Pakistani Hacking Team ‘Celestial Force’ Spies on Indian Gov’t, Defense
Against a backdrop of political conflict, a years-long cyber espionage campaign in South Asia is coming to light.
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Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups
The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups.
The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in order to evade detection by security programs.
The product is believed to have been
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City of Cleveland Scrambling to Restore Systems Following Cyberattack
The City of Cleveland says emergency services, utilities, and airport are unaffected by a recent cyberattack.
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Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day
Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.
The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an elevation of privilege issue in Pixel Firmware.
The company did not share any additional details related to the nature of attacks exploiting it, but noted “there are indications that CVE-2024-32896 may be
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New Cross-Platform Malware ‘Noodle RAT’ Targets Windows and Linux Systems
A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years.
While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security researcher Hara Hiroaki said “this backdoor is not merely a variant of existing malware, but is a new type altogether.”
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Rockwell’s ICS Directive Comes As Critical Infrastructure Risk Peaks
Critical infrastructure is facing increasingly disruptive threats to physical processes, while thousands of devices are online with weak authentication and riddled with exploitable bugs.
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Scores of Biometrics Bugs Emerge, Highlighting Authentication Risks
Face scans stored like passwords inevitably will be compromised, like passwords are. But there’s a crucial difference between the two that organizations can rely on when their manufacturers fail.
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Cleveland City Hall Shuts Down After Cyber Incident
As city officials continue to investigate, it’s unclear which systems were affected and whether it was a ransomware attack.
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Ukraine Arrests Cryptor Specialist Aiding Conti and LockBit Ransomware
Ukrainian Police have arrested a ransomware cryptor developer in connection with the notorious Conti and LockBit groups. This arrest was the result of Operation Endgame, a major operation that aims to dismantle key elements of these cybercriminal organizations.
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Mandiant Report: Snowflake Users Targeted for Data Theft and Extortion
A threat actor exploited the Snowflake platform to target organizations for data theft and extortion using compromised credentials. Learn how to protect your business from this threat.
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