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Alleged TrickBot Developer Arrested

A Russian That Presumably Worked for the TrickBot Malware Gang Was Recently Arrested in South Korea.

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Russia Blamed by Germany for Alleged Parliament Cyberattack

Germany Accuses Russia of Hacking the German Parliament Before the Federal Elections this Month. The Same Thing Happened in 2015.

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Chainsaw - the New Tool That Helps Incident Responding Teams

The New Tool Can Be Used to Speed Up Searching Through Windows Event Log Records in Order to Identify Threats.

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Netgear Tackles Severe Security Vulnerabilities Impacting Several of Its Smart Switches

The Security Bugs Could Be Exploited by an Attacker to Gain Complete Control of a Vulnerable Device.

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What Are Ransomware Operators Looking For?

Security Researchers Have Recently Revealed the Profile of the Ideal Ransomware Victim.

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We Could Start Seeing Hurricane Ida-related Investment Scams

Investors Are Warned to Be Very Careful Regarding Any Potential Investment Scams Related to Hurricane Ida.

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Conti Ransomware Is Now Using ProxyShell Exploits to Compromise Exchange Servers

ProxyShell Allows Unauthenticated, Remote Code Execution on Vulnerable Servers that Haven’t Been Mended.

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Windows 11 Alpha-Themed Docs Are Used to Deliver a New Malware

The New Malware Uses a Windows 11 Theme to Lure Recipients Into Activating Malicious Code.

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The Full Source Code for the Babuk Ransomware Published on a Russian Hacker Forum

The Source Code Was Leaked by a Babuk Developer Who Was Diagnosed With Lung Cancer.

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Hackers Actively Exploit Critical Vulnerability Found in Atlassian Confluence

The Flaw Was Recently Patched for the Impacted Versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center.

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WhatsApp Will Appeal the $266 Million Fine It Received

WhatsApp Was Fined by the Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) of Ireland for Failing to Notify Users and Non-users About What It Does With the Users’ Personal Data.

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Food and Agricultural Sector Appealing for the Ransomware Actors, FBI Warns

According to the FBI’s Notice, Food and Agriculture Companies Suffer Serious Financial Loss Due to the Ransom Payments.

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Software Company Autodesk Also Targeted by the Hackers Behind the SolarWinds Attack

Autodesk Confirmed They Were One of the Targeted Companies by the Russian State Hackers.

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FTC Bans Spyfone From Surveillance Business

Spyfone Was Banned as It Failed to Protect Customers’ Devices From Hackers.

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LockBit Leaked Data Belonging to Bangkok Airways

Bangkok Airways Confirmed Being a Victim of a Cyberattack that Compromised Personal Data of Passengers.

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700k French Individuals Had Their Covid Test Results Leaked Online

Personal Information, Contact Details, and Social Security Numbers Have Also Been Publicly Available.

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Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework Vulnerabilities Affect Over 1 Million WordPress Websites

The Plugin Offers Multiple Templates and Building Blocks for Creating Web Pages Within WordPress’ Gutenberg Editor.

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Parliamentary Panel: VPN Apps Shield Cybercriminals

The Committee Believes VPN Services Are a Threat to Counter Cyber Threats and Other Malicious Activities.

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NY Credit Union Employee Deletes 21GB of Data in Retaliation for Being Fired

Credit Union Has Spent More than $10,000 in Remediating the Destruction of Data.

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The Leaked Data File Containing Details About the Guntrader Customers Has Been Shared

Criminals Could’ve Been Able to Find the UK Gun Owners’ Home Addresses on Google Earth.

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Patients at DuPage Medical Group May Have Had Their Data Compromised Following a Cyberattack

Names, Addresses, and Dates of Birth of 600,000 Individuals May Have Been Exposed In a July Cyberattack.

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Ransomware Attacks Happening More on Holidays and Weekends

FBI and CISA Are Urging Organizations to Make Sure They Have Good Defense Capabilities in Place.

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Coinbase Customers Scared After 2FA Change Notifications Were Sent By Mistake

The Incident Appeared to Suggest that There Had Been a Severe Security Breach.

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CISA Advises Users to Not Use Single-factor Authentication on Internet-exposed Systems

Single-factor Authentication Was Added by CISA to a List of Cybersecurity Bad Practices.

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Technical Flaw Led to Canada Accepting Thousands of Immigration Applications

IRCC Is Currently Processing Additional Applications to Ensure the 7,300 Candidates Are Not Penalized Because of a System Flaw.

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Cream Finance Deprived of over $29 million in Cryptocurrency Assets

Exploiting the Flash Loan Hackers Were Able to Perform a Reentrancy Attack.

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