140,000 Reasons Why Emotet is Piggybacking on TrickBot in its Return from the Dead

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The operators of TrickBot malware have infected an estimated 140,000 victims across 149 countries a little over a year after attempts were to dismantle its infrastructure, even as the advanced Trojan is fast becoming an entry point for Emotet, another …

[eBook] Guide to Achieving 24×7 Threat Monitoring and Response for Lean IT Security Teams

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If there is one thing the past few years have taught the world, it’s that cybercrime never sleeps. For organizations of any size and scope, having around-the-clock protection for their endpoints, networks, and servers is no longer optional, but it’s …

Warning: Yet Another Bitcoin Mining Malware Targeting QNAP NAS Devices

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Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Tuesday released a new advisory warning of a cryptocurrency mining malware targeting its devices, urging customers to take preventive steps with immediate effect. “A bitcoin miner has been reported to target QNAP NAS. …

SolarWinds Hackers Targeting Government and Business Entities Worldwide

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Nobelium, the threat actor attributed to the massive SolarWinds supply chain compromise, has been once again linked to a series of attacks targeting multiple cloud solution providers, services, and reseller companies, as the hacking group continues to refine and retool …

Eltima SDK Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting Several Cloud Service Provides

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in a third-party driver software developed by Eltima that have been “unwittingly inherited” by cloud desktop solutions like Amazon Workspaces, Accops, and NoMachine and could provide attackers a path to perform an array of …

Microsoft Seizes 42 Malicious Web Domains Used By Chinese Hackers

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Microsoft on Monday announced the seizure of 42 domains used by a China-based cyber espionage group that set its sights on organizations in the U.S. and 28 other countries pursuant to a legal warrant issued by a federal court in …

Latest Firefox 95 Includes RLBox Sandboxing to Protect Browser from Malicious Code

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Mozilla is beginning to roll out Firefox 95 with a new sandboxing technology called RLBox that prevents untrusted code and other security vulnerabilities from causing “accidental defects as well as supply-chain attacks.” Dubbed “RLBox” and implemented in collaboration with researchers …

Hackers Steal $200 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency Tokens from BitMart Exchange

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Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMart has disclosed a “large-scale security breach” that it blamed on a stolen private key, resulting in the theft of more than $150 million in various cryptocurrencies. The breach is said to have impacted two of its …

Vulnerability Scanning Frequency Best Practices

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So you’ve decided to set up a vulnerability scanning programme, great. That’s one of the best ways to avoid data breaches. How often you should run your scans, though, isn’t such a simple question. The answers aren’t the same for …

Malicious KMSPico Windows Activator Stealing Users’ Cryptocurrency Wallets

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Users looking to activate Windows without using a digital license or a product key are being targeted by tainted installers to deploy malware designed to plunder credentials and other information in cryptocurrency wallets. The malware, dubbed “CryptBot,” is an information …