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Hacked electronic sign declares “Putin is a dickhead” as Russian ruble slumps
PRIVACY PRIVACY Someone clearly isn’t very impressed with Vladimir Putin, as the Russian economy continues to tank in the wake of sanctions. Read More
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Mass-Exploitation Campaign Targets Citrix NetScalers With Backdoors
PRIVACY PRIVACY The attack was unveiled by cybersecurity firm Fox-IT in collaboration with the DIVD Read More
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Scammers Exploit Hacked Websites For Phishing
PRIVACY PRIVACY Kaspersky explained one common strategy is the hacking of abandoned or poorly maintained websites Read More
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LockBit’s dirty little secret: ransomware gang is failing to publish victims’ data
PRIVACY PRIVACY The LockBit ransomware gang may be having more than a few headaches right now. According to a researcher who spent a year undercover gathering intelligence on the LockBit group, the ransomware gang is trying to cover up “the fact it often cannot consistently publish stolen data.” Read More
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How to Spot Fake News in Your Social Media Feed
PRIVACY PRIVACY Spotting fake news in your feed has always been tough. Now it just got tougher, thanks to AI. Fake news crops up in plenty of places on social media. And it has for some time now. In years past, it took the form of misleading posts, image captions, quotes, and the sharing of…
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UK Electoral Commission Hacked
PRIVACY PRIVACY The UK Electoral Commission discovered last year that it was hacked the year before. That’s fourteen months between the hack and the discovery. It doesn’t know who was behind the hack. We worked with external security experts and the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate and secure our systems. If the hack was…
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ProxyNation: The dark nexus between proxy apps and malware
PRIVACY PRIVACY Executive summary AT&T Alien Labs researchers recently discovered a massive campaign of threats delivering a proxy server application to Windows machines. A company is charging for proxy service on traffic that goes through those machines. This is a continuation of research described in our blog on Mac systems turned into proxy exit nodes by AdLoad.…
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Stories from the SOC – Unveiling the stealthy tactics of Aukill malware
PRIVACY PRIVACY Executive summary On April 21st, 2023, AT&T Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) investigated an attempted ransomware attack on one of our clients, a home improvement business. The investigation revealed the attacker used AuKill malware on the client’s print server to disable the server’s installed EDR solution, SentinelOne, by brute forcing an administrator account…
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A Third of UK Uni Students Targeted By Fraud
PRIVACY PRIVACY Delivery scams are the most popular, says NatWest Read More
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Major LinkedIn Account Takeover Campaign Underway
PRIVACY PRIVACY Global attacks are causing lockouts and ransom attempts Read More