China Protests US Sanctions for Its Alleged Role in Hacking, Complains of Foreign Hacker Attacks

China has slammed a decision by the US Treasury to sanction a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical infrastructure.

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5 browser extension rules to keep your system safe in 2025

If you use browser extensions, you should be careful about which ones you install and use. Here’s how you can do that.

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Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers

Taiwan-based Moxa has warned of two security vulnerabilities impacting its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances that could allow privilege escalation and command execution.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows –

CVE-2024-9138 (CVSS 4.0 score: 8.6) – A hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user to escalate privileges and gain

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U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Cyberattacks

US sanctions Beijing-based Integrity Technology Group for aiding “Flax Typhoon” hackers in cyberattacks on American infrastructure, freezing assets…

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In Appreciation: Amit Yoran, Tenable CEO, Passes Away

Cybersecurity industry visionary and renowned executive Amit Yoran has passed away after an almost one-year battle with cancer.

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China’s Salt Typhoon Adds Charter, Windstream to Telecom Victim List

These latest attacks follow a long string of cyberattacks and breaches targeting US and global telecom and ISP companies.

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Washington sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach that spilled 79 million customer records

The 2021 breach affected at least 2 million Washington state residents, and tens of millions more customers around the United States.

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New PhishWP Plugin on Russian Forum Turns Sites into Phishing Pages

SlashNext has discovered a malicious WordPress plugin, PhishWP, which creates convincing fake payment pages to steal your credit card information, 3DS codes, and personal data.

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School districts in Maine, Tennessee respond to holiday cyberattacks

Officials from South Portland Public Schools in Maine and Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee said they were investigating intrusions by malicious hackers.

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Pig butchering victim sues banks for allowing scammers to open accounts

A California plaintiff says three banks were of no help after he realized he transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to accounts held by scammers.

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