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Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals K in Five-Month Campaign

Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign

Sep 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims… 

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes

U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of current and former officials to steal sensitive data.… 

US government charges three Iranian hackers with Trump campaign hack

Iranian hackers charged with hacking Trump campaign to ‘stoke discord’

The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of a four-year-long hacking campaign that included this year’s hack of Donald Trump’s… 

Progress Software Releases Patches for 6 Flaws in WhatsUp Gold – Patch Now

Progress Software Releases Patches for 6 Flaws in WhatsUp Gold – Patch Now

Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has released another round of updates to address six security flaws in WhatsUp Gold, including two critical vulnerabilities. The issues, the company said, have been resolved… 

Critical Linux CUPS Printing System Flaws Could Allow Remote Command Execution

Critical Linux CUPS Printing System Flaws Could Allow Remote Command Execution

Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability A new set of security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) on Linux systems that could permit remote command execution under certain conditions.… 

Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks

The threat actor known as Storm-0501 has targeted government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement sectors in the U.S. to stage ransomware attacks. The multi-stage attack campaign is designed to compromise hybrid cloud environments and perform… 

New HTML Smuggling Campaign Delivers DCRat Malware to Russian-Speaking Users

New HTML Smuggling Campaign Delivers DCRat Malware to Russian-Speaking Users

Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananGenAI / Cybercrime Russian-speaking users have been targeted as part of a new campaign distributing a commodity trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) by means of a technique known as HTML smuggling.…