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A new type of malware, designed to target vulnerable Redis servers on the internet, has been spreading rapidly since September 2021.  This is a quick-spreading malware, designed to operate stealthily, that has already infiltrated over thousand servers, forming a botnet …

Customers of Google Fi have been notified that SIM switching attacks are allowed as a result of the exposure of personal data owing to a data breach at one of its primary network providers. Google Fi, formerly Project Fi, is …

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has been released to alert network defenders to malicious use of legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) …

The group behind the Windows Gootloader malware, known as UNC2565, has effectively modified the code to make it more intrusive and difficult to detect. Researchers at Mandiant noted UNC2565 started making significant adjustments to its operational tactics, methods, and procedures …

During the monitored timespan, APT groups aligned with Russia have been observed to be heavily involved in cyber operations aimed at Ukraine.  These operations have included deploying malicious software, such as wipers (which can erase data on a targeted system) …

Updates for QNAP’s network-attached storage (NAS) systems have been released to address a critical security flaw that might allow arbitrary code injection. Customers of QNAP are being advised to update their QTS and QuTS firmware in order to fix a …

Increasingly, organized crime organizations are operating as businesses rather than criminal organizations, advertising jobs on the dark web with a number of advantages for members. A recent Kaspersky study found that 61% of job ads posted by hacking and APT …

A cyber attack that targeted JD Sports Fashion Plc (“JD Sports”) led to unauthorized access to a system that held customer information for some online orders done between November 2018 and October 2020.  The JD, Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts, and …

A former neonatologist received an 8-year prison sentence and was mandated to pay over $25,000 in compensation, along with a $100,000 fine. Ronald Craig Ilg, age 56, received an 8-year sentence for arranging assaults and kidnappings through hitmen hired on …

Recently the cybersecurity experts at Dr. Web antivirus reported that over 20 million devices have recently downloaded a highly successful new category of activity-tracking apps from the Google Play Store. Among the features offered by these applications are pedometers, the …