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DownEx cyberespionage operation targets Central Asia

A new sophisticated malware strain, dubbed DownEx, was involved in attacks aimed at Government organizations in Central Asia. In late 2022, Bitdefender…

3 years ago

Smashing Pumpkins frontman paid ransom to a hacker who threatened to leak the band’s songs

The frontman of the American alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, has revealed he paid hackers who stole the band's songs The frontman…

3 years ago

US disrupts Russia-linked Snake implant’s network

The US government announced to have disrupted the peer-to-peer (P2P) network of computers compromised by the Snake malware. The Snake…

3 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2023 fixed 2 actively exploited zero-day flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security updates for May 2023 address a total of 40 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day actively exploited in…

3 years ago

The global food distribution giant Sysco discloses a data breach

Sysco, the global food distribution giant, disclosed a data breach, the compromised data includes customer and employee data. Sysco Corporation is…

3 years ago

A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw allows escalating privileges to ‘root’

A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to…

3 years ago

Fortinet warns of a spike of the activity linked to AndoryuBot DDoS botnet

A DDoS botnet dubbed AndoryuBot has been observed exploiting an RCE, tracked as CVE-2023-25717, in Ruckus access points. FortiGuard Labs…

3 years ago

FBI seized 13 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire platforms

The U.S. DoJ announced the seizure of 13 new domains associated with DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of Operation PowerOFF. The…

3 years ago

New CACTUS ransomware appeared in the threat landscape

Researchers warn of a new ransomware family called CACTUS that exploits known vulnerabilities in VPN appliances to gain initial access…

3 years ago

Money Message gang leaked private code signing keys from MSI data breach

The ransomware gang behind the attack on Taiwanese PC maker MSI leaked the company's private code signing keys on their…

3 years ago

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