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Hackers Exploited Popular BillQuick Billing Software to Deploy Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers on Friday disclosed a now-patched critical vulnerability in multiple versions of a time and billing system called BillQuick that's be…
Feds Reportedly Hacked REvil Ransomware Group and Forced it Offline
The Russian-led REvil ransomware gang was felled by an active multi-country law enforcement operation that resulted in its infrastructure being hacked andÂtake…
VirusTotal Releases Ransomware Report Based on Analysis of 80 Million Samples
As many as 130 different ransomware families have been found to be active in 2020 and the first half of 2021, with Israel, South Korea, Vietnam, China, Singapo…
FBI Alerts About Hive Ransomware Amidst Rising Attacks On Healthcare Systems
FBI has recently issued a detailed alert about the Hive ransomware that is actively targeting…FBI Alerts About Hive Ransomware Amidst Rising Attacks On Healthc…
WARNING: Microsoft Exchange Under Attack With ProxyShell Flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of active exploitation attempts that leverage the latest line of "ProxyShell" Microsoft Ex…
Microsoft Exchange Under Attack With ProxyShell Flaws; Over 1900 Servers Hacked!
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of active exploitation attempts that leverage the latest line of "ProxyShell" Microsoft Ex…
SciLinux: SLSA-2021-3176-1 Important: microcode_ctl
hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548) * hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549) * hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-20…
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ProxyLogon PoC Exploit Released; Likely to Fuel More Disruptive Cyber Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday issued a joint advisory warning of …
A New Hacking Group Hitting Russian Companies With Ransomware
As ransomware attacksÂagainst critical infrastructure continue to spike in recent months, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new entrant that has been …
Securing a Linux Web Server: A Prim
Over the next couple of weeks and months, LinuxSecurity editors and contributors will be writing a series on Linux Web Server Security. This week, we're summar…
(Live) Webinar ' XDR and Beyond with Autonomous Breach Protection
Anyone paying attention to the cybersecurity technology market has heard the term XDR - Extended Detection and Response.XDR is a new technology approach that c…
A New Fileless P2P Botnet Malware Targeting SSH Servers Worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a sophisticated, multi-functional peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet written in Golang that has been actively targeti…
CryCryptor Android Ransomware Poses As COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
New Android ransomware already active in the wild has caught the researchers' attention. Identified as CryCryptor, this ransomware masks itselfCryCryptor Andro…
Fedora 31: libvirt FEDORA-2020-5cd83efd
* Fix iptables No chain/target/match by that name (bz #1813830) * systemd: start libvirtd after firewalld/iptables services (bz #1697636) * CVE-2020-12430: mem…
Stealthy Tycoon Ransomware Targets Windows And Linux Systems
A new ransomware is active in the wild that threatening the education and corporate sector. Dubbed Tycoon, this stealth ransomwareStealthy Tycoon Ransomware Ta…
Mageia 2020-0237: ant security upda
Updated ant packages fix security vulnerability: Apache Ant uses the default temporary directory identified by the Java system property java.io.tmpdir for seve…
Malicious USB Drives Infect 35,000 Computers With Crypto-Mining Botnet
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET on Thursday said they took down a portion of a malware botnet comprising at least 35,000 compromised Windows systems that a…
Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, c…
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New Clop Ransomware Variant Kills 663 Windows Processes Including Windows 10 Apps
A new variant of ransomware from the CryptoMix family is active in the wild. As discovered by researchers, the newNew Clop Ransomware Variant Kills 663 Windows…
Zero-Day Vulnerability in iTunes Being Exploited in the Wild via BitPaymer Ransomware
Researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in iTunes that is under active exploit. They found the hackers behind the BitPaymerZero-Day Vulnerability …
More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed
Remember the Simjacker vulnerability?Earlier this month, we reported about a critical unpatched weakness in a wide range of SIM cards, which an unnamed surveil…
New Malware Uses Windows BITS Service to Stealthy Exfiltrate Data
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new computer virus associated with the Stealth Falcon state-sponsored cyber espionage group that abuses a built-in …