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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Avast…

2 days ago

US offers a $10 million reward for information on four Iranian nationals

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their role in cyberattacks against the…

2 days ago

The street lights in Leicester City cannot be turned off due to a cyber attack

A cyber attack on Leicester City Council resulted in certain street lights remaining illuminated all day and severely impacted the…

2 days ago

North Korea-linked APT groups target South Korean defense contractors

The National Police Agency in South Korea warns that North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting defense industry entities. The National…

3 days ago

U.S. Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity

The U.S. Department of State imposed visa restrictions on 13 individuals allegedly linked to the commercial spyware business. The US…

3 days ago

A cyber attack paralyzed operations at Synlab Italia

A cyber attack has been disrupting operations at Synlab Italia, a leading provider of medical diagnosis services, since April 18.…

3 days ago

Russia-linked APT28 used post-compromise tool GooseEgg to exploit CVE-2022-38028 Windows flaw

Russia-linked APT28 group used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit Windows Print Spooler service flaw. Microsoft reported that…

4 days ago

Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities

A financially motivated group named GhostR claims the theft of a sensitive database from World-Check and threatens to publish it.…

4 days ago

Windows DOS-to-NT flaws exploited to achieve unprivileged rootkit-like capabilities

Researcher demonstrated how to exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows DOS-to-NT path conversion process to achieve rootkit-like capabilities. SafeBreach researcher Or…

4 days ago

A flaw in the Forminator plugin impacts hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites

Japan's CERT warns of a vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin that allows unrestricted file uploads to the server. Japan's CERT…

4 days ago

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