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Collaboration Needed to Fight Ransomware
/in General NewsA global proactive and collaborative approach to cybersecurity, not just in public/private partnerships, is key to fighting back against increasingly professional ransomware gangs.
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Supply Chain Attack: Major Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor
/in General NewsUrgent security alerts issued as malicious code was found embedded in the XZ Utils data compression library used in many Linux distributions.
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DinodasRAT Malware Targets Linux Servers in Espionage Campaign
/in General NewsWhen executed, the Linux variant of DinodasRAT creates a hidden file in the directory where its binary resides, which acts as a mutex to prevent multiple instances from running on the infected device.
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OMB Issues First Governmentwide AI Risk Mitigation Rules
/in General NewsU.S. federal agencies have until December to implement a series of safeguards that aim to ensure the government is responsibly using artificial intelligence, the White House ordered Thursday.
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Detecting Windows-based Malware Through Better Visibility
/in General NewsDespite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren’t just an inconvenience that hurt businesses and end users – they damage the economy, endanger lives, destroy businesses and put national security at risk. But if that wasn’t enough – North Korea appears to be using revenue from cyber
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Activision Recommends Users Enable 2FA to Secure Accounts Recently Stolen by Malware
/in General NewsAn infostealer malware campaign has apparently collected millions of logins from users of various gaming websites, including players that use cheats and pay-to-cheat services.
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British Nuclear Site Sellafield to be Prosecuted for Cybersecurity Failures
/in General NewsThe UK’s independent nuclear safety regulator has announced that it will be prosecuting the company managing the Sellafield nuclear site over “alleged information technology security offenses during a four year period between 2019 and early 2023.”
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Malicious Apps Caught Secretly Turning Android Phones into Proxies for Cybercriminals
/in General NewsSeveral malicious Android apps that turn mobile devices running the operating system into residential proxies (RESIPs) for other threat actors have been observed on the Google Play Store.
The findings come from HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence team, which said the cluster of VPN apps came fitted with a Golang library that transformed the user’s device into a proxy node without their knowledge.
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Israeli LGBTQ Dating App Atraf Faces Data Leak, 700,000 Users Affected
/in General NewsAtraf, a popular Israeli LGBTQ dating app, has suffered a major data breach exposing the personal information of over half a million users. Leaked data includes cleartext passwords and payment card data.
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Report: 17 Billion Personal Records Exposed in Data Breaches in 2023
/in General NewsReported data breach incidents rose by 34.5% in 2023, with over 17 billion personal records compromised throughout the year, according to Flashpoint’s 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report.
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