Gaming Company Ubisoft Confirms It was Hacked, Resets Staff Passwords

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French video game company Ubisoft on Friday confirmed it was a victim of a “cyber security incident,” causing temporary disruptions to its games, systems, and services. The Montreuil-headquartered firm said …

‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux Flaw Affects a Wide Range of QNAP NAS Devices

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Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Monday warned of a recently disclosed Linux vulnerability affecting its devices that could be abused to elevate privileges and gain control of affected …

Researchers Find New Evidence Linking Kwampirs Malware to Shamoon APT Hackers

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New findings released last week showcase the overlapping source code and techniques between the operators of Shamoon and Kwampirs, indicating that they “are the same group or really close collaborators.” “Research evidence shows …

Russian Ransomware Gang Retool Custom Hacking Tools of Other APT Groups

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A Russian-speaking ransomware outfit likely targeted an unnamed entity in the gambling and gaming sector in Europe and Central America by repurposing custom tools developed by other APT groups like …

New Exploit Bypasses Existing Spectre-V2 Mitigations in Intel and Arm CPUs

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Researchers have disclosed a new technique that could be used to circumvent existing hardware mitigations in modern processors from Intel, AMD, and Arm, and stage speculative execution attacks such as Spectre to …

Iranian Hackers Targeting Turkey and Arabian Peninsula in New Malware Campaign

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The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new swarm of attacks targeting Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula with the goal of deploying remote access …

Here’s How to Find if WhatsApp Web Code on Your Browser Has Been Hacked

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Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Cloudflare have banded together for a new initiative called Code Verify to validate the authenticity of the messaging service’s web app on desktop computers. Available in …