General Security News
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Hackers Leverage USB Flash Drives to Attack Public and Private Sectors Globally
During the initial half of 2023, a notable surge occurred in attacks exploiting infected USB drives for secret theft. While the USB-based...
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Top 7 Best IP Geolocation APIs For Cybersecurity – 2023
IP geolocation API services can do far more than serve website visitors in their local language and currency using IP lookup. They can also play a...
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U.S. Government Agencies' Emails Compromised in China-Backed Cyber Attack
An unnamed Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency in the U.S. detected anomalous email activity in mid-June 2023, leading to Microsoft's...
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New Vulnerabilities Disclosed in SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security Products
SonicWall on Wednesday urged customers of Global Management System (GMS) firewall management and Analytics network reporting engine software to...
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Ransomware Extortion Skyrockets in 2023, Reaching $449.1 Million and Counting
Ransomware has emerged as the only cryptocurrency-based crime to grow in 2023, with cybercriminals extorting nearly $175.8 million more than they...
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OpenAI Has Made The GPT-4 API Available To Everyone
GPT-4, OpenAI’s newest text-generation model, is now generally available through its API. As part of its upgrade, the company also made GPT 3.5,...
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Hackers use Rekoobe Backdoor to Attack Linux Systems
Rekoobe is a notorious backdoor that primarily targets Linux environments, and it’s actively exploited by the threat actors, mainly a Chinese...
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Legion Tool Steals PUBG Players’ Browser Passwords through a Fake GitHub Repo
“The Legion” is a Python-based software that has been crafted with the explicit intention of gathering credentials. Its propagation initially...
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Python-Based PyLoose Fileless Attack Targets Cloud Workloads for Cryptocurrency Mining
A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads with the goal of delivering a cryptocurrency miner, new findings...
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Microsoft Releases Patches for 132 Vulnerabilities, Including 6 Under Active Attack
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 132 new security flaws spanning its software, including six zero-day flaws that it said...
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Hackers Exploit Windows Policy Loophole to Forge Kernel-Mode Driver Signatures
A Microsoft Windows policy loophole has been observed being exploited primarily by native Chinese-speaking threat actors to forge signatures on...
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Update Now! Apple Issues an Emergency Patch to Address a Zero-Day Flaw in iOS and macOS
New Rapid Security Response (RSR) patches from Apple have been released to address a new zero-day defect that has been used in attacks and affects...