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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-phishing-campaign-uses-500-plus-domains-to-steal-credentials/
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Massive phishing campaign uses 500+ domains to steal credentials
Large-scale phishing activity using hundreds of domains to steal credentials for Naver, a Google-like online platform in South Korea, shows infrastructure overlaps linked to the TrickBot botnet.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/russia-faces-it-crisis-with-just-two-months-of-data-storage-left/
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Russia faces IT crisis with just two months of data storage left
Russia faces a critical IT storage crisis after Western cloud providers pulled out of the country, leaving Russia with only two more months before they run out of data storage.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-to-fine-cafepress-for-cover-up-of-massive-data-breach/
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FTC to fine CafePress for cover up of massive data breach
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to slap the former owner of the CafePress custom t-shirt and merchandise site with a $500,000 fine for failing to secure its users' data and attempting to cover up a significant data breach impacting millions.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-trojan-persists-on-the-google-play-store-since-january/
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Android trojan persists on the Google Play Store since January
Security researchers tracking the mobile app ecosystem have noticed a recent spike in trojan infiltration on the Google Play Store, with one of the apps having over 500,000 installs.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-botnet-exploits-log4j-uses-dns-tunneling-for-comms/
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New Linux botnet exploits Log4J, uses DNS tunneling for comms
A recently discovered botnet under active development targets Linux systems, attempting to ensnare them into an army of bots ready to steal sensitive info, installing rootkits, creating reverse shells, and acting as web traffic proxies.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-of-mfa-flaw-used-by-state-hackers-for-lateral-movement/
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FBI warns of MFA flaw used by state hackers for lateral movement
The FBI says Russian state-backed hackers gained access to a non-governmental organization (NGO) cloud after enrolling their own device in the organization's Duo MFA following the exploitation of misconfigured default multifactor authentication (MFA) protocols.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dozens-of-ransomware-variants-used-in-722-attacks-over-3-months/
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Dozens of ransomware variants used in 722 attacks over 3 months
The ransomware space was very active in the last quarter of 2021, with threat analysts observing 722 distinct attacks deploying 34 different variants.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackerone-apologizes-to-ukrainian-hackers-for-mistakenly-blocking-payouts/
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HackerOne apologizes to Ukrainian hackers for mistakenly blocking payouts
Today, Chris Evans, the CISO of bug bounty platform HackerOne, apologized to Ukrainian hackers after the company erroneously blocked their bug bounty payouts following sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus in the wake of Ukraine's invasion.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssl-cert-parsing-bug-causes-infinite-denial-of-service-loop/
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OpenSSL cert parsing bug causes infinite denial of service loop
OpenSSL has released a security update to address a vulnerability in the library that, if exploited, activates an infinite loop function and leads to denial of service conditions.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-campaign-impersonates-the-irs-for-2022-tax-season/
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Emotet malware campaign impersonates the IRS for 2022 tax season
The Emotet malware botnet is taking advantage of the 2022 U.S. tax season by sending out malicious emails pretending to be the Internal Revenue Service sending tax forms or federal returns.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-adds-15-vulnerabilities-to-list-of-flaws-exploited-in-attacks/
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CISA adds 15 vulnerabilities to list of flaws exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added fifteen additional flaws to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities known to be used in cyberattacks.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-godaddy-hosted-sites-backdoored-in-a-single-day/
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Hundreds of GoDaddy-hosted sites backdoored in a single day
Internet security analysts have spotted a spike in backdoor infections on WordPress websites hosted on GoDaddy's Managed WordPress service, all featuring an identical backdoor payload.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-defender-tags-office-updates-as-ransomware-activity/
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Microsoft Defender tags Office updates as ransomware activity
Windows admins were hit today by a wave of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint false positives where Office updates were tagged as malicious in alerts pointing to ransomware behavior detected on their systems.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-warns-of-attacks-targeting-web-help-desk-instances/
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SolarWinds warns of attacks targeting Web Help Desk instances
SolarWinds warned customers of attacks targeting Internet-exposed Web Help Desk (WHD) instances and advised removing them from publicly accessible infrastructure (likely to prevent the exploitation of a potential security flaw).
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/facebook-removes-deepfake-of-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy/
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Facebook removes deepfake of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
Facebook has removed a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spreading across the social network and asking Ukrainian troops lay down their arms and surrender.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unsecured-microsoft-sql-mysql-servers-hit-by-gh0stcringe-malware/
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Unsecured Microsoft SQL, MySQL servers hit by Gh0stCringe malware
Hackers target poorly secured Microsoft SQL and MySQL database servers to deploy the Gh0stCringe remote access trojans on vulnerable devices.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/
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BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war
This week, the developer of the popular npm package 'node-ipc' released sabotaged versions of the library in protest of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. The 'node-ipc' package, which gets downloaded over a million times weekly, began deleting files on developer'sā¦
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-creates-tool-to-scan-mikrotik-routers-for-trickbot-infections/
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Microsoft creates tool to scan MikroTik routers for TrickBot infections
The TrickBot trojan has just added one more trick up its sleeve, now using vulnerable IoT (internet of things) devices like modem routers as proxies for its C2 (command and control) server communication.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europe-warns-of-aircraft-gps-outages-tied-to-russian-invasion/
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Europe warns of aircraft GPS outages tied to Russian invasion
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), EU's air transport safety and environmental protection regulator, warned today of intermittent outages affecting Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asus-warns-of-cyclops-blink-malware-attacks-targeting-routers/
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ASUS warns of Cyclops Blink malware attacks targeting routers
Multiple ASUS router models are vulnerable to the Russia-linked Cyclops Blink malware threat, causing the vendor to publish an advisory with mitigations for the security risk.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reminds-of-internet-explorers-looming-demise-in-june/
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Microsoft reminds of Internet Explorer's looming demise in June
Microsoft has reminded Windows customers today that they'll finally retire the Internet Explorer 11 web browser from some Windows 10 versions in June and replace it with the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge.