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Forescout highlighted a 43% increase in published vulnerabilities in H1 2024, with attackers targeting flaws in VPNs and network infrastructure for initial access
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Russian Hackers Use Commercial Spyware Exploits to Target Victims
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In a campaign targeting Mongolian government websites, Russian-backed APT29 leveraged exploits previously used by spyware vendors NSO Group and Intellexa
North Korean Hackers Launch New Wave of npm Package Attacks
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North Korean groups exploited npm packages in coordinated attacks, targeting developers and cryptocurrency wallet browser extensions
Adm. Grace Hopper’s 1982 NSA Lecture Has Been Published
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The “long lost lecture” by Adm. Grace Hopper has been published by the NSA. (Note that there are two parts.)
It’s a wonderful talk: funny, engaging, wise, prescient. Remember that talk was given in 1982, less than a year before the ARPANET switched to TCP/IP and the internet went operational. She was a remarkable person.
Listening to it, and thinking about the audience of NSA engineers, I wonder how much of what she’s talking about as the future of computing—miniaturization, parallelization—was being done in the present and in secret.
$2.5 million reward offered for hacker linked to notorious Angler Exploit Kit
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Who doesn’t fancy earning US $2.5 million?
That’s the reward that’s on offer from US authorities for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the man who allegedly was a key figure behind the development and distribution of the notorious Angler Exploit Kit.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
BlackByte Adopts New Tactics, Targets ESXi Hypervisors
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BlackByte, linked to the Conti group, exploited VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 to control virtual machines
Unpatched CCTV Cameras Exploited to Spread Mirai Variant
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Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability found in CCTV cameras used in critical infrastructure to spread a Mirai malware variant
Surge in New Scams as Pig Butchering Dominates
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Chainalysis report reveals a likely increase in new internet scams this year as fraudsters adapt to increasing enforcement efforts
Iranian Hackers Secretly Aid Ransomware Attacks on US
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CISA and the FBI warned that Iranian APT group, Fox Kitten, has helped ransomware groups to attack US organizations since 2017
‘Big-game hunting’ – Ransomware gangs are focusing on more lucrative attacks
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2024 looks set to be the highest-grossing year yet for ransomware gangs, due – in no small part – to emboldened cybercriminals causing costly disruption at larger companies.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.