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Operation Morpheus took down 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by threat actors
/in General NewsThe international law enforcement operation, Operation Morpheus, led to the takedown of 593 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals. This action was a collaborative effort involving multiple countries and private partners.
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384,000 sites pull code from sketchy code library recently bought by Chinese firm
/in General NewsOver 384,000 websites, including those of major companies and government entities, are still linking to the polyfill[.]io code library that was recently acquired by a Chinese firm and used to perform a supply chain attack.
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Cyber Extortion Soars: SMBs Hit Four Times Harder
/in General NewsThe Cy-Xplorer 2024 report by Orange Cyberdefense reveals a significant rise in cyber extortion, with 60 ransomware groups affecting 4374 victims from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024. SMBs are targeted 4.2 times more than larger enterprises.
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Infostealer malware logs used to identify child abuse website members
/in General NewsResearchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group analyzed infostealer malware logs captured between February 2021 and February 2024. They cross-referenced the credentials with 20 known CSAM domains, identifying 3,324 unique username-password pairs.
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Hackers abused API to verify millions of Authy MFA phone numbers
/in General NewsTwilio has confirmed that an unsecured API endpoint allowed threat actors to access phone numbers of millions of Authy multi-factor authentication users, potentially making them vulnerable to SMS phishing and SIM swapping attacks.
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Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy User Phone Numbers
/in General NewsTwilio has confirmed a data breach after hackers leaked 33 million phone numbers associated with the Authy app.
The post Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy User Phone Numbers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Brazil Halts Meta’s AI Data Processing Amid Privacy Concerns
/in General NewsBrazil’s data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), has temporarily banned Meta from processing users’ personal data to train the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
The ANPD said it found “evidence of processing of personal data based on inadequate legal hypothesis, lack of transparency, limitation of the rights of data subjects, and risks to
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Global Police Operation Shuts Down 600 Cybercrime Servers Linked to Cobalt Strike
/in General NewsA coordinated law enforcement operation codenamed MORPHEUS has felled close to 600 servers that were used by cybercriminal groups and were part of an attack infrastructure associated with the Cobalt Strike.
The crackdown targeted older, unlicensed versions of the Cobalt Strike red teaming framework between June 24 and 28, according to Europol.
Of the 690 IP addresses that were flagged to
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Twilio’s Authy App Breach Exposes Millions of Phone Numbers
/in General NewsCloud communications provider Twilio has revealed that unidentified threat actors took advantage of an unauthenticated endpoint in Authy to identify data associated with Authy accounts, including users’ cell phone numbers.
The company said it took steps to secure the endpoint to no longer accept unauthenticated requests.
The development comes days after an online persona named ShinyHunters
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Any IoT Device Can Be Hacked, Even Grills
/in General NewsResearchers uncover a way to hack the summer cookout — but firmware updates will stop that grilled meat (or tofu) from turning into an inedible mess.
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