransomware gang on its Tor leak site. The company is a globally recognized industrial explosives manufacturer that provides blasting solutions, including packaged,…

  • "New Mimic Ransomware Abuses 'Everything' Windows Search Tool"

    Security researchers have discovered Mimic, a new ransomware strain that searches for files that are valid for encryption using the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of Windows' 'Everything' file search tool. The malware, discovered in June 2022…

  • "Researchers Discover New PlugX Malware Variant Spreading via Removable USB Devices"

    Researchers discovered a PlugX sample that uses methods to infect attached removable USB media devices in order to spread the malware to other systems. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers, this PlugX variation is wormable and infects USB…