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In the latest Profero report – Senior Incident Responder Brenton Morris states that RansomeXX decryptors have failed to encrypt different files for the victims that have paid for the ransom demanded by the Linux Vmware ESXI malicious attacker. Profero has found that this RansomExx organization does not lock Linux files appropriately, which might contribute […]
Continue ReadingWithin the last couple of days, Bandwidth.com has been the latest target of distributed denial of service attacks targeting VoIP companies. Bandwidth, a firm providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), services to companies and resellers, revealed that it suffered a failure after reporting on the DDoS attack on the 27th of September, Monday night. […]
Continue ReadingOne of the prominent targets for hackers is Microsoft Exchange, and the attack vector typically involves a popular vulnerability which the organization hasn’t recently patched. A new solution by Microsoft aims at providing urgent protection after several attacks over the last year that used zero-days against on-site versions of Microsoft Exchange servers. Microsoft has […]
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At least five French ministers and President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic advisor mobile phones have been infected by Israel-made Pegasus spyware, whistle-blowers confirmed on Friday 24th of September. As per a Mediapart report on Friday, French security agencies have discovered software during the phone inspection, with breaches reported in 2019 and 2020. In July Pegasus […]
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Authorities in Spain have issued a warning about a phishing campaign that impersonates WhatsApp to deceive consumers into installing a trojan. The recipients are advised to get copies of their chats and call records from a website that only sells the NoPiques virus. The NoPiques (“Do not chop”) malware is packaged in an a.zip […]
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Investigators within the cybersecurity industry have revealed a unique approach used by a threat actor to purposefully avoid detection using flawed digital signatures of their malware payloads. In a written report on Thursday, Google Threat Analysis Group’s Neel Mehta claimed attackers produced flawed code signatures that seem to be valid by Windows and are […]
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CISA officers on 23rd of September reported about a potential government-backed hacker organization that has tried to break the Port of Houston networks, one of the major port agencies in the United States, employing zero-day vulnerabilities in a Zoho user authentication device. Authorities at the Port claimed they fought the attack effectively, adding that […]
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A zero-day security flaw in the macOS Finder system in Apple might enable remote attackers to deceive users to perform unauthorized commands, however, a silent patch didn’t resolve that, states researchers. The macOS Finder is the standard file manager and the GUI front-end used in all Macintosh operating systems. This is the first item […]
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In India, cyberspace has identified a banking Trojan virus that lurks at attacking bankers using Android smartphones, stated the country’s federal cyber security agency, CERT-In, in an advisory alert. Further, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In ) has claimed that the virus has attacked clients from over 27 public and private sector banks. […]
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While Hackers allegedly violated the protocol and seized $12.7 million in Bitcoin, pNetwork thus became the newest victim of the DeFi hack. Whilst suffering a loss of $12 million in bitcoins, the company claims it will reward the hacker with a bug bounty of $1.5 million if the funds are recovered. On the 19th […]
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