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New Bugs Found in Dell SupportAssist 

The Dell SupportAssist Vulnerabilities Discovered Were Allowing Attackers to Remotely Execute Code in the BIOS of the Impacted Devices.

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Atlassian Domain Flaws Could Have Led to Data Leakage and Account Control with Just One-click Exploit

A Research Conducted by Security Analysts Indicated Some Atlassian Domain Flaws That Could Have Led to Account Full Takeover.

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Brokerage Companies Alerted by FINRA of Ongoing Phishing Campaign

The Campaign Involves Bogus Emails which Seem to be from “FINRA SUPPORT” with the Email Address support@westour.org.

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A Concerning Number of Third-Party Libraries From Apps Are Never Updated

Third-party Libraries Are Rarely Updated After Being Included in a Codebase, Even Though in Most Cases the Libraries Can Be Relatively Easily Updated.

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Corporate and Government Customers’ Data Exposed by DNS Vulnerabilities

A New Category of DNS Bugs in AWS Route53 and Other DNS-as-a-service Offerings Divulge Enterprises and Government Agencies Private Data.

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BazaCall Malware Campaign: the New Path to Introducing Malware Came to Microsoft’s Attention

Microsoft Revealed that They Are Currently Following a BazaCall Malware Campaign. This Is a New Method by Which Hackers Make Way for Cyberattacks.

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An Unpatched Flaw Existing in Linux Pling Store Apps Might Lead to Supply-Chain Attacks

The Critical Vulnerability Seems to be Affecting Pling-Based Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) Marketplaces for the Linux Platform.

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Grupo Fleury Becomes the Latest Victim of a REvil Ransomware Attack

The Company Has Declared that Following the Attack No Data Was Leaked.

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South and Central Asian Government Organizations and Power Companies Suffer a ReverseRat Backdoor Attack

Asian Power Enterprises and Government Organizations Were Targeted by a ReverseRat Backdoor Attack. It Is Said that a Pakistan-linked Hacker Is Behind It.

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VMware Fixes Severe Carbon Black App Control Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2021-21998 Flaw Is an Authentication Bypass Impacting VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC) versions 8.0, 8.1, 8.5 before 8.5.8, and 8.6 before 8.6.2.

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Conti Ransomware Leaks Police Citations and Forces the City of Tulsa to Issue a Data Breach Warning

Tulsa Suffered a Ransomware Attack Leading to the City Shutting Down its Network in Order to Prevent the Spread of the Malware.

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Brave Launches Its Own Privacy-Focused Search Engine

The Company Aims to Bring an Alternative for Users to Find the Information They Want on the Web Without Giving Up Their Personal Data.

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Malicious PyPI Packages Used to Mine Cryptocurrency

The Packages Found in the PyPI Repository for Python Projects Were Turning the Developers’ Workstations into Cryptomining Machines.

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Enterprise Space Might Offer Significant Growth Potential for the Singaporean Company MyRepublic

MyRepublic Representatives Say the Company Plans to Elevate Its Service Offering for the Enterprise Sector to Incorporate Cybersecurity.

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The SonicWall Bug Was Only Partially Fixed

The CVE-2020-5135 Vulnerability Was Believed to Be Patched, but It Seems that the Vulnerability Was Not Properly Patched Until Now.

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Heimdal™ Security Discovers New Cryptocurrency Scam Campaign

Our Algorithms and Analysts have Investigated and Found New Infected Domains from the Same Campaign.

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On Average, It Takes 205 Days to Patch Up Severe Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities, a New Study Shows

Specialists Have Discovered that Businesses in the Utility Sector Had the Highest Exposure Window With their Application Vulnerabilities.

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​Ever101 Ransomware Payment Traced to A Sensual Massage Website

The Threat Actors Used the Tip Jar Feature to Launder the Ransom by Making It Look Like A Tip to A Masseuse.

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Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID App Forcedly Installed by Google

Users Are Unable to Remove the App as They Cannot Open It or Find it in the Google Play Store.

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OnlyFans, Twitter Users Banned for Leaking BDSM Video of City Council Candidate

“It’s Definitely a Violation of Trust,” the 26-year-old Man Said.

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Georgia-based Fertility Clinic Hit with Ransomware Attack

Fertility Clinic Representatives Say Names, Social Security Numbers, Laboratory Results, and Other Private Data May Have Been Compromised.

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Data Leak Marketplace Is Pressuring Victims

Marketo Data Theft Marketplace Started to Email the Victims’ Competitors in an Attempt to Offer Samples of The Stolen Data And Entice Them Into Purchasing It.

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Opera VPN, VyprVPN Classified as Threats and Banned in Russia

Last Week, Russia’s Telecommunications Watchdog, Roskomnadzor, Banned the Use of the Two VPN Services, Classifying Them as Threats.

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North Korean Hackers' New Hit: KAERI VPN Vulnerability Puts in Danger Internal Network

A System Flaw Makes Way for Data Breach at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. The Agency Confirmed That a KAERI VPN Vulnerability Allowed Hackers to Take Advantage of the Internal System.

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Sensitive ADATA Files Published Online Following a Ragnar Locker Ransomware Attack

The Electronics Maker Decided Not to Pay the Ransom and Restored the Impacted Systems on Its Own.

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Tracking Vulnerability Fixed on Tor Browser

Tor Browser 10.0.18 Was Released in Order to Fix Numerous Bugs, Including a Vulnerability That Allows Sites to Track Users by Fingerprinting Applications Installed on Their Devices.

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HBO Max Mistakenly Sends Out "Integration Test" Email

The Streaming Service Blamed an Intern for the Strange Situation.

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Vigilante Malware Rejects Software Pirates and Blocks Them

Between October 2020 – January 2021, Numerous Software Downloads Blocked Users from Visiting Websites That Host Pirated Versions of Video Games.

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A New Study Shows that Organizations Are Willing to Pay a Ransom Demand

More than 50% of Companies Have Declared They Would Make a Payment in the Event of a Successful Ransomware Attack.

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A Massive Data Breach Hit Carnival Cruise

The Largest Ship Operator Issued a Data Misuse Risk Warning.

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