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Cybercrime
Malware dev lures child exploiters into honeytrap to extort them
Hackers are threatening to leak World-Check, a huge sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
Alcohol sales disrupted in Sweden after reported ransomware attack
Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme
Malware
#StopRansomware: Akira Ransomware
Malvertising campaign targeting IT teams with MadMxShell
GuptiMiner: Hijacking Antivirus Updates for Distributing Backdoors and Casual Mining
New Malware Campaign Targets WP-Automatic Plugin
Brokewell: do not go broke from new banking malware!
Hacking
MagicDot: A Hacker’s Magic Show of Disappearing Dots and Spaces
Leicester street lights stuck on all day due to cyber attack
Unauthenticated CrushFTP Zero-Day Enables Complete Server Compromise
GPT-4 can exploit security flaws on its own, study shows
Hackers accessed more than 19,000 accounts on California state welfare platform
Android TVs Can Expose User Email Inboxes
Uncorking Old Wine: Zero-Day from 2017 + Cobalt Strike Loader in Unholy Alliance
Intelligence and Information Warfare
DuneQuixote campaign targets Middle Eastern entities with “CR4T” malware
North Korea hacking teams hack South Korea defence contractors – police
Treasury Designates Iranian Cyber Actors Targeting U.S. Companies and Government Agencies
ArcaneDoor – New espionage-focused campaign found targeting perimeter network devices
Israel Tried to Keep Sensitive Spy Tech Under Wraps. It Leaked Abroad
Australia’s spy chief warns AI set to inflame radicalisation
German spy agency warns companies against being too “naive” on China
Cybersecurity
Promoting Accountability for the Misuse of Commercial Spyware
Google Patches Critical Chrome Vulnerability
2023: A ‘Good’ Year for OT Cyberattacks
Chaturbate Will Pay Texas $675,000 for Violating New Porn Age Verification Law
UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition
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