Indian National Gets 20-Year Jail in United States for Running Scam Call Centers

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An Indian national on Monday was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Southern District of Texas for operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded US victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel (aka …

Quick Guide — How to Troubleshoot Active Directory Account Lockouts

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Active Directory account lockouts can be hugely problematic for organizations. There have been documented instances of attackers leveraging the account lockout feature in a type of denial of service attack. By intentionally entering numerous bad passwords, attackers can theoretically lock …

Digitally Signed Bandook Malware Once Again Targets Multiple Sectors

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A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to the Kazakh and Lebanese governments has unleashed a new wave of attacks against a multitude of industries with a retooled version of a 13-year-old backdoor Trojan. Check Point Research called out hackers affiliated …

Become a White Hat Hacker — Get 10 Top-Rated Courses at 97% OFF

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Many of us here would love to turn hacking into a full-time career. To make that dream come true, you need to master your subject and earn some key certifications. To speed up this process, you might want to take …

Interpol Arrest 3 Nigerian BEC Scammers For Targeting Over 50,000 Entities

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Three Nigerian citizens suspected of being members of an organized cybercrime group behind distributing malware, carrying out phishing campaigns, and extensive Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have been arrested in the city of Lagos, Interpol reported yesterday. The investigation, dubbed …

2-Factor Authentication Bypass Flaw Reported in cPanel and WHM Software

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cPanel, a provider of popular administrative tools to manage web hosting, has patched a security vulnerability that could have allowed remote attackers with access to valid credentials to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) protection on an account. The issue, tracked as …

Baidu’s Android Apps Caught Collecting and Leaking Sensitive User Data

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Two popular Android apps from Chinese tech giant Baidu have been removed from the Google Play Store in October after they were caught collecting sensitive user details. The two apps in question—Baidu Maps and Baidu Search Box—were found to collect …

Stantinko Botnet Now Targeting Linux Servers to Hide Behind Proxies

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An adware and coin-miner botnet targeting Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan at least since 2012 has now set its sights on Linux servers to fly under the radar. According to a new analysis published by Intezer today and shared with …

Critical Unpatched VMware Flaw Affects Multiple Corporates Products

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VMware has released temporary workarounds to address a critical vulnerability in its products that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of an affected system. “A malicious actor with network access to the administrative configurator on port 8443 …

Why Replace Traditional Web Application Firewall (WAF) With New Age WAF?

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At present, web applications have become the top targets for attackers because of potential monetization opportunities. Security breaches on the web application can cost millions. Strikingly, DNS (Domain Name System) related outage and Distributed denial of service (DDoS) lead a …