CISA Urges Manufacturers Eliminate Default Passwords to Thwart Cyber Threats
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Dec 18, 2023NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing...
Iranian Hackers Using MuddyC2Go in Telecom Espionage Attacks Across Africa
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Dec 19, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Attack
The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has leveraged a newly discovered command-and-control (C2) framework called MuddyC2Go in its attacks on the...
FBI Takes Down BlackCat Ransomware, Releases Free Decryption Tool
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Dec 19, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Cybercrime
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) has officially announced the disruption of the BlackCat ransomware operation and released a decryption tool that more than 500...
Remote Encryption Attacks Surge: How One Vulnerable Device Can Spell Disaster
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Dec 20, 2023NewsroomNetwork Security / Data Breach
Ransomware groups are increasingly switching to remote encryption in their attacks, marking a new escalation in tactics adopted by financially motivated actors...
China’s MIIT Introduces Color-Coded Action Plan for Data Security Incidents
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Dec 16, 2023NewsroomCyber Security / Incident Response
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Friday unveiled draft proposals detailing its plans to tackle data security events in...
New Threat Actor ‘AeroBlade’ Emerges in Espionage Attack on U.S. Aerospace
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Dec 05, 2023NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Analysis
A previously undocumented threat actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting an aerospace organization in the U.S. as part of...
Non-Human Access is the Path of Least Resistance: A 2023 Recap
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Dec 12, 2023The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / GenAI Security
2023 has seen its fair share of cyber attacks, however there's one attack vector that proves to be more prominent than...
New Hacker Group ‘GambleForce’ Tageting APAC Firms Using SQL Injection Attacks
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Dec 14, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Data Breach
A previously unknown hacker outfit called GambleForce has been attributed to a series of SQL injection attacks against companies primarily in the Asia-Pacific...
New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks
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Dec 15, 2023NewsroomBotnet / Advanced Persistent Threat
A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer...
Major Cyber Attack Paralyzes Kyivstar – Ukraine’s Largest Telecom Operator
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Dec 13, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Geopolitics
Ukraine's biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a "powerful hacker attack," disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services.
"The cyberattack...
