NSA, FBI Reveal Hacking Methods Used by Russian Military Hackers

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An ongoing brute-force attack campaign targeting enterprise cloud environments has been spearheaded by the Russian military intelligence since mid-2019, according to a joint advisory published by intelligence agencies in the U.K. and U.S. The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and …

Microsoft Warns of Critical “PrintNightmare” Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild

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Microsoft on Thursday officially confirmed that the “PrintNightmare” remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Windows Print Spooler is different from the issue the company addressed as part of its Patch Tuesday update released earlier this month, while warning that it …

IndigoZebra APT Hacking Campaign Targets the Afghan Government

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Cybersecurity researchers are warning of ongoing attacks coordinated by a suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor targeting the Afghanistan government as part of an espionage campaign that may have had its provenance as far back as 2014. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point …

Rethinking Application Security in the API-First Era

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Securing applications it the API-first era can be an uphill battle. As development accelerates, accountability becomes unclear, and getting controls to operate becomes a challenge in itself. It’s time that we rethink our application security strategies to reflect new priorities, …

Microsoft Discloses Critical Bugs Allowing Takeover of NETGEAR Routers

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Cybersecurity researchers have detailed critical security vulnerabilities affecting NETGEAR DGN2200v1 series routers, which they say could be reliably abused as a jumping-off point to compromise a network’s security and gain unfettered access. The three HTTPd authentication security weaknesses (CVSS scores: 7.1 – 9.4) …

Hacker Wanted in the U.S. for Spreading Gozi Virus Arrested in Colombia

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Colombian authorities on Wednesday said they have arrested a Romanian hacker who is wanted in the U.S. for distributing a virus that infected more than a million computers from 2007 to 2012. Mihai Ionut Paunescu (aka “Virus”), the individual in …

Authorities Seize DoubleVPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

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A coordinated international law enforcement operation resulted in the takedown of a VPN service called DoubleVPN for providing a safe haven for cybercriminals to cover their tracks. “On 29th of June 2021, law enforcement took down DoubleVPN,” the agencies said …

[Webinar] How Cyber Attack Groups Are Spinning a Larger Ransomware Web

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Organizations today already have an overwhelming number of dangers and threats to look out for, from spam to phishing attempts to new infiltration and ransomware tactics. There is no chance to rest, since attack groups are constantly looking for more …

Researchers Leak PoC Exploit for a Critical Windows RCE Vulnerability

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A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit related to a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Print Spooler and patched by Microsoft earlier this month was briefly published online before being taken down. Identified as CVE-2021-1675, the security issue could grant remote attackers full …

GitHub Launches ‘Copilot’ — AI-Powered Code Completion Tool

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GitHub on Tuesday launched a technical preview of a new AI-powered pair programming tool that aims to help software developers write better code across a variety of programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, and Go. Copilot, as the code synthesizer is …