FBI took down SSNDOB market for selling personal data of 24M people
An online marketplace for names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of US people got seized The international law enforcement operation ended in
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Black Basta ransomware now spreads with the help of Qbot malware
QBot malware pushes ransomware using bot-powered operations Black Basta ransomware can now be spread laterally through affected corporate environments. The ransomware is now capable
State-backed hackers exploiting new Microsoft Office zero-day bug
Microsoft Follina bug exploited to target entities in Europe and US Threat actors possibly linked to the state-aligned hackers have been releasing attacks exploiting
Microsoft detected and disabled OneDrive attacks from Lebanese hackers
Lebanese hacker group targeted Israeli organizations before the Microsoft block Microsoft revealed the hacker campaign targeting Israeli companies. These campaigns were detected and blocked
Clipminer Botnet made at least 1.7 Million dollars from crypto mining
Malware gang stole millions by hijacking cryptocurrency transactions Threat researchers reported the discovery of a large campaign of the new malware that made more
New XLoader botnet variant hides C&C servers using probability theory
The new malicious Botnet versions spotted by threat researchers Malware analysts report the new variant of XLoader botnet malware that relies on probability theory
Interpol arrested three Nigerians for malware use and financial crimes
Interpol announced the arrest of three criminals for their global scam operations Scammers were arrested in Nigeria for using RAT malware to perform the
Clop ransomware resumed activities with 21 victims in a month already
The ransomware gang active again after the shutdown for a few months Clop ransomware gang was shut down between November and February, but activities
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Zyxel issues patches for security flaws affecting APs and controllers
Zyxel addresses four security vulnerabilities affecting firewalls and AP products Particular security flaws used to execute arbitrary operating system commands and steal select information
FTC fined Twitter $150M for using peoples’ information for advertising
Twitter settles allegations that it abused non-public information collected for the security purposes U.S. Federal Trade Commission fines Twitter to pay $150 million for
Hackers target Russian government: fake Windows updates deliver RATs
Researchers discover new malware attacks aimed at Russian government entities Attackers target Russian government agencies with phishing campaigns. These emails pretend to be Windows
Snake Keylogger distributed using malicious PDF files
Cybersecurity researchers reveal the new way hackers manage to spread malware around A new cybercrime campaign reveals that hackers leverage PDF files and try
Elon Musk’s deep fake videos used to promote new cryptocurrency scam
Elon Musk used in scams with cryptocurrency: BitVex trading platform scam Cryptocurrency scammers used deep fakes of Elon Musk in videos promoting the scam
Hackers made fake Windows 11 download domains to deliver Vidar malware
Fake domains offer Windows 11 installers and deploy info-stealing malware instead Websites masquerading as the proper Microsoft Windows 11 download portals attempt to trick
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VMware authentication bypass flaws in various products get patched
Customers are warned to immediately patch the critical vulnerabilities with critical severity scores These two security flaws impacting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager,