Azorult Malware Comes to the Fore in New Dark Web Campaign

The Azorult malware, known for stealing sensitive data, has resurfaced with a sophisticated approach. It is distributed through malicious PDF files that contain a shortcut file.

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Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches

Insider actions and human error account for the majority of data breaches in UK law firms, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive information.

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Cloud Server Abuse Leads to Huge Spike in Botnet Scanning

Netscout sees over one million IPs conducting reconnaissance scanning on the web due to increase in use of cheap or free cloud servers.

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Hacker Spins up One Million Virtual Servers to Illegally Mine Crypto

A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers and mine $2 million in cryptocurrency, highlighting the growing threat of cryptojacking.

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Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election

Multiple breaches have resulted in the leak of millions of voter records, including personally identifiable information, which could be used for targeted information warfare campaigns during the election and beyond.

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Aussie Travel Agency Data Leak Puts Thousands of Tourists at Risk

By Deeba Ahmed

Another day, another misconfigured database that jeopardizes the online security and privacy of unsuspecting tourists worldwide.

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New Findings Challenge Attribution in Denmark’s Energy Sector Cyberattacks

The cyber attacks targeting the energy sector in Denmark last year may not have had the involvement of the Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group, new findings from Forescout show.
The intrusions, which targeted around 22 Danish energy organizations in May 2023, occurred in two distinct waves, one which exploited a security flaw in Zyxel firewall (CVE-2023-28771) and a

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Unravelling Retirement Banking Scams and How To Protect Yourself

By Uzair Amir

In the labyrinth of financial scams, one of the most insidious is the retirement banking scam. Imagine a…

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29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services

A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a “sophisticated cryptojacking scheme,” netting them over $2 million (€1.8 million) in illicit profits.
The person was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on January 9 by the National Police of Ukraine with support from Europol and an unnamed cloud service provider following “months of intensive collaboration.”
“A cloud

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Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches

Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches.
The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system.
“An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series and EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a

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