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Dozens of Organizations Targeted by Akira Ransomware Ionut Arghire
The Akira ransomware operators claim to have compromised 63 organizations since March 2023, mostly SMBs. The post Dozens of Organizations Targeted by Akira Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Russian Cybersecurity Firm Founder Jailed for 14 Years AFP
Russia has sentenced Ilya Sachkov, co-founder of the Group-IB cybersecurity firm, to 14 years in prison on treason charges. The post Russian Cybersecurity Firm Founder Jailed for 14 Years appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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How to avoid LinkedIn phishing attacks in the enterprise
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Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts 900k MikroTik Devices Ionut Arghire
Over 900,000 devices are impacted by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS. The post Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts 900k MikroTik Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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CISO Conversations: Field CISOs From VMware Carbon Black and NetSPI Kevin Townsend
SecurityWeek talks to Field CISOs, Fawaz Rasheed (VMware Carbon Black) and Nabil Hannan (NetSPI), about this emerging role. The post CISO Conversations: Field CISOs From VMware Carbon Black and NetSPI appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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The Alarming Rise of Infostealers: How to Detect this Silent Threat [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A new study conducted by Uptycs has uncovered a stark increase in the distribution of information stealing (a.k.a. infostealer or stealer) malware. Incidents have more than doubled in Q1 2023, indicating an alarming trend that threatens global organizations. According to the new Uptycs’ whitepaper, Stealers are Organization Killers, a variety of new info stealers have emerged…
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Fenix Cybercrime Group Poses as Tax Authorities to Target Latin American Users [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Tax-paying individuals in Mexico and Chile have been targeted by a Mexico-based cybercrime group that goes by the name Fenix to breach targeted networks and steal valuable data. A key hallmark of the operation entails cloning official portals of the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) in Mexico and the Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII) in Chile and…
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New AI Tool ‘FraudGPT’ Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Following the footsteps of WormGPT, threat actors are advertising yet another cybercrime generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool dubbed FraudGPT on various dark web marketplaces and Telegram channels. “This is an AI bot, exclusively targeted for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, etc.,” Netenrich security researcher Rakesh Krishnan Read More
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Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users’ Cryptocurrency Wallets [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A new malware family called Realst has become the latest to target Apple macOS systems, with a third of the samples already designed to infect macOS 14 Sonoma, the upcoming major release of the operating system. Written in the Rust programming language, the malware is distributed in the form of bogus blockchain games and is capable of…
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Critical MikroTik RouterOS Vulnerability Exposes Over Half a Million Devices to Hacking [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A severe privilege escalation issue impacting MikroTik RouterOS could be weaponized by remote malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and seize full control of vulnerable devices. Cataloged as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), the shortcoming is expected to put approximately 500,000 and 900,000 RouterOS systems at risk of exploitation via their web and/or Winbox interfaces, respectively,Read More