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"Data of 235 Million Twitter Users Leaked Online"Data on 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Experts have confirmed the legitimacy of the entries in the massive leaked archive. A threat actor exposed the data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts at the end of July 2022… -
"Rackspace: Ransomware Attack Bypassed ProxyNotShell Mitigations"Rackspace Technology has confirmed that the December 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted email services for thousands of its Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) clients stemmed from a zero-day exploit against a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)…
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"SpyNote Strikes Again: Android Spyware Targeting Financial Institutions"Since at least October 2022, a new variant of the Android malware SpyNote, also known as SpyMax, has been targeting financial institutions. ThreatFabric stated that the developer of the malware, who previously sold it to other parties, made the source…
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"Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?"Criminals generate billions of dollars through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks and romance scams. These attacks begin with social engineering to trick the victim into doing something that would benefit the threat actor, such as trusting someone…
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"Ransomware Predictions in 2023: More Government Action and a Pivot to Data Extortion"In 2022, there were thousands of ransomware attacks, ranging from breaches that targeted the military to incidents that brought entire governments to a halt. Ransomware groups such as Conti ceased operations, while LockBit and Hive attacked thousands of…
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"Hackers Steal $3.5M Worth of Digital Assets From GMX Whale"On January 3, many people observed suspicious GMX token movements. Following this, CertiK and PeckShield identified the transactions as an exploit that drained a GMX whale of $3.4 million worth of GMX tokens. According to the data analysis website…
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"Android's First Security Updates for 2023 Patch 60 Vulnerabilities"Google recently announced the first Android security updates for 2023, which patch a total of 60 vulnerabilities. The first part of the update, which arrives on devices as the 2023-01-01 security patch level, addresses 19 security defects in the…
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"New Federal Cybersecurity Requirements for Railway Operators"The US government is prioritizing improving cybersecurity across the nation's critical industries. Officials acknowledged the importance of defending US infrastructure when the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down a crucial fuel pipeline,…
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"Cyberattack Against Records Vendor Cott Systems Interrupts Counties Nationwide"Local governments across the US have resorted to paper-based methods to process birth certificates, marriage licenses, real estate transactions, and other critical paperwork following an apparent cyberattack on a digital-records management vendor in…
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"Cyber Attack on Car Dealership Arnold Clark Forces Systems Offline"The car dealership Arnold Clark has confirmed that it was the target of a cyberattack in December 2022. According to the company, it has protected the data of its clients, as well as its systems and third-party partners. However, the network outage has…
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"NIST Finalizes Cybersecurity Guidance for Ground Segment of Space Operations"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently published the final version of its guidance on applying the Cybersecurity Framework to the ground segment of space operations, specifically satellite command and control. NIST’s…
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"This New Phishing Campaign Is Targeting Security Experts Across the Globe"A new phishing attack campaign has been identified targeting cybersecurity professionals and hacker experts in an attempt to steal their cryptocurrency and identifying information. The malicious campaign involves Flipper Zero, a portable multi-tool used…