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Researchers Unearth 167 Fake iOS & Android Trading Apps

The apps are disguised as financial trading, banking, and cryptocurrency apps from well-known and trusted organizations.Researchers have discovered 167 counterfeit iOS and Android apps stealing money from victims while...
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Four Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving Hosting Services for Cybercrime

The "bulletproof hosting" organization hosted malware including Zeus, SpyEye, Citadel, and the Blackhole Exploit Kit.Four Eastern European nationals have pleaded guilty for their roles in conspiring to engage in...
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Enterprise VulnerabilitiesFrom DHS/US-CERT's National Vulnerability Database CVE-2021-32089PUBLISHED: 2021-05-11 ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue was discovered on Zebra (formerly Motorola Solutions) Fixed RFID Reader FX9500 devices. An unauthenticated attacker can...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 4 Critical CVEs, 3 Publicly Known, 1 Wormable

Microsoft releases security patches for 55 vulnerabilities in its monthly roundup, which includes a critical, wormable flaw in the HTTP protocol stack.Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday release is smaller compared...
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Application Attacks Spike as Criminals Target Remote Workers

Application-specific and Web application attacks made up 67% of all attacks in 2020 as criminal strategies shifted in the pandemic.Cybercriminals' change in strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic caused application-specific...
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A Startup With NSA Roots Wants Silently Disarming Cyberattacks on the Wire to Become...

Trinity Cyber takes a new spin on some traditional network-security techniques, but can its approach catch on widely?Cybercriminals and nation-state hackers get more brazen in their attacks every day....
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Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack: What Security Pros Need to Know

As the massive US pipeline operator works to restore operations after a DarkSide ransomware attack late last week, experts say it's a cautionary tale for critical infrastructure providers.Major US...

Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities (Part II)

Malicious Tor Exit Relays Using MITM Proxy Attacks on Tor Users nusenu21 hours ago·19 min read >25% of the Tor network’s exit capacity has been attacking Tor users In August 2020 I...
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FBI, NSA, CISA & NCSC Issue Joint Advisory on Russian SVR Activity

The report provides additional details on tactics of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service following public attribution of the group to last year's SolarWinds attack.Government agencies from the United States and...
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How North Korean APT Kimsuky Is Evolving Its Tactics

Researchers find differences in Kimsuky's operations that lead them to divide the APT into two groups: CloudDragon and KimDragon.Sara Peters contributed to this reporting. North Korean APT group Kimsuky is...