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"Researchers Sinkhole PlugX Malware Server With 2.5 Million Unique IPs"Security researchers at Sekoia have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. -
"UnitedHealth Confirms it Paid Ransomware Gang to Stop Data Leak"In a recent data breach, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang allegedly stole 6TB of sensitive patient data from UnitedHealth. In early March, BlackCat performed an exit scam after allegedly getting $22 million in ransom from Un
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"Nigeria & Romania Ranked Among Top Cybercrime Havens"Russia, Ukraine, China, and the US topped the list of countries with the most cybercriminal activity in an academic study on cybercrime, but Nigeria, Romania, and Brazil being among the top-ranked is considered surprising.
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"On the Trail of Deepfakes, Drexel Researchers Identify 'Fingerprints' of AI-Generated Video"In a paper, researchers from the Multimedia and Information Security Lab at Drexel University's College of Engineering explained that while existing synthetic image detection technology has failed to detect Artificial Intelligence (AI)-
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"Autodesk Drive Abused in Phishing Attacks"Netcraft warns that compromised email accounts are being used by threat actors to send phishing emails with links to PDF files hosted on Autodesk Drive. Attackers have used compromised email accounts to send phishing emails to existing conta
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"New Cybersecurity Center to Protect Grids Integrated With Renewables, Microgrids"Manimaran Govindarasu of Iowa State University emphasized that bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises Internet of Things (IoT) issues because everything is connected. Wind farm controllers and solar inverters are Internet-connected.
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"56% of Cyber Insurance Claims Originate in the Email Inbox"Coalition reports that 56 percent of 2023 claims were for Funds Transfer Fraud (FTF) or Business Email Compromise (BEC), emphasizing the importance of email security in cyber risk management.
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"Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users"Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps' security vulnerabilities could expose users' keystrokes to malicious actors.
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"New Brokewell Malware Takes Over Android Devices, Steals Data"ThreatFabric researchers have discovered "Brokewell," an Android banking Trojan capable of capturing every event on the compromised device, including touches, information displayed, text input, and applications launched.
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"DragonForce Ransomware Group Uses LockBit's Leaked Builder""DragonForce," a new ransomware strain, uses a leaked LockBit builder. The cybercriminal group used a ransomware binary based on a leaked LockBit Black builder, according to Cyble.
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"Palo Alto Networks Shares Remediation Advice for Hacked Firewalls"Palo Alto Networks recently shared remediation instructions for organizations whose firewalls have been hacked through the exploitation of the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-3400.
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"WP Automatic WordPress Plugin Hit by Millions of SQL Injection Attacks"According to security researchers at PatchStack, hackers have started to target a critical severity vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress to create user accounts with administrative privileges and to plant backdoors for long-term