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  • September 27, 2024

U.S. Sanctions Two Crypto Exchanges for Facilitating Cybercrime and Money Laundering

The U.S. government on Thursday sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges and unsealed an indictment against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in the operation of several money laundering services that were offered to cybercriminals. The virtual currency exchanges, Cryptex and PM2BTC, have been alleged to facilitate the laundering of cryptocurrencies possibly obtained through cybercrime. The […]

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  • September 27, 2024

Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Vulnerability Could Grant Full Host Access to Attackers

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to break out of the confines of a container and gain full access to the underlying host. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0132, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of a maximum of 10.0. It […]

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  • September 26, 2024

Hackers Could Have Remotely Controlled Kia Cars Using Only License Plates

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of now patched vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed remote control over key functions simply by using only a license plate. “These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardless of whether it had an active Kia Connect […]

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  • September 26, 2024

U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash, a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon, whose cryptocurrency exchange […]

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  • September 26, 2024

When UK rail stations’ Wi-Fi was defaced by hackers the only casualty was the truth

Graham CLULEY September 26, 2024 Promo Protect all your devices, without slowing them down. Free 30-day trial If you believed some of the news headlines in the UK on Thursday, you would think that something much more serious had happened. People are understandably worried when they read headlines about terror attacks and railway stations – […]

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  • September 26, 2024

CISA warns hackers targeting industrial systems with “unsophisticated methods” as claims made of Lebanon water hack

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that malicious hackers continue to be capable of compromising industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) using “unsophisticated methods” – suggesting that much more still needs to be done to secure them properly. In an advisory posted on CISA’s website yesterday, the agency […]

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  • September 26, 2024

N. Korean Hackers Deploy New KLogEXE and FPSpy Malware in Targeted Attacks

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed leveraging two new malware strains dubbed KLogEXE and FPSpy. The activity has been attributed to an adversary tracked as Kimsuky, which is also known as APT43, ARCHIPELAGO, Black Banshee, Emerald Sleet (formerly Thallium), Sparkling Pisces, Springtail, and Velvet Chollima. “These samples enhance Sparkling Pisces’ already […]

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  • September 26, 2024

Overloaded with SIEM Alerts? Discover Effective Strategies in This Expert-Led Webinar

Imagine trying to find a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is on fire, and there are a million other needles you also need to find. That’s what dealing with security alerts can feel like. SIEM was supposed to make this easier, but somewhere along the way, it became part of the problem. Too […]

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  • September 26, 2024

An Analysis of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act

A good—long, complex—analysis of the EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act.  

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