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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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FOID Website Breach Attempt: Hackers Tried to Access Private Data

The Illinois State Police Took the Necessary Measures.

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Linux Blackmatter Ransomware Variant Poses a Threat to VMware ESXi Servers

Threat Actors Developed a Linux Encryptor That Runs Different Commands to Compromise the Virtual Machine.

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INFRA:HALT Vulnerabilities Affect NicheStack: Industrial Devices Compromised

14 Bugs Target TCP/IP Stack Used by Multiple Industrial Suppliers.

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BazaCall Is Not Gone: the Malicious Campaign Goes on with Its Activity

The Threat Seems More Dangerous This Time as It Can Move Faster Within a Network.

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FatalRAT in Full Play: the New Trojan that Targets Telegram

Telegram Is Hit Again by Malware: FatalRAT Gathers Sensitive Data.

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EA Data Leakage Following Unsuccessful Extortion Endeavor

EA’s Previous Stolen Information Is Now in Plain Sight on Torrent Websites.

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Russia’s SVR WellMess Malware Is Seemingly Still in the Game

New Report Revealed Three Dozen Command and Control Additional Servers Being Active and Identified as Related to APT29, Despite U.S. President’s Warning on Russian Cyberattacks.

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Hackers Could Get Windows Admin Privileges Through a Remote Print Server

Exploitation of Windows Print Spooler Goes On with One More Discovery.

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PetitPotam Vulnerability Lets Hackers Fully Take Over Windows Domains

A New Security Flaw Was Discovered in Windows Domains: Hackers Could Perform a NTLM Relay Attack by Targeting the MS-EFSRPC API Function.

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DNS Global Outage Affected Websites and Online Services

Websites Around the World Were Down Due to Some DNS Errors Related to Akamai.

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NPM Malware Poses a Threat to Passwords in Google Chrome

Hidden Script Found in NPM Packages Steals Credentials via the Google Chrome Recovery Tool.

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Hackers Might Gain Admin Rights Through a 16-years-old Vulnerability

Printer Driver Bug in Samsung, Xerox and HP Devices Could Lead to Local Elevation of Privileges.

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Four Members of APT40 Indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice

Chinese-based Hacking Gang Faces Charges Following Multiple Cybercrimes.

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Campbell Data Breach Leads to Private Information Exposure

Law U.S. Company Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. Announced in a Press Release a Ransomware Attack that Targeted Its Clients in February 2021.

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Forefront Dermatology Data Breach Affects 2.4 Million Patients

A New Cyberattack Now Targets the Forefront Dermatology S.C. Wisconsin-based Company. Patients’ Credentials Stolen and Many More.

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Hackers Could Locally Exploit a New Windows Spooler Vulnerability

The Windows Spooler Saga Goes On with One More Hit: CVE-2021-34481 Targets Locally Exploitation of System Privileges.

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DevilsTongue Spyware Targets Windows Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

A New Malware Linked to an Israeli-based Company Targets Zero-Day Flaws in Windows Systems: DevilsTongue Spyware in Plain Sight

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Romanian Cryptojacking Gang Targets Linux-machines with Weak Passwords

If You Have a Linux-based Machine and You Know that Strong Passwords Are Not Your “Strong” Point, Then You May Be the Next Victim!

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Ransomware Campaign Poses a Threat to EOL 8.x Firmware: SonicWall Security Notification Released

New SonicWall Security Notification Points Out to a Ransomware Risk that Targets Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) Devices.

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Ring Doorbell Encryption Now Provided by Amazon

Amazon Has Listened to the Ceaseless Requests on Encrypting Its Ring Doorbell Video and Audio Traffic and Now Has Launched End-to-End Encryption (E2EE).

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CISA Emergency Directive Points Out to PrintNightmare: Federal Agencies Required to Take Immediate Action

CISA Has Issued Emergency Directive 21-04 to Ask U.S. Federal Agencies to Immediately Apply All Microsoft Updates to Mitigate PrintNightmare.

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WildPressure Campaign Goes On With One More Hit: Mac Malware Version Targets Mac OS Systems

Mac OS Systems Are Targeted by an Upgrade of Milum, the Trojan that Gained Popularity In the Middle East Oil & Gas Industry in 2019.

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15 Philips Vue Vulnerabilities Might Lead to Full Takeover of the Devices

CISA Has Recently Informed Enterprises in an Advisory About 15 Philips Vue Vulnerabilities That Can Be Found in the Healthcare Products of Philips Vue PACS.

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Microsoft’s KB5004945 Security Update for PrintNightmare Has Side Effects: Now Zebra Printers Crash

Microsoft 6th July Updates Make Zebra Printers Stop Working. Users Need to Uninstall Them to Use the Printing Machines.

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Court Order Bars Threat Actors From Revealing Stolen Data

Londonese Barristers’ Chambers Gets a Privacy Injunction to Foil Hackers From Revealing Stolen Data During Ransomware Cyberattack.

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PrintNightmare Still in the Game: Patches That Do Not Fix the Issue and Other Updates

Researchers Proved That Microsoft 6th July Security Updates Do Not Really Solve the PrintNightmare Issue. Other Solution Is Offered Via a Free Micropatch by 0patch.

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New WD Zero-Day Affects Western Digital Products That Support My Cloud OS 3

Security Researchers Discovered New Flaw in the Western Digital Products. After the Massive-Wipe on the My Book Live Devices, Now NAS Devices Supporting OS 3 Are Targets To New WD Zero-Day.

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