Twitter Engineers Can Tweet as any Account Using ‘GodMode’ Claims Whistleblower

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According to The Washington Post, a new Twitter whistleblower has come forward, confirming the alarming evidence from last year regarding the dismal status of the company’s privacy protections and stating that the company continues to break the law under new owner …

NSA Published IPv6 Security Guidance – Cybersecurity Information Sheet

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To assist the Department of Defense (DoD) and other system administrators in identifying and minimising security risks related to the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the National Security Agency (NSA) has released IPv6 Security Guidance. The most recent …

Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

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Denis Emelyantsev, a 36-year-old Russian man accused of running a massive botnet called RSOCKS that stitched malware into millions of devices worldwide, pleaded guilty to two counts of computer crime violations in a California courtroom this week. The plea comes …

Chinsese Hackers Using Golang Source Code Interpreter To Bypass Detection

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Researchers uncovered a new uncommon technique employed by Chinese threat actors in which Golang Source Code Interpreter used to evade detection in the Dragonspark malware campaign. DragonSpark is the first malicious campaign that utilizes SparkRAT, an open-source tool, and targets …

Roaming Mantis Uses Android Malware that Hijacks DNS by Exploiting Wi-Fi Routers

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Roaming Mantis is a cyberattack campaign that has been active for an extended period of time. The attackers behind this campaign use malicious APK files, which are the files used to install apps on Android devices, to gain control of …

How Popular is Chatbot Support Among Clients?

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Are chatbots ousting human support consultants? You’d be forgiven for thinking so with all the chatter online about generative AI. However, a recent study by Capterra showed that only 3% of consumers prefer to speak to a chatbot. However, 42% …

VASTFLUX – Hackers Exploiting Restricted in-app Environments to Run Malicious Ads

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VASTFLUX, a large-scale well-organized, and sophisticated ad fraud operation were recently taken down by cybersecurity researchers at HUMAN Security Inc. On a daily basis, 12 billion ads are requested by VASTFLUX, which was spoofing 1,700 apps on 11 million devices, …

Over 19,000 End-of-life Cisco VPN Routers Open for RCE Attacks

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Censys recently reported that there are 19,500 end-of-life Cisco VPN routers being used by individuals and small businesses on the internet that may be at risk of being targeted by a new attack.  Using a combination of the two vulnerabilities …

Exploit Released for Galaxy Store Flaw That Let Attacker Install Malware

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Researchers from the NCC Group detected two flaws in the Galaxy App Store application between November 23 and December 3, 2022. Two flaws in Samsung’s official app store, the Galaxy App Store, might let attackers install any app without the …

10 Best Vulnerability Management Tools – 2023

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Vulnerability Management Tools are playing a major role to detect, analyze and patching vulnerabilities in web and network-based applications. Vulnerability, risk, and threat are the most common words used when it comes to security. Risk is the potential for damage …