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Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia
A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to...
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New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that prohibits them from...
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Okta Warns of Unprecedented Surge in Proxy-Driven Credential Stuffing Attacks
Identity and access management (IAM) services provider Okta has warned of a spike in the "frequency and scale" of credential stuffing attacks aimed...
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Hackers Exploiting WP-Automatic Plugin Bug to Create Admin Accounts on WordPress Sites
Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw in the WP‑Automatic plugin for WordPress that could allow site...
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Google Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation Amid U.K. Regulatory Scrutiny
Google has once again pushed its plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser as it works to address outstanding...
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eScan Antivirus Update Mechanism Exploited to Spread Backdoors and Miners
A new malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus software to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners...
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U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on 13 Linked to Commercial Spyware Misuse
The U.S. Department of State on Monday said it's taking steps to impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who are allegedly involved in the...
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Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage
Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations...
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Hackers Target Middle East Governments with Evasive "CR4T" Backdoor
Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T....
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Hackers Exploit OpenMetadata Flaws to Mine Crypto on Kubernetes
Threat actors are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain unauthorized access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage...
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OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt
Security researchers have uncovered a "credible" takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the...
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Hive RAT Creators and $3.5M Cryptojacking Mastermind Arrested in Global Crackdown
Two individuals have been arrested in Australia and the U.S. in connection with an alleged scheme to develop and distribute a remote access trojan...