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Ransomware Group Claims Theft of Data From Chipmaker Nexperia 

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 10:36am

The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims to have stolen 1 Tb of data from Nexperia, which is investigating the incident.

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Juniper Networks Publishes Dozens of New Security Advisories

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 9:42am

Juniper Networks patches dozens of vulnerabilities in Junos OS, Junos OS Evolved, and other products.

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Destructive ICS Malware ‘Fuxnet’ Used by Ukraine Against Russian Infrastructure

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 8:51am

ICS malware Fuxnet allegedly used by Ukrainian Blackjack group to disrupt industrial sensors and other systems belonging to a Moscow infrastructure firm.

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Two People Arrested in Australia and US for Development and Sale of Hive RAT

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 7:13am

Authorities in Australia and the US have arrested and charged two individuals for developing and selling the Hive RAT.

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Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:58am

Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Palo Alto Networks Releases Fixes for Firewall Zero-Day as Attribution Attempts Emerge

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:57am

Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes for the firewall zero-day CVE-2024-3400, which some have linked to North Korea’s Lazarus. 

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House Passes Reauthorization of Key US Surveillance Program After Days of Upheaval Over Changes

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 9:28am

The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law.

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State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Zero-Day to Backdoor Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 3:52pm

A state-sponsored threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day in Palo Alto Networks firewalls for the past two weeks.

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Wiz Acquires Gem Security, Pushes Security Tools Consolidation

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:18pm

Financial terms of the translation were not disclosed but reports out of Tel Aviv valued the deal in the range of $350 million.

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RubyCarp: Insights Into the Longevity of a Romanian Cybercriminal Gang

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:15am

Operational for at least ten years, RubyCarp has its own botnet, its own tools, and its own community of users that concentrate on cryptomining and credential phishing.

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In Other News: Moscow Sewage Hack, Women in Cybersecurity Report, Dam Security Concerns

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 9:48am

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Moscow sewage system hacked, a new women in cybersecurity report, PasteHub domain seized by law enforcement. 

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US-China Competition to Field Military Drone Swarms Could Fuel Global Arms Race

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 9:40am

Military planners envision a scenario in which hundreds, even thousands of AI-powered machines engage in coordinated battle.

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Exploitation of Unpatched D-Link NAS Device Vulnerabilities Soars

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 7:24am

Second identifier, CVE-2024-3272, assigned to unpatched D-Link NAS device vulnerabilities, just as exploitation attempts soar. 

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House Will Try Again on Reauthorization of US Spy Program After Republican Upheaval

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 7:00am

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a shortened period of two years.

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Palo Alto Networks Warns of Exploited Firewall Vulnerability

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 6:52am

Palo Alto Networks warns of limited exploitation of a critical command injection vulnerability leading to code execution on firewalls.

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Threat Actors Manipulate GitHub Search to Deliver Malware

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 5:55am

Checkmarx warns of a new attack relying on GitHub search manipulation to deliver malicious code.

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‘BatBadBut’ Command Injection Vulnerability Affects Multiple Programming Languages

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 5:42am

A critical vulnerability in multiple programming languages allows attackers to inject commands in Windows applications.

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LastPass Employee Targeted With Deepfake Calls

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 4:50am

LastPass this week revealed that one of its employees was targeted in a phishing attack involving deepfake technology.

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US Government on High Alert as Russian Hackers Steal Critical Correspondence From Microsoft

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 3:41pm

The US government says Midnight Blizzard’s compromise of Microsoft corporate email accounts "presents a grave and unacceptable risk to federal agencies."

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Zscaler to Acquire Network Segmentation Tech Startup Airgap Networks

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 12:38pm

Zscaler announces plans to acquire Airgap Networks, a venture-backed startup selling network segmentation and secure access technologies.

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