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  • "Hackers Use NullMixer and SEO to Spread Malware More Efficiently"
    Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new series of campaigns focusing on the malware tool they named NullMixer.  According to the researchers, NullMixer spreads malware via malicious websites that can be easily found via popular search…
  • "Legacy Technology Undermines Ransomware Response"
    According to a new Censuswide survey commissioned by Cohesity, nearly half of respondents rely on outdated, legacy backup and recovery infrastructure to manage and protect their data. Of the respondents, 46 percent rely on primary backup and recovery…
  • "Breached American Airlines Email Accounts Abused for Phishing"
    American Airlines recently discovered it was breached after receiving reports of employee email accounts being used in phishing attacks.  Last week, the airline started informing some of its customers that their personal data was likely compromised…
  • "US Duo Plead Guilty to $30m Forex Fraud Scheme"
    Two US men have recently pleaded guilty to defrauding online investors out of tens of millions of dollars in a foreign exchange (forex) scheme dating back a decade.  Patrick Gallagher, 44, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, and Michael Dion, 49, of…
  • "Phishing Attacks Skyrocketing, Over 1 million Observed"
    Security researchers at APWG in the second quarter of 2022 observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks, the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed.  The total for June was 381,717 attacks or phishing sites.  The researchers noted…
  • "Hackers Deploy Malicious OAuth Apps to Compromise Email Servers, Spread Spam"
    Security researchers at Microsoft have found that threat actors are deploying OAuth applications on compromised cloud tenants and then using them to control Exchange servers and spread spam.  The researchers, during an investigation, found that the…
  • "Teen Arrested in UK, Reportedly in Connection With Rockstar Games Hack"
    According to the City of London Police, London cops, assisted by the UK's National Cyber Crime Unit, arrested a 17-year-old living in Oxfordshire suspected to have been behind the Rockstar Games hack that leaked pre-release footage from the…
  • "CI Fuzz CLI: Open-Source Tool Simplifies Fuzz Testing for C++"
    Fuzz testing helps developers protect their applications from memory corruptions, crashes, and other security issues such as Denial-of-Service (DoS) and uncaught exceptions. CI Fuzz CLI, a new security tool from Code Intelligence, allows developers to…
  • "Ransomware Data Theft Tool May Show a Shift in Extortion Tactics"
    Exmatter, a data exfiltration malware previously associated with the BlackMatter ransomware group, is now being upgraded with data corruption functionality, which may indicate a new tactic that ransomware affiliates may employ in the future. The new…
  • "Chinese Espionage Hackers Target Tibetans Using New LOWZERO Backdoor"
    A China-aligned Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor known as TA413 used recently disclosed flaws in Sophos Firewall and Microsoft Office to launch a new backdoor named LOWZERO as part of an espionage campaign targeting Tibetan entities. LOWZERO can…
  • "Exploring Transparency in Online Advertising"
    Targeted online advertising is now commonplace, with search engines and online social networks employing sophisticated targeting technologies to deliver sales pitches to specific end-users. However, while these technologies can help users see more…
  • "Ransomware Attacks on TargetCompany Compromised Microsoft SQL Servers"
    Security experts warn that FARGO ransomware is being used in a new wave of attacks against vulnerable Microsoft SQL servers. MS-SQL servers are database management systems that store data for online services and applications. During similar attacks in…