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New ‘Brokewell’ Android Malware Spread Through Fake Browser Updates

New ‘Brokewell’ Android Malware Spread Through Fake Browser Updates

Apr 26, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Cybercrime Fake browser updates are being used to push a previously undocumented Android malware called Brokewell. “Brokewell is a typical modern banking malware equipped with both data-stealing and remote-control capabilities… 

Palo Alto Networks Outlines Remediation for Critical PAN-OS Flaw Under Attack

Palo Alto Networks Outlines Remediation for Critical PAN-OS Flaw Under Attack

Apr 26, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Zero Day Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation guidance for a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting PAN-OS that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS… 

Hackers Exploiting WP-Automatic Plugin Bug to Create Admin Accounts on WordPress Sites

Hackers Exploiting WP-Automatic Plugin Bug to Create Admin Accounts on WordPress Sites

Apr 26, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack Threat actors are attempting to actively exploit a critical security flaw in the WP‑Automatic plugin for WordPress that could allow site takeovers. The shortcoming, tracked as CVE-2024-27956, carries… 

DOJ Arrests Founders of Crypto Mixer Samourai for  Billion in Illegal Transactions

DOJ Arrests Founders of Crypto Mixer Samourai for $2 Billion in Illegal Transactions

Apr 25, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the arrest of two co-founders of a cryptocurrency mixer called Samourai and seized the service for allegedly facilitating over $2 billion… 

Google Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation Amid U.K. Regulatory Scrutiny

Google Postpones Third-Party Cookie Deprecation Amid U.K. Regulatory Scrutiny

Apr 25, 2024NewsroomTechnology / Privacy Google has once again pushed its plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser as it works to address outstanding competition concerns from U.K. regulators over its… 

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Two Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerabilities for Espionage

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Two Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerabilities for Espionage

Apr 25, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero-Day A new malware campaign leveraged two zero-day flaws in Cisco networking gear to deliver custom malware and facilitate covert data collection on target environments. Cisco Talos, which dubbed the activity…