Hackers Begin Weaponizing TCP Middlebox Reflection for Amplified DDoS Attacks

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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a new amplification technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection have been detected for the first time in the wild, six months after the novel attack mechanism …

Critical Security Bugs Uncovered in VoIPmonitor Monitoring Software

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Critical security vulnerabilities have been uncovered in VoIPmonitor software that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges to the administrator level and execute arbitrary commands. Following responsible …

Second New ‘IsaacWiper’ Data Wiper Targets Ukraine After Russian Invasion

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A new data wiper malware has been observed deployed against an unnamed Ukrainian government network, a day after destructive cyber attacks struck multiple entities in the country preceding the start …

China-linked Daxin Malware Targeted Multiple Governments in Espionage Attacks

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A previously undocumented espionage tool has been deployed against selected governments and other critical infrastructure targets as part of a long-running espionage campaign orchestrated by China-linked threat actors since at …

Microsoft Finds FoxBlade Malware Hit Ukraine Hours Before Russian Invasion

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UPDATE: It’s worth noting that the malware Microsoft tracks as FoxBlade is the same as the data wiper that’s been denominated HermeticWiper (aka KillDisk). Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it …

Conti Ransomware Gang’s Internal Chats Leaked Online After Siding With Russia

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Days after the Conti ransomware group broadcasted a pro-Russian message pledging its allegiance to Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an anonymous security researcher using the Twitter handle @ContiLeaks has …

100 Million Samsung Galaxy Phones Affected with Flawed Hardware Encryption Feature

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A group of academics from Tel Aviv University have disclosed details of now-patched “severe” design flaws affecting about 100 million Android-based Samsung smartphones that could have resulted in the extraction …