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2024-02-02 Post a Comment

Hackers push USB malware payloads via news, media hosting sites

By Bill Toulas A financially motivated threat actor using USB devices for initial infection has been found abusing legitimate online platforms, including GitHub, Vimeo, and Ars Technica, to host encoded payloads embedded in seemingly benign content. The attackers hide these payloads in plain sight, placing them in forum user profiles on tech news sites or video descriptions on media hosting platforms. These payloads pose no risks to users visiting these […]

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2024-02-02 Post a Comment

Hackers target WordPress database plugin active on 1 million sites

By Bill Toulas Hackers target WordPress database plugin active on 1 million sites Malicious activity targeting a critical severity flaw in the â€˜Better Search Replaceâ€™ WordPress plugin has been detected, with researchers observing thousands of attempts in the past 24 hours. Better Search Replace is a WordPress plugin with more than one million installations that helps with search and replace operations in databases when moving websites to new domains or […]

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2024-01-20 Post a Comment

Ukraine ‘Blackjack’ Hackers Hit Jackpot in Russia

Story by Isabel van BrugenÂ â€¢ AUkrainianÂ hacking groupÂ linked to the country’s main spy agency has stolen construction plans for more than 500Â Russian militaryÂ sites, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, said Friday. The group, dubbed “Blackjack”, which has previously been linked to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), hacked into a Russian state enterprise involved in construction work for PresidentÂ Vladimir Putin‘s military. Blackjack was able to obtain more than 1.2 terabytes of […]

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2024-01-04 Post a Comment

â€˜Unsettlingâ€™: hackers break into Victorian court recordings database

Court Service Victoria says it will notify those captured on recordings of hearings of the breach Victoriaâ€™s court system has been hit by a cyber-attack, with hackers accessing several weeks of recorded hearings. Court Services Victoria (CSV) was first made aware of the attack on 21 December but it is believed the audio-visual technology network was first compromised on 1 November. Video and audio recordings of some hearings in the […]

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2023-12-30 Post a Comment

Why is it so important to keep your online security software up to date?

Oh, dear reader, let me enlighten you on the importance of keeping your online security software up to date. Picture this: you’re strolling through the vast digital landscape, minding your own business, when suddenly, a cybercriminal lurks in the shadows, ready to pounce on your vulnerable system. But fear not! With up-to-date security software, you become an impenetrable fortress, a force to be reckoned with. You see, the internet is […]