Authorities Take Down World’s Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace

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Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world’s largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.’s National Crime …

Hackers Steal Mimecast Certificate Used to Securely Connect with Microsoft 365

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Mimecast said on Tuesday that “a sophisticated threat actor” had compromised a digital certificate it provided to certain customers to securely connect its products to Microsoft 365 (M365) Exchange. The …

Warning — 5 New Trojanized Android Apps Spying On Users In Pakistan

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Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off a new spyware operation targeting users in Pakistan that leverages trojanized versions of legitimate Android apps to carry out covert surveillance and espionage. Designed …

Microsoft Issues Patches for Defender Zero-Day and 82 Other Windows Flaws

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For the first patch Tuesday of 2021, Microsoft released security updates addressing a total of 83 flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The …

Researchers Find Links Between Sunburst and Russian Kazuar Malware

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Cybersecurity researchers, for the first time, may have found a potential connection between the backdoor used in the SolarWinds hack to a previously known malware strain. In new research published by Kaspersky researchers today, …

Unveiled: SUNSPOT Malware Was Used to Inject SolarWinds Backdoor

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As the investigation into the SolarWinds supply-chain attack continues, cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a third malware strain that was deployed into the build environment to inject the backdoor into the …

How Does Your AD Password Policy Compare to NIST’s Password Recommendations?

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End-user passwords are one of the weakest components of your overall security protocols. Most users tend to reuse passwords across work and personal accounts. They may also choose relatively weak …

ALERT: North Korean hackers targeting South Korea with RokRat Trojan

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A North Korean hacking group has been found deploying the RokRat Trojan in a new spear-phishing campaign targeting the South Korean government. Attributing the attack to APT37 (aka Starcruft, Ricochet Chollima, or …