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Andra Andrioaie

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Hi! My name is Andra and I am a passionate writer interested in a variety of topics. I am curious about the cybersecurity world and what I want to achieve through what I write is to keep you curious too!

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Andra Andrioaie's Recent Articles

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Watch Out! You Might Get Hacked When Copy-Pasting Commands from Webpages

The Command You Copy Might Not Be the Same as the Command You Paste.

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Aged Domains: the Silent Danger to Cybersecurity

New Research Shows Why Dormant Domains Are More Risky than Newly Registered Ones.

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Watch Out! RedLine Malware Steals Your Password from the Browser

RedLine Targets Chrome, Opera and Edge.

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Comprehensive Phishing Study Shows Who Is More Prone to Fall Victim to Phishing Attacks

The Study Shows the Necessity of E-mail Security Solutions.

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A List of Vulnerable Products to the Log4j Vulnerability

Details on What Vendor Products Are Impacted by This Flaw.

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MikroTik Routers: A Target for Threat Actors

MikoTik Devices Are Both Vulnerable and Complex, Being a Popular Target Among Hackers.

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Misconfigured Kafdrop Instances Lead to Sensitive Data Exposure for Many Companies

Cloud Data of Some of the Biggest Companies in the World Are Exposed Due to Misconfigured Kafdrop.

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Reply-Chain Email Cyberattacks Hit Ikea's Email Systems

Hackers Steal Legitimate Corporate Emails in a New Wave of Phishing Attacks.

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CronRAT, the New Linux RAT that Keeps a Low Profile

It Goes Undetected by Antivirus Software.

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30% of Android Smartphones Impacted by Mediatek Vulnerabilities

Three of Them Were Patched in October, the Fourth Will Have Security Updates in December.

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Vestas Cyberattack Makes The Company Shut Down Its IT Systems

The Company Is in the Process of Restoring Its IT Systems.

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Application Whitelisting: Definition, Types, and Best Practices

The Smart Way to Implement Application Whitelisting into Your Defense Strategy.

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Glitch Platform Abused by Phishing Hackers

They Use the Glitch’s Free Version to Host Malicious URLs on the Well-Known Service.

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Files Within Password-Protected WinRAR Archives Locked by New Memento Ransomware Group

The Memento Threat Actor Group Has Chosen a Distinct Technique.

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Fake Ransomware Attacks Targeted WordPress Sites

A False Wave of Ransomware Attacks Requested Website Owners to Pay a Ransom in Bitcoin.

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Hacking Group Has PS5 Root Encryption Keys

A Threat Actor Group Claimed to Have the Root Encryption Keys for PlayStation 5.

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New Malware Dubbed AbstractEmu Goes Undetected

It Roots Android Devices and Has Detection Evasion Capabilities.

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Free Decrypters Available Now for AtomSilo, Babuk, and LockFile Ransomware

The Ransomware Strains Have Now Corresponding Free Decrypters.

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70% of WiFi Networks Cracked by Researcher to Show Their Lack of Security

5,000 Network Hashes Were Targeted for Research Purposes.

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The Discovery of a Polygon Vulnerability Rewarded with a Prize to the Tune of $2 Million

A Researcher Was Rewarded with $2 Million for the Critical Flaw He Found in Polygon.

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Webhards and Torrents: the New Channels for RAT Malware Propagation in Korea

A New Campaign Distributing RAT Malware Through Webhards Wreaks Havoc Out There.

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Network Computing Awards 2021: Heimdal™ Wins Best Cloud-Delivered Security Solution

We Also Secured the Second Place in the Product of the Year Category.

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Virtual Global Anti-Ransomware Event Takes Place This Week

Russia and China Were Not Invited.

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Hackers Exploit OpenSea Bug to Perform Crypto Wallets Theft

Hackers Could Upload an NFT Art There, Compromised with Malicious Code.

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Undercover FBI Agent Reveals Espionage Plans of Nuclear Engineer

The Nuclear Engineer and His Wife Were Arrested.

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Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover Bug Leads to the Leakage of 100K Windows Credentials

The Improper Implementation of the Autodiscover Protocol Is the Cause.

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