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Stay safe online - 2023-06-06
OpenSSL critical vulnerability will soon be patched with an update
The OpenSSL project team announced the release of a security fix.
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“Dormant Colors” malvertising campaign hijacked browsers of 1M users
Malicious extensions are used to insert affiliate links and hijack searches.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities 2022-10-25
Ursnif malware variant alters its focus to data theft and ransomware
The new version of the banking malware now shifts to initial access and data sealing methods, as well as ransomware methods.
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News Viruses and parasites 2022-10-21
Out-of-date drivers trigger malware attacks for years on Windows PCs
Microsoft released updates for the malicious drivers but those never stuck, leaving PCs open to malware.
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Mirai Botnet caused a record DDoS attack against the Minecraft server
Cloudflare reports having blocked the 2.5 Tbps denial-of-service attack launched by the Mirai botnet.
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News Viruses and parasites 2022-10-14
Unofficial WhatsApp Android app spreading malware and stealing accounts
Android applications were caught infecting machines while posing as unofficial WhatsApp.
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News Viruses and parasites 2022-10-13
Intel confirms the leak of Alder Lake BIOS source code
Intel confirms the source code leak for UEFI BIOS of Alder Lake CPU.
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NSA advisory: Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploit flaws since 2020
U.S. government agencies share insights on Chinese hacker activities and exploitation methods to warn people.
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Ransomware operators posted stolen data after LAUSD refused to pay
LAUSD school system affected by the ransomware and data stolen during the attack got published a month later.
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Microsoft warns about new attacks using Exchange vulnerabilities
Microsoft had to confirm two new zero-day flaws used in active attacks.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities 2022-09-30
Prilex malware gets updated to bypass credit card security
Point-of-sale malware operators sell dangerous malware across the globe.
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News Viruses and parasites 2022-09-29
BlackCat ransomware improving data exfiltration tools
BlackCat ransomware gang upgrading operations of data exfiltration and encryption.
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News Viruses and parasites 2022-09-26
Massive cedit card scam network using dating and customer support sites
Researchers uncovered multi-million dollar credit card fraud operation.
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Major DDoS attack with 25.3 billion requests was mitigated
Long-lasting DDoS attack abused HTTP/2 multiplexing.
Imperva has blocked a record DDoS attack with billions of requests. More
Rockstar Games hack led to major GTA 6 source code and video leak
GTA 6 gameplay videos and source code have been leaked after a hacker breached the Rockstar Game's Slack server.
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