Germany Recalls Its Ambassador in Russia for a Week in Protest Over a Hacker Attack

Germany recalled its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations in Berlin following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party.

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From Warnings to Action: Preparing America’s Infrastructure for Imminent Cyber Threats

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, America cannot afford complacency. The time for decisive action and enhanced cyber resilience is now.

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US Releases International Cyberspace Strategy

The US calls for international engagement towards building an open, inclusive, resilient, safe, and equitable digital space.

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Novel TunnelVision Attack Against Impacts Virtually All VPN Apps Through DHCP Server Manipulation

The TunnelVision attack is a newly discovered method that can compromise the security of most Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications by diverting traffic away from the encrypted tunnel, exposing it to potential interception.

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Russian Operator of BTC-e Crypto Exchange Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

A Russian operator of a now-dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges from 2011 to 2017.
Alexander Vinnik, 44, was charged in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece in July 2017. He was subsequently extradited to the U.S. in August 2022. Vinnik and his co-conspirators have been accused of owning and managing

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WordPress Plugin Exploit Impacts Over 90,000 Websites

The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, is a SQL injection flaw that allows attackers to execute unauthorized SQL queries and potentially compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the WordPress database.

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Mastodon Delays Firm Fix to Solve Link Preview DDoS Issue

Mastodon delayed a firm fix for link preview DDoS issues, pushing it back to version 4.4.0 from the expected 4.3.0 release. The issue arises from the decentralized nature of Mastodon, where link previews generate excessive traffic on host servers.

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Citrix Addresses High-Severity NetScaler Servers Flaw

Citrix appears to have quietly addressed a vulnerability in its NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances that gave remote, unauthenticated attackers a way to obtain potentially sensitive information from the memory of affected systems.

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MITRE Hack: China-Linked Group Breached Systems in December 2023

MITRE has shared more details on the recent hack, including the new malware involved in the attack and a timeline of the attacker’s activities.

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NATO and the EU Formally Condemned APT28 Cyber Espionage

The nation-state actor APT28 exploited the zero-day flaw CVE-2023-23397 in attacks against European entities since April 2022. The Russia-linked APT also targeted NATO entities and Ukrainian government agencies.

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