Over 20 web hosting providers offering cheap VPSes have notified customers yesterday that they plan to shut down temporarily on Monday. This time limit gives clients just two days to download data …
Feds Crack Down on Money Mules, Warn of BEC Scams
The Justice Department stated earlier this week that it is cracking down on money mules, or middlemen who provide assistance in fraud schemes, claiming that it has stopped over 600 money mules this …
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VMware Patches ESXi Vulnerability That Earned Hacker $200,000
On Thursday, VMware informed customers that it has released an updated version of its software that has patched a vulnerability that allowed for critical remote code execution in ESXi, which was …
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Microsoft Security: Password Problem Affecting 44 Million Users Revealed
The Microsoft threat team recently analyzed a database that contained leaked login credentials of over 44 million users, exposed from multiple security breaches. Microsoft disclosed that the …
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New ransomware attacks target your NAS devices, backup storage
Researchers state that users are unprepared for the threat that ransomware strains targeting NAS and backup storage pose. As these ransomware strains grow in popularity, hospitals, commercial …
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US Sets $5 Million Bounty For Russian Hacker Behind Zeus Banking Thefts
Maksim Yakubets and his associates are accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars using Zeus and Dridex malware. The Department of Justice, the FBI, and the US State Department announced on …
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YouTube Is Easiest Platform To Manipulate, NATO Advisers Find
The NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence bought social media engagement for 105 posts across various platforms for a three month period, which costed a total of $333 for 3,500 comments, …
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VPN Flaw Allows Criminal Access to Everything on Victims’ Computers
A VPN vulnerability in the Aviatrix VPN client has been patched, but previously gave an attacker unlimited access to the targeted device. Aviatrix VPN client is used by large US organizations, notably …
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Facebook sues Chinese malware operator for abusing its ad platform
Facebook filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chinese company ILikeAd Media International Company and the two men who control it, Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao. The company was founded in 2016 in Hong …
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The Great Cannon DDoS Tool Used Against Hong Kong Protestors’ Forum
The Great Cannon Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS0 tool was deployed against the LIHKG platform used by Hong Kong protesters to coordinate. The Great Cannon is a tool that hijacks traffic between …
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