Russian Ransomware Gang Retool Custom Hacking Tools of Other APT Groups

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A Russian-speaking ransomware outfit likely targeted an unnamed entity in the gambling and gaming sector in Europe and Central America by repurposing custom tools developed by other APT groups like …

Iranian Hackers Targeting Turkey and Arabian Peninsula in New Malware Campaign

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The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new swarm of attacks targeting Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula with the goal of deploying remote access …

Here’s How to Find if WhatsApp Web Code on Your Browser Has Been Hacked

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Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Cloudflare have banded together for a new initiative called Code Verify to validate the authenticity of the messaging service’s web app on desktop computers. Available in …

Russian Pushing New State-run TLS Certificate Authority to Deal With Sanctions

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The Russian government has established its own TLS certificate authority (CA) to address issues with accessing websites that have arisen in the wake of sanctions imposed by the west following …

Multiple Security Flaws Discovered in Popular Software Package Managers

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Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in popular package managers that, if potentially exploited, could be abused to run arbitrary code and access sensitive information, including source code and access …

New Exploit Bypasses Existing Spectre-V2 Mitigations in Intel and Arm CPUs

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Researchers have disclosed a new technique that could be used to circumvent existing hardware mitigations in modern processors from Intel, AMD, and Arm, and stage speculative execution attacks such as Spectre to …

Ukrainian Hacker Linked to REvil Ransomware Attacks Extradited to United States

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Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, linked to the Russia-based REvil ransomware group has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges for his role in carrying out the file-encrypting malware attacks against …