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LockBit Ransomware Exploiting Critical Citrix Bleed Vulnerability to Break In

Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control...

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Cyber Attack

Mustang Panda Hackers Targets Philippines Government Amid South China Sea Tensions

The China-linked Mustang Panda actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a Philippines government entity amid rising tensions between the...

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Malware

8Base Group Deploying New Phobos Ransomware Variant via SmokeLoader

The threat actors behind the 8Base ransomware are leveraging a variant of the Phobos ransomware to conduct their financially motivated attacks. The...

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Data Breach

HelloKitty Ransomware Group Exploiting Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker service...

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Malware

Turla Updates Kazuar Backdoor with Advanced Anti-Analysis to Evade Detection

The Russia-linked hacking crew known as Turla has been observed using an updated version of a known second-stage backdoor referred to as...

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Vulnerabilities

Act Now: VMware Releases Patch for Critical vCenter Server RCE Vulnerability

VMware has released security updates to address a critical flaw in the vCenter Server that could result in remote code execution on...

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Malware

Rorschach Ransomware Emerges: Experts Warn of Advanced Evasion Strategies

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented ransomware strain called Rorschach that’s both sophisticated and fast. “What makes Rorschach...

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Malware

LockBit 3.0 Ransomware: Inside the Cyberthreat That’s Costing Millions

U.S. government agencies have released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing the indicators of compromise (IoCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated...

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Malware

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Raises Alarm Over Royal Ransomware’s Deadly Capabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory about Royal ransomware, which emerged in the threat landscape...

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Malware

Hive Ransomware Infrastructure Seized in Joint International Law Enforcement Effort

In what’s a case of hacking the hackers, the darknet infrastructure associated with the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has been seized as...

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Malware

Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Inner Workings of Destructive Azov Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have published the inner workings of a new wiper called Azov Ransomware that’s deliberately designed to corrupt data and “inflict...

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Vulnerabilities

Researchers Say Microsoft Office 365 Uses Broken Email Encryption to Secure Messages

New research has disclosed what’s being called a security vulnerability in Microsoft 365 that could be exploited to infer message contents due...

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Malware

New XLoader Botnet Version Using Probability Theory to Hide its C&C Servers

An enhanced version of the XLoader malware has been spotted adopting a probability-based approach to camouflage its command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure, according to...

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Malware

New “B1txor20” Linux Botnet Uses DNS Tunnel and Exploits Log4J Flaw

A previously undocumented backdoor has been observed targeting Linux systems with the goal of corralling the machines into a botnet and acting...

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Data Security

Chinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data

The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites...

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How To

How to use VPN to access blocked websites?

Governments and regimes across the globe use censorship as a tool to control the flow of information. This article highlights how one...

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Cyber Crime

800+ criminals arrested after FBI turned Anom app into honeypot

Generally, agencies crack messages or seize an already available encrypted communication platform to keep track of cybercriminals. Two such examples would be...

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Malware

Feds Secretly Ran a Fake Encrypted Chat App and Busted Over 800 Criminals

In an unprecedented sting operation, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat service...

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Data Security

GitHub Will Now Support Security Keys for SSH Git Operations

Around two years back, North Carolina State University researchers discovered [PDF] that over 100,000 GitHub repositories had leaked cryptographic (TLS and SSH)...