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After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back

After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back

The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made “behavioral changes” to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity. KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small… 

Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros

Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros

?Feb 07, 2024?NewsroomDevice Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances.… 

CISA Launches #Protect2024 Resources Webpage for State and Local Election Officials

CISA Launches #Protect2024 Resources Webpage for State and Local Election Officials

WASHINGTON – As part of its unwavering commitment to safeguarding the security and integrity of the nation’s elections infrastructure, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) launched its new #Protect2024 webpage today. Election security remains a… 

U.S. and International Partners Publish Cybersecurity Advisory on People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Hacking of U.S. Critical Infrastructure

U.S. and International Partners Publish Cybersecurity Advisory on People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Hacking of U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Advisory provides details on the PRC’s efforts to conceal its hacking activity, discovery and mitigation guidance to potential victims, and encourage reporting of any suspected incident   WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency… 

Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network

Chinese Hackers Exploited FortiGate Flaw to Breach Dutch Military Network

?Feb 07, 2024?NewsroomCyber Espionage / Network Security Chinese state-backed hackers broke into a computer network that’s used by the Dutch armed forces by targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. “This [computer network] was used for unclassified research… 

Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaw Exposes Servers to Takeover

Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaw Exposes Servers to Takeover

?Feb 07, 2024?NewsroomCybersecurity / Software Security JetBrains is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in its TeamCity On-Premises continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software that could be exploited by threat actors to take… 

Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials

Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials

?Feb 06, 2024?NewsroomSocial Engineering / Malvertising Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. “This malware is designed to…