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U.S. Government Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage

By Newsroom — February 16th 2024 at 06:49
The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to conceal its malicious activities. "These crimes included vast spear-phishing and similar credential harvesting campaigns against targets of intelligence interest to the Russian government, such as U.S.
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Chinese Hackers Target Semiconductor Firms in East Asia with Cobalt Strike

By Newsroom — October 6th 2023 at 11:49
Threat actors have been observed targeting semiconductor companies in East Asia with lures masquerading as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that are designed to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons. The intrusion set, per EclecticIQ, leverages a backdoor called HyperBro, which is then used as a conduit to deploy the commercial attack simulation software and post-exploitation toolkit.
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5 Reasons Why Access Management is the Key to Securing the Modern Workplace

By The Hacker News — June 9th 2023 at 11:17
The way we work has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. We now operate within digital ecosystems, where remote work and the reliance on a multitude of digital tools is the norm rather than the exception. This shift – as you likely know from your own life – has led to superhuman levels of productivity that we wouldn't ever want to give up. But moving fast comes at a cost. And for
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Former Ubiquiti Employee Gets 6 Years in Jail for $2 Million Crypto Extortion Case

By Ravie Lakshmanan — May 15th 2023 at 06:59
A former employee of Ubiquiti has been sentenced to six years in jail after he pleaded guilty to posing as an anonymous hacker and a whistleblower in an attempt to extort almost $2 million worth of cryptocurrency while working at the company. Nickolas Sharp, 37, was arrested in December 2021 for using his insider access as a senior developer to steal confidential data and sending an anonymous
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High Severity Vulnerabilities Reported in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Devices

By Ravie Lakshmanan — November 17th 2022 at 06:58
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices that, if successfully exploited, to completely compromise affected systems. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said the flaws could be abused to remote access to the devices and defeat security constraints. The issues impact BIG-IP versions 13.x, 14.x, 15.x, 16.x, and 17.x, and BIG-IQ Centralized Management versions 7.x
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