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U.S. Feds Shut Down China-Linked “KV-Botnet” Targeting SOHO Routers
The U.S. government on Wednesday said it took steps to neutralize a botnet comprising hundreds of U.S.-based small office and…
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Microsoft Warns of Widening APT29 Espionage Attacks Targeting Global Orgs
Microsoft on Thursday said the Russian state-sponsored threat actors responsible for a cyber attack on its systems in late November…
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China-backed Hackers Hijack Software Updates to Implant “NSPX30” Spyware
A previously undocumented China-aligned threat actor has been linked to a set of adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks that hijack update requests…
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North Korean Hackers Weaponize Fake Research to Deliver RokRAT Backdoor
Media organizations and high-profile experts in North Korean affairs have been at the receiving end of a new campaign orchestrated…
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Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years
An advanced China-nexus cyber espionage group previously linked to the exploitation of security flaws in VMware and Fortinet appliances has…
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Invoice Phishing Alert: TA866 Deploys WasabiSeed & Screenshotter Malware
The threat actor tracked as TA866 has resurfaced after a nine-month hiatus with a new large-volume phishing campaign to deliver…
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Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts
High-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the U.K., and…
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Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies
Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as…
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New Bandook RAT Variant Resurfaces, Targeting Windows Machines
A new variant of remote access trojan called Bandook has been observed being propagated via phishing attacks with an aim…
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