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GitHub Warns of North Korean Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Tech Firm Employees

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GitHub Warns of North Korean Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Tech Firm Employees 21/07/2023 at 14:32 By Ionut Arghire North Korean hackers are targeting employees at technology firms with repository invitations and malicious NPM packages. The post GitHub Warns of North Korean Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Tech Firm Employees appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Attackers intensify DDoS attacks with new tactics

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Attackers intensify DDoS attacks with new tactics 21/07/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security As we entered 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed an increase in sophisticated, high-volume attacks, according to Gcore. The maximum attack power rose from 600 to 800 Gbps. UDP flood attacks were most common and amounted to 52% of total attacks, while […]

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JumpCloud Cyberattack Linked to North Korean Hackers

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JumpCloud Cyberattack Linked to North Korean Hackers 20/07/2023 at 21:18 By Ionut Arghire SentinelOne has linked the recent JumpCloud cyberattack to North Korean hackers, based on the published IoCs. The post JumpCloud Cyberattack Linked to North Korean Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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A fresh look at the current state of financial fraud

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A fresh look at the current state of financial fraud 20/07/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Greg Woolf, CEO at FiVerity, discusses how the emergence of sophisticated fraud tools powered by AI and recent upheavals in the banking sector have forged an ideal environment for financial fraud. This […]

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Recycling Giant Tomra Takes Systems Offline Following Cyberattack

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Recycling Giant Tomra Takes Systems Offline Following Cyberattack 19/07/2023 at 18:36 By Ionut Arghire Norwegian recycling giant Tomra says internal systems have been taken offline to contain an extensive cyberattack. The post Recycling Giant Tomra Takes Systems Offline Following Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original […]

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Trends in ransomware-as-a-service and cryptocurrency to monitor

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Trends in ransomware-as-a-service and cryptocurrency to monitor 19/07/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security In January, law enforcement officials disrupted the operations of the Hive cybercriminal group, which profited off a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. Hive is widely believed to be affiliated with the Conti ransomware group, joining a list of other groups associated with […]

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Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware

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Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware 18/07/2023 at 18:05 By Ionut Arghire A threat actor’s real identity was uncovered after they infected their own computer with an information stealer. The post Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Hacker Conversations: Inside the Mind of Daniel Kelley, ex-Blackhat

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Hacker Conversations: Inside the Mind of Daniel Kelley, ex-Blackhat 18/07/2023 at 14:19 By Kevin Townsend Daniel Kelley was just 18 years old when he was arrested and charged on thirty counts – most infamously for the 2015 hack of UK telecoms firm TalkTalk. In 2019 he was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.  […]

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Healthcare organizations in the crosshairs of cyberattackers

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Healthcare organizations in the crosshairs of cyberattackers 18/07/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security In an era where cyber threats continue to evolve, healthcare organizations are increasingly targeted by malicious actors employing multiple attack vectors, according to Trustwave. In its new research, Trustwave SpiderLabs has documented the attack flow utilized by threat groups, shedding light […]

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Data compromises on track to set a new record

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Data compromises on track to set a new record 18/07/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security The number of data compromises reported in the U.S. in the H1 of 2023 is higher than the total compromises reported every year between 2005 and 2020, except for 2017, according to Identity Theft Resource Center. For the H1 […]

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Owner of Cybercrime Website BreachForums Pleads Guilty

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Owner of Cybercrime Website BreachForums Pleads Guilty 17/07/2023 at 17:46 By Ionut Arghire Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the infamous cybercrime website BreachForums, has pleaded guilty in a US court. The post Owner of Cybercrime Website BreachForums Pleads Guilty appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original […]

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Growing scam activity linked to social media and automation

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Growing scam activity linked to social media and automation 17/07/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security The average number of scam resources created per brand across all regions and industries more than doubled year-on-year in 2022, up 162%, according to Group-IB. Additionally, the total number of scam pages detected by Group-IB in 2022 was more […]

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In Other News: Security Firm Hit by Investor Lawsuit, Satellite Hacking, Cloud Attacks

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In Other News: Security Firm Hit by Investor Lawsuit, Satellite Hacking, Cloud Attacks 14/07/2023 at 17:03 By SecurityWeek News Weekly cybersecurity news roundup that provides a summary of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar for the week of July 10, 2023. The post In Other News: Security Firm Hit by Investor Lawsuit, […]

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Facebook and Microsoft remain prime targets for spoofing

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Facebook and Microsoft remain prime targets for spoofing 14/07/2023 at 06:36 By Help Net Security While trends in phishing frequently evolve, Facebook and Microsoft’s collective dominance as the most spoofed brands continues, according to Vade. Facebook and Microsoft’s collective dominance as the most spoofed brands continued into H1 2023, with the former accounting for 18% […]

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20% of malware attacks bypass antivirus protection

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20% of malware attacks bypass antivirus protection 13/07/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Security leaders are concerned about attacks that leverage malware-exfiltrated authentication data, with 53% expressing extreme concern and less than 1% admitting they weren’t concerned at all, according to SpyCloud. However, many still lack the necessary tools to investigate the security and […]

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Microsoft Revokes Many Signed Drivers Used by Chinese Cybercriminals

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Microsoft Revokes Many Signed Drivers Used by Chinese Cybercriminals 12/07/2023 at 14:54 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft has revoked signed drivers used for post-exploitation activity, in many cases by Chinese cybercriminals. The post Microsoft Revokes Many Signed Drivers Used by Chinese Cybercriminals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View […]

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Staying ahead of the “professionals”: The service-oriented ransomware crime industry

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Staying ahead of the “professionals”: The service-oriented ransomware crime industry 12/07/2023 at 07:35 By Help Net Security Ransomware has been a hugely profitable industry for criminal gangs for the last few years. The total amount of ransom paid since 2020 is estimated to be at least $2 billion, and this has both motivated and enabled […]

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Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884)

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Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884) 11/07/2023 at 22:31 By Zeljka Zorz For July 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 130 patches; among them are four for vulnerabilites actively exploited by attackers, but no patch for CVE-2023-36884, an Office and Windows HTML RCE vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks […]

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Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks, No Patch Available

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Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks, No Patch Available 11/07/2023 at 21:47 By Ryan Naraine Patch Tuesday: Microsoft calls attention to a series of zero-day remote code execution attacks hitting its Office productivity suite. The post Microsoft Warns of Office Zero-Day Attacks, No Patch Available appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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