General Security News
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Facebook Hit With record-breaking $1.3 Billion Fine Over Data Rules
Facebook (now Meta) has faced many allegations and litigations in the past 10 years. Most are related to privacy, data protection, and...
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Hackers Use Weaponized DOCX File to Deploy Stealthy Malware
CERT-UA has identified and addressed a cyber attack on the government information systems of Ukrainian governmental state bodies. Through...
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WhatsApp Now Allow You to Edit Sent Messages
Editing messages is one of the key features that WhatsApp has been missing for a while. Ever since the Facebook takeover in 2014, there have been...
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N. Korean Lazarus Group Targets Microsoft IIS Servers to Deploy Espionage Malware
The infamous Lazarus Group actor has been targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers as an initial...
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Cyber Attacks Strike Ukraine's State Bodies in Espionage Operation
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting state bodies in the country as part of an espionage...
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GoldenJackal: New Threat Group Targeting Middle Eastern and South Asian Governments
Government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia are the target of a new advanced persistent threat actor named GoldenJackal....
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BrutePrint – Bruteforce Attack to Bypass User Authentication on Smartphones
A novel assault named ‘BrutePrint’ has been unveiled by the joint efforts of Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University researchers, enabling the...
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CISA Warns that Hackers Actively Exploiting Samsung Vulnerability
CISA has issued a recent warning regarding a security flaw that impacts Samsung devices, enabling attackers to circumvent Android’s address space...
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Russian IT Guy Jailed for DDoSing Government Websites
According to reports from the FSB (Federal Security Service) Department’s Press Service in Rostov Region, Yevgeny Kotikov, an IT specialist, was...
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China Bans U.S. Chip Giant Micron, Citing "Serious Cybersecurity Problems"
China has banned U.S. chip maker Micron from selling its products to Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects, citing national...
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EU Regulators Hit Meta with Record $1.3 Billion Fine for Data Transfer Violations
Facebook's parent company Meta has been fined a record $1.3 billion by European Union data protection regulators for transferring the personal data...
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Indonesian Cybercriminals Exploit AWS for Profitable Crypto Mining Operations
A financially motivated threat actor of Indonesian origin has been observed leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)...