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DragonForce ransomware – what you need to know
Learn more about the DragonForce ransomware – how it came to prominence, and some of the unusual tactics used by the hackers who extort money from companies with it. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Read More
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When a breach goes from 25 documents to 1.3 terabytes…
If 25 documents stolen is “very serious,” I’m not sure the words exist to describe the 1.3 terabytes of data that Leicester City Council now says it has had stolen by hackers. Read More
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Data Breach Exposes 300k Taxi Passengers’ Information
These records belonged to Dublin-based iCabbi, a dispatch and fleet management technology provider Read More
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New Android Espionage Campaign Spotted in India and Pakistan
A new cyber espionage campaign, called ‘eXotic Visit,’ targeted Android users in South Asia via seemingly legitimate messaging apps Read More
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Raspberry Robin Distributed Through Windows Script Files
Distribution vectors of the Raspberry Robin worm now include Windows Script Files (WSF) alongside other methods like USB drives Read More
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Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened
Last week, the internet dodged a major nation-state attack that would have had catastrophic cybersecurity repercussions worldwide. It’s a catastrophe that didn’t happen, so it won’t get much attention—but it should. There’s an important moral to the story of the attack and its discovery: The security of the global internet depends on countless obscure pieces…
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Threat Actors Game GitHub Search to Spread Malware
Checkmarx warns of GitHub search result manipulation designed to promote malicious repositories Read More
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US Data Breach Reports Surge 90% Annually in Q1
The number of publicly reported data breaches and leaks grew 90% in the first three months of the year Read More
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Smashing Security podcast #367: WhatsApp at Westminster, unhealthy AI, and Drew Barrymore
MPs aren’t just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they’re receiving, can we trust AI with our health, and who on earth is pretending to be a producer for the Drew Barrymore TV show? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing…
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Rhadamanthys Malware Deployed By TA547 Against German Targets
Proofpoint said this is the first time the threat actor has been seen using LLM-generated PowerShell scripts Read More