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"Gaming Mods, Cheat Engines Are Spreading Trojan Malware and Planting Backdoors"New research from the security firm Cisco Talos sheds light on a malware campaign targeting the systems of gamers and modders. The campaign involves malvertising and game modding-focused YouTube videos that lead users to malicious websites or… -
"Ragnarok Ransomware Hits Boggi Milano Menswear"Luxury Italian men’s clothing line Boggi Milano has confirmed what they have suffered a ransomware attack. Boggi Milano is based in Italy and has 190 stores in 38-plus countries. Ragnarok was the ransomware gang behind the attack and was able…
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"Cybercriminals Make Twitter a Playing Field to Target Indonesian Banks"The global threat hunting company Group-IB recently released a cyber intelligence report that shares findings regarding an ongoing Twitter-based fraud campaign targeting Indonesia's largest banks. The cybercriminals behind this campaign are masquerading…
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"Malicious Docker Cryptomining Images Rack Up 20M Downloads"Researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 43 have discovered at least 30 malicious images in Docker Hub, with a collective 20 million downloads. The images have been used to spread cryptomining malware. According to the researchers, the…
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"Tax Refund Phishing Scam Targets University Students and Staffers"The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert about an ongoing IRS-impersonation phishing scam that primarily targets university students and employees. The IRS has received complaints about the scam over the past few weeks from people with…
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"Winner Crowned in “Hacker Games” Contest Promoting Secure Coding Skills"During Veracode's inaugural Hacker Games competition, the University of Warwick has been crowned as the winner. After coming out on top in a collegiate contest between eight universities from across the UK and US, the WMG Cyber Security Center at…
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"APT Charming Kitten Pounces on Medical Researchers"Security researchers at Proofpoint have recently linked a late-2020 phishing campaign aimed at stealing credentials from 25 senior professionals at medical research organizations in the United States and Israel to an advanced persistent threat group with…
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"To Help Protect Our Elections, NIST Offers Specific Cybersecurity Guidelines"In an effort to bolster election security, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted guidelines for local election officials on how to address cyber threats that could impact election infrastructure and disrupt the voting…
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"Attackers Target PHP Git Server to Backdoor Source Code"The developers who maintain the PHP programming language have decided to move the main Git repository for PHP to GitHub after hackers targeted PHP source code in a backdoor attack. Nearly 80 percent of websites on the Internet are written in PHP. Two…
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"Hades Ransomware Hits Big Firms, but Operators Slow to Respond to Victims"Researchers from Awake Security, CrowdStrike, and Accenture analyzed attacks involving the Hades ransomware and shared information on their findings in relation to the malware itself and its operators' tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Hades…
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"SolarWinds Attackers Accessed DHS Emails, Report"The SolarWinds cyberattackers were able to use SolarWinds’ Orion network management platform to infect targets by pushing out a custom backdoor called Sunburst via trojanized product updates. Sunburst was delivered to almost 18,000 organizations around…
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"Russian-Backed Hackers Target German Lawmakers"Russian state-sponsored hackers known for launching disinformation campaigns against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are suspected to have targeted dozens of German lawmakers. The hackers performed spear-phishing attacks targeting private…