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New Cyber Threat Targets Azerbaijan and Israel Diplomats, Stealing Sensitive Data

New Cyber Threat Targets Azerbaijan and Israel Diplomats, Stealing Sensitive Data

Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Data Theft A previously unknown threat actor has been attributed to a spate of attacks targeting Azerbaijan and Israel with an aim to steal sensitive data. The attack campaign,… 

New Gafgyt Botnet Variant Targets Weak SSH Passwords for GPU Crypto Mining

New Gafgyt Botnet Variant Targets Weak SSH Passwords for GPU Crypto Mining

Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet that’s targeting machines with weak SSH passwords to ultimately mine cryptocurrency on compromised instances using their GPU… 

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

Belarusian-Ukrainian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Ransomware and Cybercrime Charges

A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has led to the arrest and extradition of a Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national believed to be associated with Russian-speaking cybercrime groups.… 

Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Day Exploits

Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Day Exploits

Aug 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 90 security flaws, including 10 zero-days, of which six have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of… 

Critical Flaw in Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Could Allow Rogue Admin Access

Critical Flaw in Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Could Allow Rogue Admin Access

Aug 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Ivanti has rolled out security updates for a critical flaw in Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) that could be exploited to achieve an authentication bypass and create rogue administrative… 

China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa

China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Aug 14, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cyber Attack The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in…