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Japanese game and anime publisher reportedly pays $3 million ransom to Russia-linked hackers
/in General NewsKadokawa, known for manga, anime and video games, appears to have made an extortion payment to cybercriminals, according to Kyodo News.
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Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous
/in General NewsAI creates what it’s told to, from plucking fanciful evidence from thin air, to arbitrarily removing people’s rights, to sowing doubt over public misdeeds.
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Iran-Linked IOCONTROL Malware Targets SCADA and Linux-Based IoT Platforms
/in General NewsIran-affiliated threat actors have been linked to a new custom malware that’s geared toward IoT and operational technology (OT) environments in Israel and the United States.
The malware has been codenamed IOCONTROL by OT cybersecurity company Claroty, highlighting its ability to attack IoT and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices such as IP cameras, routers, programmable
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Rydox Cybercrime Marketplace Disrupted, Administrators Arrested
/in General NewsThe US announced the takedown of Rydox, a marketplace for stolen personal information, and the arrest of three administrators.
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Microsoft Patches Vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, Update Catalog
/in General NewsMicrosoft has patched potentially critical vulnerabilities in Update Catalog and Windows Defender on the server side.
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Iranian Hackers Use IOCONTROL Malware to Target OT, IoT Devices in US, Israel
/in General NewsThe Iranian threat group CyberAv3ngers has used custom-built malware named IOCONTROL to target IoT and OT devices in the US and Israel.
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New Linux Rootkit PUMAKIT Uses Advanced Stealth Techniques to Evade Detection
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide files and directories, and conceal itself from system tools, while simultaneously evading detection.
“PUMAKIT is a sophisticated loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit that employs advanced stealth mechanisms to hide its presence and maintain communication with
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As the Mastermind of Far-Right ‘Active Clubs’ Goes to Prison, His Violent Movement Goes Global
/in General NewsThe white supremacist Robert Rundo faces years in prison. But the “Active Club” network he helped create has proliferated in countries around the world, from Eastern Europe to South America.
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FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized
/in General NewsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox (“rydox.ru” and “rydox[.]cc”) for selling stolen personal information, access devices, and other tools for conducting cybercrime and fraud.
In tandem, three Kosovo nationals and administrators of the service, Ardit Kutleshi, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Shpend Sokoli, have been arrested. Ardit
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‘Dubai Police’ Lures Anchor Wave of UAE Mobile Attacks
/in General NewsA sophisticated social engineering cybercrime campaign bent on financial gain was observed being run from Tencent servers in Singapore.
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