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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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FinTech Company Impacted by Log4j Says No to Paying the Ransom

A Vulnerable Version of the Known Log4Shell Allowed Hackers to Breach the Firm’s System.

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Watch Out! RedLine Malware Steals Your Password from the Browser

RedLine Targets Chrome, Opera and Edge.

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An Increased Wave of eCh0raix Ransomware Attacks Hits QNAP NAS Devices

Threat Actors Intensified Their Activity Before Christmas.

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Zoho Zero-Day Exploited by State Threat Actors Since October, FBI Says

The Flaw Is Located in the Zoho’s ManageEngine Desktop Central Servers and Companies Are Advised to Apply the Existent Patch ASAP.

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Facebook Aka Meta Bans Seven Spy-For-Hire Entities

The Global Surveillance-for-Hire Industry Follows Intelligence Collection and Devices Compromising and Manipulation, Meta Says.

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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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Volvo Cars Data Breach Results in Theft of Proprietary Information

Volvo Acknowledged That Its Servers Were Breached.

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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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Hikvision Video Systems Targeted by Moobot Botnet

A New Variant of Mirai Botnet Emerges.

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QNAP NAS Devices Targeted Now by Another Cryptocurrency Mining Malware

The Company Released an Alert About a New Bitcoin Miner.

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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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Researchers Reveal More Details About SideCopy, the Pakistani Threat Actor Group

Indian and Afghan Governments Were Targeted By This Malicious Group.

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Planned Parenthood LA Impacted by Ransomware Attack that Led to Data Breach

Patients’ Personal Information Was Exposed.

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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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Data Stealing Malware Impacts More Than 9M Android Devices

Malware Hidden in Android Applications Can Exfiltrate Your Data!

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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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RedCurl Makes a Comeback: They Also Have Updated Hacking Tools

RedCurl APT Group Returns and Seems to Be More Powerful.

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6M Sky Routers Vulnerable to Cyberattacks for Near 18 Months

It Seems That It Took Almost 1.5 Years to the Company to Update the Impacted Routers.

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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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SharkBot Android Trojan Steals Banking and Crypto Accounts

The Botnet Abuses the Device Accessibility Services Getting Access to Sensitive Banking Info.

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A New Europol Report Says That High Profile Targets Were the Focus of Ransomware Groups

Hackers Targeted in the Past Year Big Companies and Government Institutions.

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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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