Scattered Spider Group a Unique Challenge for Cyber Cops, FBI Leader Says

Identified by analysts in 2022, the hackers use social engineering to lure users into giving up their login credentials or one-time password codes to bypass multifactor authentication.

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Ransomware Operations are Becoming Less Profitable

Ransomware operations are experiencing a decline in profitability due to various factors such as increased cyber resilience of organizations, the availability of decryptors, and more frequent law enforcement actions.

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A (Strange) Interview the Russian-Military-Linked Hackers Targeting US Water Utilities

Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the cyber sabotage group appears to be hyping its hacking for a domestic audience.

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University System of Georgia Says 800,000 Impacted by MOVEit Hack

University System of Georgia says Social Security numbers and bank account numbers were compromised in the May 2023 MOVEit hack.

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Price Drop: This Complete Ethical Hacking Bundle is Now $40

Get a comprehensive, potentially lucrative ethical hacking education with 18 courses on today’s top tools and tech. This bundle is just $39.97 through 5/12.

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Over 50,000 Tinyproxy Servers Vulnerable to Critical RCE Flaw

A critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw, CVE-2023-49606, was found affecting nearly 52,000 Tinyproxy servers. This vulnerability was disclosed by Cisco Talos in December 2023, impacting versions 1.11.1 and 1.10.0 of Tinyproxy.

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Hackers Exploiting LiteSpeed Cache Bug to Gain Full Control of WordPress Sites

A high-severity flaw impacting the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to create rogue admin accounts on susceptible websites.
The findings come from WPScan, which said that the vulnerability (CVE-2023-40000, CVSS score: 8.3) has been leveraged to set up bogus admin users with the names wpsupp‑user 

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Hackers Exploit LiteSpeed Cache Flaw to Create WordPress Admins

WPScan observed in April increased exploitation activity against WordPress sites with versions of the plugin older than 5.7.0.1, which are vulnerable to a high-severity (8.8) unauthenticated cross-site scripting flaw tracked as CVE-2023-40000.

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Law Enforcement Agencies Identified LockBit Ransomware Admin and Sanctioned Him

The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unmasked the identity of the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, aka ‘LockBitSupp’ and ‘putinkrab’, and issued sanctions against him.

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LockBit Honcho Faces Sanctions, With Aussie Org Ramifications

Australian businesses and individuals now face government fines and consequences for paying ransoms or interacting with assets owned by LockBitSupp, aka Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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