Hackers Increasingly Using RTF Template Injection Technique in Phishing Attacks

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Three different state-sponsored threat actors aligned with China, India, and Russia have been observed adopting a new method called RTF (aka Rich Text Format) template injection as part of their phishing campaigns …

New EwDoor Botnet Targeting Unpatched AT&T Network Edge Devices

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A newly discovered botnet capable of staging distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeted unpatched Ribbon Communications (formerly Edgewater Networks) EdgeMarc appliances belonging to telecom service provider AT&T by exploiting a four-year-old …

Hacker Jailed for Stealing Millions of Dollars in Cryptocurrencies by SIM Hijacking

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A sixth member associated with an international hacking group known as The Community has been sentenced in connection with a multimillion-dollar SIM swapping conspiracy, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. Garrett …

Twitter Bans Users From Posting ‘Private Media’ Without a Person’s Consent

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Twitter on Tuesday announced an expansion to its private information policy to include private media, effectively prohibiting the sharing of photos and videos without express permission from the individuals depicted …

Critical Wormable Security Flaw Found in Several HP Printer Models

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Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed eight-year-old security flaws affecting 150 different multifunction printers (MFPs) from HP Inc that could be potentially abused by an adversary to take control of vulnerable …

Panasonic Suffers Data Breach After Hackers Hack Into Its Network

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Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has disclosed a security breach wherein an unauthorized third-party broke into its network and potentially accessed data from one of its file servers. “As the …

Unpatched Unauthorized File Read Vulnerability Affects Microsoft Windows OS

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Unofficial patches have been issued to remediate an improperly patched Windows security vulnerability that could allow information disclosure and local privilege escalation (LPE) on vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-24084 (CVSS score: 5.5), …

WIRTE Hacker Group Targets Government, Law, Financial Entities in Middle East

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Government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions primarily located in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a stealthy malware campaign as early as 2019 …

Hackers Using Compromised Google Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrency

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Threat actors are exploiting improperly-secured Google Cloud Platform (GCP) instances to download cryptocurrency mining software to the compromised systems as well as abusing its infrastructure to install ransomware, stage phishing …