911 S5 Botnet with 19 Million IP Addresses Dismantled & Admin Arrested

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the dismantling of the 911 S5 botnet, a massive network of compromised computers used for various illegal activities. The operation carried out in …

Check Point VPN Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Wild to Gain Remote Access

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Check Point, a leading cybersecurity vendor, has released emergency patches to address a critical zero-day vulnerability in its VPN products that threat actors have actively exploited. The vulnerability, tracked as …

Foxit PDF Reader and Editor Flaw Let Attackers Escalate Privilege

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Foxit PDF reader has been discovered with a new privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a low-privileged user to escalate their privileges. This vulnerability has been assigned with CVE-2024-29072 and the …

Moonstone Sleet New North Korean Hacker Group With Unique Tricks

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Microsoft has identified a new North Korean threat actor, now tracked as Moonstone Sleet (formerly Storm-1789). This actor uses a combination of many tried-and-true techniques used by other North Korean …

Hackers Weaponizing Microsoft Office Documents to Deploy Malware in Business Environments

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Microsoft Office allows one to generate a professional business report on office365 or write college essays, prepare CVs, take notes, and perform analysis.  These offer text and data editing, like …

U.S. Sanctions Cybercrime Network Behind Massive Residential Proxy Bothnet Service

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The United States has imposed sanctions on a cybercrime network responsible for operating a massive residential proxy botnet service to combat cybercrime. This network, 911.re, has been implicated in various …

Citrix Workspace app Let Attackers Elevate Privileges From Local User to Root User

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A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the Citrix Workspace app for Mac, potentially allowing attackers to elevate their privileges from a local authenticated user to a root user. …

Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach: 560M User Details and Payment Card Exposed

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In a dramatic turn of events, hackers have claimed a massive data breach involving Ticketmaster, allegedly exposing the details of 560 million users and their payment card information. This claim …