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Friday Squid Blogging: Economic Fallout from Falklands Halting Squid Fishing
Details. Blog moderation policy. Read More
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Published Vulnerabilities Surge by 43%
Forescout highlighted a 43% increase in published vulnerabilities in H1 2024, with attackers targeting flaws in VPNs and network infrastructure for initial access Read More
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Russian Hackers Use Commercial Spyware Exploits to Target Victims
In a campaign targeting Mongolian government websites, Russian-backed APT29 leveraged exploits previously used by spyware vendors NSO Group and Intellexa Read More
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North Korean Hackers Launch New Wave of npm Package Attacks
North Korean groups exploited npm packages in coordinated attacks, targeting developers and cryptocurrency wallet browser extensions Read More
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Adm. Grace Hopper’s 1982 NSA Lecture Has Been Published
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.…
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$2.5 million reward offered for hacker linked to notorious Angler Exploit Kit
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…
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BlackByte Adopts New Tactics, Targets ESXi Hypervisors
BlackByte, linked to the Conti group, exploited VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 to control virtual machines Read More
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Unpatched CCTV Cameras Exploited to Spread Mirai Variant
Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability found in CCTV cameras used in critical infrastructure to spread a Mirai malware variant Read More
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Surge in New Scams as Pig Butchering Dominates
Chainalysis report reveals a likely increase in new internet scams this year as fraudsters adapt to increasing enforcement efforts Read More
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Iranian Hackers Secretly Aid Ransomware Attacks on US
CISA and the FBI warned that Iranian APT group, Fox Kitten, has helped ransomware groups to attack US organizations since 2017 Read More