Muddling Meerkat Linked to Domain Spoofing in Global Spam Scams

Infoblox cybersecurity researchers investigating the mysterious activities of ‘Muddling Meerkat’ unexpectedly uncovered widespread use of domain spoofing in malicious spam campaigns.

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Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation

Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) services and produce offensive and harmful content.
The tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it has observed the threat actors “develop

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DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io.
Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, in coordination with the Netherlands’ Financial Intelligence and Investigative Service, Finland’s National Bureau of

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Microsoft accuses group of developing tool to abuse its AI service in new lawsuit

Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in December in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a group of unnamed 10 defendants allegedly used […]

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China’s UNC5337 Exploits a Critical Ivanti RCE Bug, Again

New year, same story. Despite Ivanti’s commitment to secure-by-design principles, Chinese threat actors are exploiting its edge devices for the nth time.

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Ivanti Urges Patch for Flaws in Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways

Ivanti has issued a critical security advisory addressing two vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products.

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Marijuana dispensary STIIIZY warns of leaked IDs after November data breach

A data breach in November exposed the IDs and passports of people who bought products from STIIIZY, a large marijuana dispensary in California.

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Russia Carves Out Commercial Surveillance Success Globally

Growing sales of the System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM), a Russian wiretapping platform, in Central Asia and Latin American suggests increasing risks for Western businesses.

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Fake CrowdStrike ‘Job Interviews’ Become Latest Hacker Tactic

Cybercriminals are luring victims into downloading the XMRig cryptomining malware via convincing emails, inviting them to schedule fake interviews using a malicious link.

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Slovakia’s land registry hit by biggest cyberattack in country’s history, minister says

Slovakia’s agriculture minister said there were “strong indications” the cyberattack originated from Ukraine — adding fuel to a dispute over Kyiv’s suspension of Russian gas transit through Slovakian territory.

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