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Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

The notorious Emotet malware, in itsreturn after a short hiatus, is now being distributed viaMicrosoft OneNote email attachmentsin an attempt to bypass macro-b…

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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 (TT…

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Google Uncovers 18 Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos Chips

Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung's Exynos chips, some of which could be exploited remotely to completely compromise a p…

Android

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Multiple Hacker Groups Exploit 3-Year-Old Vulnerability to Breach U.S. Federal Agency

Multiple threat actors, including a nation-state group, exploited a critical three-year-old security flaw in Progress Telerik to break into an unnamed federal …

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GoBruteforcer: New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers via Brute-Force Attacks

A new Golang-based malware dubbedGoBruteforcerhas been found targeting web servers running phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres to corral the devices into a bo…

Palo Alto Databases

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The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped…

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Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS software to result …

Fortinet

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Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects

A widespread malicious cyber operation has hijacked thousands of websites aimed at East Asian audiences to redirect visitors to adult-themed content since earl…

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New Linux IceFire Ransomware Variant Discovered: What You Need to Know to Secure Your Systems

Previously known to target Windows systems only, a new Linux version of the IceFire ransomware that exploits an IBM Aspera Faspex file-sharing vulnerability ( …

Linux Windows

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New Variant of the IceFire Ransomware Targets Linux Enterprise Systems

A novel Linux version of the IceFire ransomware that exploits a vulnerability in IBM's Aspera Faspex file-sharing software has been identified by SentinelLabs,…

Linux

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IceFire Ransomware Portends a Broader Shift From Windows to Linux

IceFire has changed up its OS target in recent cyberattacks, emblematic of ransomware actors increasingly targeting Linux enterprise networks, despite the extr…

Linux Windows

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Hackers Exploiting Remote Desktop Software Flaws to Deploy PlugX Malware

Security vulnerabilities in remote desktop programs such as Sunlogin and AweSun are being exploited by threat actors to deploy the PlugX malware.AhnLab Securit…

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IceFire Ransomware Exploits IBM Aspera Faspex to Attack Linux-Powered Enterprise Networks

A previously known Windows-based ransomware strain known as IceFire has expanded its focus to target Linux enterprise networks belonging to several media and e…

Linux Windows

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IceFire Ransomware Now Encrypts Both Linux and Windows Systems

Threat actors linked to the IceFire ransomware operation now actively target Linux systems worldwide with a new dedicated encryptor. SentinelLabs security rese…

Linux Windows

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Lazarus Group Exploits Zero-Day Vulnerability to Hack South Korean Financial Entity

The North Korea-linkedLazarus Grouphas been observed weaponizing flaws in an undisclosed software to breach a financial business entity in South Korea twice wi…

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LastPass Hack: Engineer's Failure to Update Plex Software Led to Massive Data Breach

The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer, in what's a sobering reminder of the dange…

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ZeroLock: How to Defend Against Ransomware on Linux

Written by Linux security expert and LinuxSecurity.com Founder Dave Wreski.Attacks targeting Linux have surged in recent years due to the mass migration of wor…

Linux Windows

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Core Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Targeted in Germany and Ukraine

Law enforcement authorities from Germany and Ukraine have targeted suspected core members of a cybercrime group that has been behind large-scale attacks using …

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Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks

Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has fou…

Google Cloud

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

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hasreleaseda new advisory aboutRoyal ransomware, which emerged in the threat landscape last ye…

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Cybercriminals Targeting Law Firms with GootLoader and FakeUpdates Malware

Six different law firms were targeted in January and February 2023 as part of two disparate threat campaigns distributingGootLoaderandFakeUpdates(aka SocGholis…

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New EX-22 Tool Empowers Hackers with Stealthy Ransomware Attacks on Enterprises

A new post-exploitation framework called EXFILTRATOR-22 (aka EX-22) has emerged in the wild with the goal of deploying ransomware within enterprise networks wh…

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Bitdefender Releases Free Decryptor for MortalKombat Ransomware Strain

Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender hasreleaseda free universal decryptor for a nascent file-encrypting malware known as MortalKombat.MortalKombat is a …

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LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults

LastPass, which in December 2022 disclosed a severe data breach that allowed threat actors to access encrypted password vaults, said it happened as a result of…