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Russia Issues Its Own TLS Certs
The country’s citizens are being blocked from the internet because foreign certificate authorities can’t accept payments due to Ukraine-related sanctions, so it created its own CA. Russia is ...
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Exploit Fully Breaks SHA-1, Lowers the Attack Bar
Users of GnuPG, OpenSSL and Git could be in danger from an attack that’s practical for ordinary attackers to carry out. A proof-of-concept attack has been pioneered that “fully and practically ...
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Lazarus Targets Job-Seeking Engineers with Malicious Documents
Notorious North Korean APT impersonates Airbus, General Motors and Rheinmetall to lure potential victims into downloading malware. The notorious Lazarus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has ...
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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data ...
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Popular File-Sharing Service WeTransfer Used in Malicious Spam Campaigns
WeTransfer is being used by hackers to circumvent email gateways looking to zap malicious links. Hackers are abusing the popular file-sharing service called WeTransfer to circumvent defensive ...
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Account Takeover Fraud Losses Total Billions Across Online Retailers
Account takeover fraud (ATO) attacks are on the rise, up nearly 300 percent since last year. Account takeover (ATO) attacks are on the rise, and in fact have become a go-to attack of choice ...
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Telnet Backdoor Opens More Than 1M IoT Radios to Hijack
Attackers can drop malware, add the device to a botnet or send their own audio streams to compromised devices. Imperial Dabman IoT radios have a weak password vulnerability that could allow a ...
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The True Impact of Ransomware Attacks
One of the most damaging myths about ransomware attacks is, “If your company does regular system backups, you don’t have to worry. Just restore from the backup.” While system backups are ...
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Misery of Ransomware Hits Hospitals the Hardest
Ransomware attacks targeting hospitals have exacted a human cost as well as financial. Despite hospitals being on the front lines during the pandemic, bad actors have continued to target them with ...
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Targeted With High-Risk Phish, Ransomware Attacks
SharePoint servers are being picked at with high-risk, legitimate-looking, branded phish messages and preyed on by a ransomware gang using an old bug. A phishing campaign, discovered by ...
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Messaging Apps Tapped as Platform for Cybercriminal Activity
Built-in Telegram and Discord services are fertile ground for storing stolen data, hosting malware and using bots for nefarious purposes. Cybercriminals are tapping the built-in services of ...