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Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger

Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. A China-based threat actor has ramped up efforts ...
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Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms

Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system. Targeted attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare employees are tied to a massive phishing campaign ...
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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 released by ...
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version

Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk. A recently surfaced 84-page ...
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Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers

Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels. A longtime threat group identified as TA558 has ramped ...
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APT Lazarus Targets Engineers with macOS Malware

The North Korean APT is using a fake job posting for Coinbase in a cyberespionage campaign targeting users of both Apple and Intel-based systems. North Korean APT Lazarus is up to its old tricks with ...
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U.K. Water Supplier Hit with Clop Ransomware Attack

The incident disrupted corporate IT systems at one company while attackers misidentified the victim in a post on its website that leaked stolen data. A U.K. water supplier suffered a disruption in its ...
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Black Hat and DEF CON Roundup

‘Summer Camp’ for hackers features a compromised satellite, a homecoming for hackers and cyberwarfare warnings. There was nothing typical this year at BSides LV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON – also known ...
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New Hacker Forum Takes Pro-Ukraine Stance

A uniquely politically motivated site called DUMPS focuses solely on threat activity directed against Russia and Belarus A new hacker forum is taking a unique political stance to support Ukraine in ...
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Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account

Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account. Cisco Systems revealed details of a May hack by the Yanluowang ransomware group that ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands

Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake messages ...
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Sneaky Orbit Malware Backdoors Linux Devices

The novel threat steals data and can affect all processes running on the OS, stealing information from different commands and utilities and then storing it on the affected machine. A sneaky malware ...