Hackers Accidentally Expose Passwords Stolen From Businesses On the Internet

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A new large-scale phishing campaign targeting global organizations has been found to bypass Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and steal credentials belonging to over a thousand corporate employees. …

Researchers Discover Raindrop — 4th Malware Linked to the SolarWinds Attack

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Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a fourth new malware strain—designed to spread the malware onto other computers in victims’ networks—which was deployed as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack disclosed late last …

A Set of Severe Flaws Affect Popular DNSMasq DNS Forwarder

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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq, a popular open-source software used for caching Domain Name System (DNS) responses, thereby potentially allowing an adversary to mount DNS cache poisoning attacks and …

FreakOut! Ongoing Botnet Attack Exploiting Recent Linux Vulnerabilities

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An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage (NAS) devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into an IRC botnet for launching distributed denial-of-service …

Apple Removes macOS Feature That Allowed Apps to Bypass Firewall Security

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Apple has removed a controversial feature from its macOS operating system that allowed the company’s own first-party apps to bypass content filters, VPNs, and third-party firewalls. Called “ContentFilterExclusionList,” it included …

WhatsApp Delays Controversial ‘Data-Sharing’ Privacy Policy Update By 3 Months

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WhatsApp said on Friday that it wouldn’t enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. Originally set to go into effect next month on February 8, the three-month delay …