U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections

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The U.S. government today announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement …

Hackers using HTML Smuggling Technique to Deliver Ransomware and Evade Detection

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Threat actors adopt the highly invasive techniques of HTML smuggling to launch  Nokoyawa ransomware despite being delivered through macro and ICedID malware. The Nokoyawa Ransomware variant has been active since …

How Hackers Abusing ChatGPT Features For Their Cybercriminal Activities – Bypass Censorship

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Media and frequent innovative releases aggressively fuel the rapid industry rise of generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) ChatGPT.  But, besides its innovative part, cybercriminals have also actively exploited these generative AI …

DreamBus Botnet Exploiting RCE Flaw in Apache RocketMQ Servers

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A vulnerability affecting Apache RocketMQ servers was publicly disclosed in May 2023, allowing remote code execution through a gateway. RocketMQ is a cloud-native platform for messaging and streaming. The command …

Tor Announces Proof-of-Work Defense to Defend Against DoS Attacks

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Tor (The Onion Router) has officially introduced a Proof-of-Work (PoW) mechanism to defend from attackers doing Denial of Service attacks. Users worldwide have widely adopted Tor for hiding their IP …

Multiple Notepad++ Flaws Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

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Several Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in Notepad++ that can be exploited by threat actors for malicious purposes. The severities of these vulnerabilities vary from 5.5 (Medium) to 7.8 …

Unleashing the Dark Side: Unveiling Threats & Vulnerabilities in AI Models

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The rapid surge in LLMs (Large language models) across several industries and sectors has raised critical concerns about their safety, security, and potential for misuse. In the current threat landscape, …

Top 10 Best Practices for Cybersecurity Professionals to Securing Your Database

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In today’s digital landscape, databases are the fortresses where an organization’s most valuable data assets are stored and managed. However, these digital vaults are constantly under siege by cyber threats. …