Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacies? And what’s the latest on the heart-breaking hack of Finnish therapy clinic Vastaamo? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast […]
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Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to deliver a cryptocurrency miner and spawn a reverse shell for persistent remote access. “The attackers leverage these tools to issue exploit code, taking advantage of common misconfigurations and […]
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Graham CLULEY March 06, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial Ukraine claims to have successfully hacked Russian military servers and gained access to highly sensitive information. According to an official statement from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the hack has allowed Ukraine to gain possession of “the information […]
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The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. “ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates,” security researcher Fabian Wosar said. “It is blatantly obvious when you check the source code of the […]
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The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant. The investigative technique goes back years. Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over […]
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Chinese mini PC manufacturer ACEMAGIC (do I really have to write that in capitals? I hate it when companies name themselves like that…) has made life a bit more interesting for its customers, by admitting that it has also been throwing in free malware with its products. Yup, the PC maker has ‘fessed up to […]
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Every Google Workspace administrator knows how quickly Google Drive becomes a messy sprawl of loosely shared confidential information. This isn’t anyone’s fault; it’s inevitable as your productivity suite is purposefully designed to enable real-time collaboration – both internally and externally. For Security & Risk Management teams, the untenable risk of any Google Drive footprint lies […]
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The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Alliance for their role in “developing, operating, and distributing” commercial spyware designed to target government officials, journalists, and policy experts in the country. “The proliferation of commercial spyware poses distinct and growing security risks […]
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