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High-Severity Flaws Fixed in Firefox 115 Update

One of them, CVE-2023-37201, involved a use-after-free issue in WebRTC certificate generation

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· Cyber News

C10p’s MOVEit Campaign Represents a New Era in Cyberattacks

The ransomware group shows an evolution of its tactics with MOVEit zero day — potentially ushering in a new normal when it comes to…

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China’s Mustang Panda Linked to SmugX Attacks on European Governments

Attackers use HTML smuggling to spread the PlugX RAT in the campaign, which has been ongoing since at least December.

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Sophisticated Email Attacks Target Cryptocurrency Wallets

Discovered by Kaspersky, the campaign delivered 85,000 scam emails during the spring of 2023

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Botnets responsible for over 95% malicious web traffic globally: Report

Botnets are globally responsible for over 95% of malicious web traffic, according to research conducted by managed cybersecurity provider…

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Microsoft Can Fix Ransomware Tomorrow

You can’t encrypt a file you can’t open — Microsoft could dramatically impact ransomware by slowing it down.

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Resilience at the core of the current and future Biden administration cybersecurity plans

As the Biden administration continues to develop US cybersecurity requirements on software and supply chain security, zero trust, and…

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· Cyber News

RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors

A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom,…

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Class-Action Lawsuit for Scraping Data without Permission

I have mixed feelings about this class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming that it “scraped 300 billion words from the…

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· Cyber News

European Commission to Tweak GDPR For Cross-Border Cases

Rules will streamline cooperation between data protection authorities

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· Cyber News

Security Experts Raise Major Concerns With Online Safety Bill

Open letter signed by 68 leading security and privacy researchers

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Ghostscript bug could allow rogue documents to run system commands

Even if you’ve never heard of the venerable Ghostscript project, you may have it installed without knowing.

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· Cyber News

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S.

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· Cyber News

Report Reveals Companies Unprepared For Darknet Data Leaks

Kaspersky said European firms were most frequently affected, accounting for 25% of notifications

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Mexican Hacker Unleashes Android Malware on Global Banks

Neo_Net’s campaign mainly targeted Spanish and Chilean financial institutions

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OT Assets High Priority for Security Leaders as Industrial Threats Loom

A study by the SANS Institute and Trend Micro found major discrepancies between IT and OT asset visibility within organizations

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· Cyber News

The Password Game

Amusing parody of password rules. BoingBoing: For example, at a certain level, your password must include today’s Wordle answer.

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Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware

An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android mobile malware campaign targeting financial institutions globally, but…

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New Chinese APT campaign found targeting European embassies

A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign has been targeting European government entities focused on foreign and domestic…

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The T of Trust in the Internet is not for Triangle

but it should be Continue reading on The CISO Den »

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Thirty-three US Hospitals Hit By Ransomware This Year

Most had data stolen, according to Emsisoft

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· Cyber News

Four Men Face 20 Years For Money Laundering Charges

They allegedly helped to clean money stolen from the elderly and vulnerable

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· Cyber News

Israel Aided UAE in Defending Against DDoS Attack

Israel’s cyber head points finger at Iran-backed MuddyWater APT group as the perpetrator of a recent attack against a university.

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Researchers Develop Exploit Code for Critical Fortinet VPN Bug

Some 340,000 FortiGate SSL VPN appliances remain exposed to the threat more than three weeks after Fortinet released firmware updates to…

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