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Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to its data breach notification service. The Naz.API dataset is a massive collection of 1 billion credentials compiled using credential stuffing lists and data stolen by information-stealing malware.
Microsoft says that a subgroup of the notorious APT35 Iranian-backed state hackers are targeting high-profile employees of research organizations and universities across Europe and the United States in spearphishing attacks pushing new MediaPL backdoor malware. MediaPL is a highly sophisticated malware strain designed to compromise the security of researchers and their data. The attackers have specifically targeted individuals involved in cutting-edge research, seeking unauthorized access to sensitive information. Microsoft's dedicated security teams have dissected the malware to better understand its functionality and devise effective countermeasures.
A previously unknown cybercrime syndicate named 'Bigpanzi' has been making significant money by infecting Android TV and eCos set-top boxes worldwide since at least 2015. Bigpanzi infects the devices via firmware updates or backdoored apps the users are tricked into installing themselves, as highlighted in a September 2023 report by Dr. Web.
In this article, I'll be running down a quick list of the five best VPNs for Android in 2024. While all the VPNs on this list secure your internet connection on your Android device, not all of them share the same set of features and pricing.
Today, CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against three recently patched Citrix NetScaler and Google Chrome zero-days actively exploited in attacks, pushing for a Citrix RCE bug to be patched within a week. Citrix urged customers on Tuesday to immediately patch Internet-exposed Netscaler ADC and Gateway appliances against the CVE-2023-6548 code injection vulnerability and the CVE-2023-6549 buffer overflow impacting the Netscaler management interface that could be exploited for remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks, respectively.
Security researchers found that infections with high-profile spyware Pegasus, Reign, and Predator could be discovered on compromised Apple mobile devices by checking Shutdown. Kaspersky released Python scripts to help automate the process of analyzing the Shutdown.
A new vulnerability dubbed 'LeftoverLocals' affecting graphics processing units from AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and Imagination Technologies allows retrieving data from the local memory space. [...]
Building a cybersecurity architecture requires organizations to leverage several security tools to provide multi-layer security in an ever-changing threat landscape. Organizations require various security tools that satisfy the key areas of a security architecture as they each play a role in securing digital assets.
Publicly exposed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases with weak passwords are being autonomously wiped out by a malicious extortion bot - one that marks who pays up and who is not getting their data back. Origin unknown, the bot is routinely breaching poorly protected databases within hours of exposure to the internet, according to security researchers at Border0.
The point-of-sale (PoS) terminals from PAX Technology are impacted by a collection of high-severity vulnerabilities that can be weaponized by threat actors to execute arbitrary code. The STM Cyber...