“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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North Korean Hackers Target Freelance Developers in Job Scam to Deploy Malware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families known as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. The activity, linked to North Korea, has been codenamed DeceptiveDevelopment, which overlaps with clusters tracked under the names Contagious Interview (aka CL-STA-0240), DEV#POPPER, Famous Chollima,Read More
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Chinese-Linked Attackers Exploit Check Point Flaw to Deploy ShadowPad and Ransomware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A previously unknown threat activity cluster targeted European organizations, particularly those in the healthcare sector, to deploy PlugX and its successor, ShadowPad, with the intrusions ultimately leading to deployment of a ransomware called NailaoLocker in some cases. The campaign, codenamed Green Nailao by Orange Cyberdefense CERT, involved the exploitation of a new-patched security flawRead More
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PCI DSS 4.0 Mandates DMARC By 31st March 2025 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The payment card industry has set a critical deadline for businesses handling cardholder data or processing payments- by March 31, 2025, DMARC implementation will be mandatory! This requirement highlights the importance of preventative measures against email fraud, domain spoofing, and phishing in the financial space. This is not an optional requirement as non-compliance may result…
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Cybercriminals Use Eclipse Jarsigner to Deploy XLoader Malware via ZIP Archives [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A malware campaign distributing the XLoader malware has been observed using the DLL side-loading technique by making use of a legitimate application associated with the Eclipse Foundation. “The legitimate application used in the attack, jarsigner, is a file created during the installation of the IDE package distributed by the Eclipse Foundation,” the AhnLab SEcurity Intelligence…
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Microsoft’s End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now [email protected] (The Hacker News)
For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchange for seamless internal and external communication, often integrating it deeply with their workflows, compliance policies and security frameworksRead More
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What is Transport Layer Security (TLS)?
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Penetration testing vs. vulnerability scanning: What’s the difference?
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What is a checksum?
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Citrix Releases Security Fix for NetScaler Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler Agent that could lead to privilege escalation under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12284, has been given a CVSS v4 score of 8.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 It has been described as a case…
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Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Power Pages Privilege Escalation Vulnerability [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft has released security updates to address two Critical-rated flaws impacting Bing and Power Pages, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) – Microsoft Bing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2) – Microsoft Power Pages Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability…
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