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Reading INTERPOL the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report…

4 years ago

MITRE and CISA publish the 2021 list of most common hardware weaknesses

MITRE and CISA announced the release of the “2021 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Most Important Hardware Weaknesses” list. MITRE and…

4 years ago

TrickBot member extradited to US faces up to 60 years in prison

An alleged member of the TrickBot gang, the Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (aka FFX), has been extradited to the US.…

4 years ago

ESET found a variant of the Hive ransomware that encrypts Linux and FreeBSD

The Hive ransomware operators have developed a new variant of their malware that can encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. ESET researchers…

4 years ago

Papua New Guinea ‘s finance ministry was hit by a ransomware

A ransomware attack hit Papua New Guinea 's finance ministry and disrupted government payments and operations. Government officials confirmed that…

4 years ago

Police arrested 12 individuals involved in 1800 ransomware attacks worldwide

Europol and Norwegian Police arrested 12 individuals over ransomware attacks on organizations worldwide, including critical infrastructure operators. A joint operation…

4 years ago

NSA and CISA explained how to prevent and detect lateral movement in 5G networks via cloud systems

The US NSA and CISA published a security advisory to warn about threat actors compromising 5G networks via cloud infrastructure.…

4 years ago

Google fixes 2 new actively exploited zero-day flaws in Chrome

Google has released Chrome 95.0.4638.69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Google has released…

4 years ago

Microsoft found Shrootless bug in macOS that could bypass System Integrity Protection

Microsoft finds a flaw in macOS, dubbed Shrootless (CVE-2021-30892), that can allow attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP). Microsoft discovered a…

4 years ago

Over 1 million WordPress sites affected by OptinMonster plugin flaws

A vulnerability in the popular the OptinMonster plugin allows unauthorized API access and sensitive information disclosure. A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-39341)…

4 years ago

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