A new threat actor referred to as DEC-0569 has been discovered expanding its toolkit to include the Royal ransomware. The group's activities were detailed in a recent Threat Intelligence report …
Zeus Botnet Suspected Leader Arrested in Geneva
A Ukrainian national has been apprehended by Swiss authorities over allegations of connections with a cyber criminal group that stole millions of dollars from bank accounts leveraging the Zeus …
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Emerging Threat Actor DEV-0569 Expands Its Toolkit to Deliver Royal Ransomware
Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence has found that a new actor dubbed DEV-0569 has been developed new tools that deliver the Royal ransomware to victims. Microsoft recently released a post …
Hundreds of Amazon RDS Snapshots Discovered Leaking Users’ Data
According to security researchers at Mitiga, hundreds of Amazon relational database service (RDS) instances have been found to be exposed. The exposed databases resulted in the extensive leakage of …
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‘Loss and damage’ negotiations dominate COP27’s final day
Global climate talks are on the final scheduled day of negotiations. Chances of a deal remain unclear. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt was expected to go past the deadline on …
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Gas cylinder explosion in Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah kills 15 people
A gas cylinder explosion in a residential area in the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah has killed 15 people. The explosion occurred on Thursday, caused a house to collapse and injured 16 additional people. …
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Russia hopeful for arms dealer prisoner swap with US
Russia wants to arrange a prisoner swap with the US that would include arms dealer Viktor Bout, otherwise known as the Merchant of Death. This is the first time either US or Russian officials have …
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Billbug Targets Government Agencies in Multiple Asian Countries
According to security researchers at Symantec, state-sponsored actors operating for the Billbug group, also known as Thrip and Lotus, have attempted to compromise a digital certificate authority in an …
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Kuwait hangs seven people in first executions since 2017
Kuwait has executed seven people in the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organizations for clemency. The inmates were four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, a Syrian and an Ethiopian. …
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Remote Code Execution Discovered in Spotify’s Backstage
Security researchers from Oxeye have discovered a vulnerability in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) incubated project Backstage utilized by Spotify. According to the researchers, the flaw …
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