August 2023

New “Whiffy Recon” Malware Triangulates Infected Device Location via Wi-Fi Every Minute 24/08/2023 at 14:46 By The SmokeLoader malware is being used to deliver a new Wi-Fi scanning malware strain called Whiffy Recon on compromised Windows machines. “The new malware strain has only one operation. Every 60 seconds it triangulates the infected systems’ positions by scanning nearby […]

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WinRAR Security Flaw Exploited in Zero-Day Attacks to Target Traders 24/08/2023 at 14:46 By A recently patched security flaw in the popular WinRAR archiving software has been exploited as a zero-day since April 2023, new findings from Group-IB reveal. The vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2023-38831, allows threat actors to spoof file extensions, thereby making it possible to

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Xebian is the Marie Kondo of Linux distros – it’s here to declutter 24/08/2023 at 13:25 By Liam Proven Clean, simple, quick, and an example of how less can give you more There are legions of Ubuntu and Debian remixes out there, but most try to add stuff to the basic distro. Xebian is a

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Thousands of Unpatched Openfire XMPP Servers Still Exposed to High-Severity Flaw 24/08/2023 at 12:20 By Thousands of Openfire XMPP servers are unpatched against a recently disclosed high-severity flaw and are susceptible to a new exploit, according to a new report from VulnCheck. Tracked as CVE-2023-32315 (CVSS score: 7.5), the vulnerability relates to a path traversal vulnerability in Openfire’s administrative console that

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Why these cloud-connected 3D printers started making junk all by themselves 24/08/2023 at 11:48 By Thomas Claburn Message brokering software blamed for dumping backed-up print jobs on idle devices On August 15, 2023, 3D printer maker Bambu Lab experienced a service outage caused by what it’s described as “abnormal network traffic” that caused some customers’

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Tornado Cash Founders Charged in Billion-Dollar Crypto Laundering Scandal 24/08/2023 at 11:16 By The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two founders of the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer service, charging them with laundering more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds. Both the individuals, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, have been charged with

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Two teens were among those behind the Lapsus$ cyber-crime spree, jury finds 24/08/2023 at 10:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle From BT and Nvidia to Grand Theft Auto 6, pair were on a total tear Two teenage members of the chaotic Lapsus$ cyber-crime gang helped compromise computer systems of Uber and Nvidia, and also blackmailed Grand

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