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Stabbed in the back: Chinese Mustang Panda Cyberspies Attack Russian Officials

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyApril 29, 2022

Secureworks researchers have discovered a phishing campaign by Chinese Mustang Panda cyberspies targeting Russian officials and the military. According to experts, Chinese “government” hackers from the Mustang Panda group (aka HoneyMyte, Bronze President,

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20 Dangerous Types of Cybersecurity Threats 2022

ByStephanie AdlamApril 27, 2022

The cybersecurity threats in 2022 are more considerable than ever. Due to the emergence of efficient ransomware, coin miners, spyware, and so on, hacking has become a consistently profitable business. Knowing about cybersecurity threats is crucial because it livens up the

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TOP 12 Most Dangerous Types of Phishing Attacks 2022

ByStephanie AdlamApril 22, 2022

Phishing is a type of cyberattack that is committed with the use of different techniques. They include malware, social engineering and spamming. The main target and phishing means is generally the personal information – like credentials, full name, phone number and

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyNovember 25, 2021

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the arrest of five members of the international hacker group Phoenix, which specializes in remote hacking of mobile devices and collection of personal data. Law enforcement officers report that the group included five citizens

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Clop ransomware exploits vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyNovember 12, 2021

The NCC Group warns of a spike of Clop ransomware attacks (hack group also known as TA505 and FIN11), which exploits a vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U. Most of them start off by exploiting the CVE-2021-35211 bug in Serv-U Managed File Transfer and Serv-U Secure FTP. This

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Experts discovered ESPecter UEFI bootkit used for espionage

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyOctober 6, 2021

ESET experts discovered the previously unknown ESPecter UEFI bootkit, which was used for targeted attacks and espionage. So far, experts do not associate ESPecter with any specific hack groups or countries. UEFI attacks are the holy grail for hackers. After all, UEFI is

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Users can be lured to a malicious site through a vulnerability in Apple AirTag

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyOctober 1, 2021

Security researcher Bobby Rauch discovered a vulnerability in AirTag key fobs, which Apple advertises as a convenient solution for tracking personal belongings (for example, laptops, phones, car keys, backpacks, and so on). Gadgets are susceptible to a stored XSS

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FlyTrap Android malware compromised over 10,000 Facebook accounts

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyAugust 11, 2021

According to experts from Zimperium, Android malware FlyTrap hijacks Facebook accounts in 140 countries around the world by stealing session cookies. Worse, the researchers found that the stolen information was available to anyone who found the FlyTrap C&C server.

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Evil Corp Ransomware Posing As PayloadBin Group To Avoid US Sanctions

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 7, 2021

Operators of new ransomware PayloadBIN, linked to the cybercriminal group Evil Corp, are trying to avoid sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department (OFAC). Members of Evil Corp (also known as Indrik Spider and Dridex) started out

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A competition at a hacker forum: $115,000 paid for new attack methods related to cryptocurrency

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJune 3, 2021

Intel 471 analysts discovered that at the end of April this year, a competition was announced on an unnamed Russian-speaking hacker forum for the best new hacking methods related to cryptocurrencies. The administration of the resource encouraged everyone to publish articles