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US charges founders of Tornado Cash mixer used by Lazarus hackers

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Tornado Cash founders with helping criminals, including the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, launder over $1 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency through their decentralized crypto mixing service. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-charges-founders-of-tornado-cash-mixer-used-by-lazarus-hackers/
New stealthy techniques let hackers gain Windows SYSTEM privileges

Security researchers have released NoFilter, a tool that abuses the Windows Filtering Platform to elevate a user's privileges to increases privileges to SYSTEM, the highest permission level on Windows. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-stealthy-techniques-let-hackers-gain-windows-system-privileges/
Discord starts notifying users affected by March data breach

Starting on Monday, Discord has been reaching out to users affected by a data breach disclosed earlier this year to let them know what Personal Identifying Information (PII) was exposed in the incident. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-starts-notifying-users-affected-by-march-data-breach/
Bitwarden releases free and open-source E2EE Secrets Manager

Bitwarden, the maker of the popular open-source password manager tool, has released 'Secrets Manager,' an end-to-end encrypted secrets manager for IT professionals, software development teams, and the DevOps industry. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitwarden-releases-free-and-open-source-e2ee-secrets-manager/
Over 3,000 Openfire servers vulnerable to takover attacks

Thousands of Openfire servers remain vulnerable to CVE-2023-32315, an actively exploited and path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to create new admin accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-3-000-openfire-servers-vulnerable-to-takover-attacks/
Lapsus$ teen hackers convicted of high-profile cyberattacks

A London jury has found that an 18-year-old member of the Lapsus$ data extortion gang helped hack multiple high-profile companies, stole data from them, and demanded a ransom threatening to leak the information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lapsus-teen-hackers-convicted-of-high-profile-cyberattacks/
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Hackers use public ManageEngine exploit to breach internet org

The North Korean state-backed hacker group tracked as Lazarus has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-47966) in Zoho's ManageEngine ServiceDesk to compromise an internet backbone infrastructure provider and healthcare organizations. [...]
Hackers use public ManageEngine exploit to breach internet org

The North Korean state-backed hacker group tracked as Lazarus has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-47966) in Zoho's ManageEngine ServiceDesk to compromise an internet backbone infrastructure provider and healthcare organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-public-manageengine-exploit-to-breach-internet-org/
Last call for mWISE, the security conference for frontline practitioners.

We're down to the final weeks of registration for mWISE, the community-focused cybersecurity conference from Mandiant. Learn more from Mandiant about the available attendance options and what you should expect. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/last-call-for-mwise-the-security-conference-for-frontline-practitioners/
New Whiffy Recon malware uses WiFi to triangulate your location

Cybercriminals behind the Smoke Loader botnet are using a new piece of malware called Whiffy Recon to triangulate the location of infected devices through WiFi scanning and Google's geolocation API. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-whiffy-recon-malware-uses-wifi-to-triangulate-your-location/