Ukrainian Police Arrest Author of World’s Largest Phishing Service U-Admin

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Law enforcement officials in Ukraine, in coordination with authorities from the U.S. and Australia, last week shut down one of the world’s largest phishing services that were used to attack …

Hacker Tried Poisoning Water Supply After Breaking Into Florida’s Treatment System

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Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide …

Detailed: Here’s How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers

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Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including …

WARNING — Hugely Popular ‘The Great Suspender’ Chrome Extension Contains Malware

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Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender, a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step …

Cybercriminals Now Using Plex Media Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

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A new distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) vector has ensnared Plex Media Server systems to amplify malicious traffic against targets to take them offline. “Plex’s startup processes unintentionally expose a Plex …

Critical Flaws Reported in Cisco VPN Routers for Businesses—Patch ASAP

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Cisco has rolled out fixes for multiple critical vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Small Business routers that could potentially allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code …

New Chrome Browser 0-day Under Active Attack—Update Immediately!

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Google has patched a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome web browser for desktop that it says is being actively exploited in the wild. The company released 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with …