Last week, the ICT ministers of Iran and China met in Beijing in order to discuss "common challenges" in the face of "US unilateralism." The countries looked into "ways to boost cooperation in the …
Iran Launches New Military Command And Control Unit To Withstand U.S. Cyberattack
In the midst of mounting US-Iran tensions, both countries have been stepping up offensive cyber campaigns directed at each other. For instance, US Cyber Command recently took down Iranian systems used …
Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers
Threat actors targeted Croatian government employees with spear phishing emails containing malicious links between February and April of this year. The campaign was probably orchestrated by a foreign …
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Automated Magecart Campaign Hits Over 960 Breached Stores
Over the weekend, Sanguine Security discovered an automated Magecart campaign that managed to inject 962 e-commerce stores with payment card skimming malware within a 24-hour timeframe. Magecart is an …
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The biggest concern for election security may be phishing
Outdated voting machines that are vulnerable to hacking are hardly the only cybersecurity concern for US election security officials. Earlier this week, the US Department of Homeland Security warned …
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Eight Arrested Over Cyberattacks Against Hong Kong Police
Earlier this week, Hong Kong police arrested 8 people that are suspected of doxxing officers, i.e. stealing personal data and publishing the information online. These actions allegedly "affected a …
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Silence Group Likely Behind Recent $3M Bangladesh Bank Heist
Group-IB researchers believe that the Silence hacking group is behind a recent string of cyberattacks targeting banks in Bangladesh. In May of this year, hackers were able to steal around $3 million …
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Sodinokibi Ransomware Exploits Windows Bug to Elevate Privileges
A new ransomware strain referred to as Sodinokibi or Sodin distinguishes itself from other strains by its exploitation of CVE-2018-8453, a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft …
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This hacking gang just switched its malware attacks to a new target
The notorious cybercriminal group TA505 has fundamentally changed its tactics in recent campaigns, Proofpoint recently discovered. While TA505 is known for distributing Trojans, information stealers, …
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First-ever malware strain spotted abusing new DoH (DNS over HTTPS) protocol
A new report by Netlab describes the first ever malware campaign to take advantage of the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol. The campaign revolves around Godlua, a sophisticated malware strain that …
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