Chinese Velvet Ant Hackers Target F5 Devices in Years-Long Espionage

Discover how China-linked Velvet Ant APT exploited F5 BIG-IP devices for years undetected. Sygnia’s detailed analysis exposes tactics used to maintain persistence and evade detection, offering crucial insights for organizations to bolster their cybersecurity defenses against similar threats.

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The Perilous Role of the CISO: Navigating Modern Minefields

As organizations grapple with the implications of cybersecurity on their bottom line and reputation, the question of whether the CISO role is worth the inherent risks looms large.

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AMD Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers to Sell Data

AMD has launched an investigation after a notorious hacker announced selling sensitive data allegedly belonging to the company.

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Mailcow Mail Server Flaws Expose Servers to Remote Code Execution

Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Mailcow open-source mail server suite that could be exploited by malicious actors to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible instances.
Both shortcomings impact all versions of the software prior to version 2024-04, which was released on April 4, 2024. The issues were responsibly disclosed by SonarSource on March 22, 2024.
The flaws

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Singapore Extradites Suspected Cybercrime Scammers from Malaysia

Cops decimate cybercrime infrastructure used to steal data from nearly 2,000 people in Singapore last year.

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Hackers Derail Amtrak Guest Rewards Accounts in Breach

The US passenger rail giant said attackers used previously compromised credentials to crack accounts and access a freight train of personal data.

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Critical VMware Bugs Open Swaths of VMs to RCE, Data Theft

A trio of bugs could allow hackers to escalate privileges and remotely execute code on virtual machines deployed across cloud environments.

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Blackbaud Fined $6.75M After 2020 Ransomware Attack

Threat actors were able to breach Blackbaud’s systems and compromise sensitive data, largely because of the company’s poor cybersecurity practices and lack of encrypted data, the AG said.

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Cut & Paste Tactics Import Malware to Unwitting Victims

“ClearFake” and “ClickFix” attackers are tricking people into cutting and pasting malicious PowerShell scripts to infect their own machines with RATs and infostealers.

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Internet Computer Protocol Launches Walletless Verified Credentials for Public Trust

Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) introduces Verified Credentials (VCs), a walletless solution enhancing data sharing privacy. Unveiled at DICE 2024, VCs help combat bots and fake accounts on social media, ensuring secure and efficient verification.

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