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New Aquabot Botnet Exploits CVE-2024-41710 in Mitel Phones for DDoS Attacks

A Mirai botnet variant dubbed Aquabot has been observed actively attempting to exploit a medium-severity security flaw impacting Mitel phones in order to ensnare them into a network capable of mounting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-41710 (CVSS score: 6.8), a case of command injection in the boot process that could […]

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Smashing Security podcast #402: Hackers get hacked, the British Museum IT shutdown, and social media kidnaps

What happens when eager computer enthusiasts unknowingly download a trojanized hacking tool and find themselves on the wrong side of cybersecurity? A former employee’s actions led to chaos and raise urgent questions about the security of cultural treasures. And join us as we explore the alarming trend of social media influencers staging fake kidnappings. All […]

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Lazarus Group Uses React-Based Admin Panel to Control Global Cyber Attacks

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging a “web-based administrative platform” to oversee its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, giving the adversary the ability to centrally supervise all aspects of their campaigns. “Each C2 server hosted a web-based administrative platform, built with a React application and a Node.js API,” SecurityScorecard’s […]

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ExxonMobil Lobbyist Caught Hacking Climate Activists

The Department of Justice is investigating a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil for hacking the phones of climate activists: The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, according to a lawyer representing the U.S. government. The firm, in turn, was allegedly working on behalf of one of the world’s largest oil and gas […]

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AI in Cybersecurity: What’s Effective and What’s Not – Insights from 200 Experts

Curious about the buzz around AI in cybersecurity? Wonder if it’s just a shiny new toy in the tech world or a serious game changer? Let’s unpack this together in a not-to-be-missed webinar that goes beyond the hype to explore the real impact of AI on cybersecurity. Join Ravid Circus, a seasoned pro in cybersecurity […]

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New SLAP & FLOP Attacks Expose Apple M-Series Chips to Speculative Execution Exploits

A team of security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has demonstrated two new side-channel attacks targeting Apple silicon that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Google Chrome. The attacks have been codenamed Data Speculation Attacks via Load Address Prediction on Apple Silicon (SLAP) […]

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How Interlock Ransomware Infects Healthcare Organizations

Ransomware attacks have reached an unprecedented scale in the healthcare sector, exposing vulnerabilities that put millions at risk. Recently, UnitedHealth revealed that 190 million Americans had their personal and healthcare data stolen during the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, a figure that nearly doubles the previously disclosed total. This breach shows just how deeply ransomware can […]

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Critical Cacti Security Flaw (CVE-2025-22604) Enables Remote Code Execution

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Cacti open-source network monitoring and fault management framework that could allow an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution on susceptible instances. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-22604, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Due to a flaw in the multi-line […]

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Ex-worker arrested after ‘shutdown’ of British Museum computer systems

London’s world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach involving a former IT contractor. As The Guardian reports, police were called to the museum on Friday after a recently dismissed worker allegedly trespassed onto the museum site and was able to shut […]

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