Tag: computer
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Critical Mozilla Vulnerabilities Prompt Urgent Updates for Firefox and Thunderbird Users
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird users are facing a series of high-severity vulnerabilities that could leave systems open to exploitation. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory on January 20, 2025, highlighting multiple security flaws in Mozilla’s popular browser and email client. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cert-in-reports-mozilla-vulnerabilities/
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CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests
CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency, using fake AnyDesk requests to conduct fraudulent security audits. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber scams involving threat actors impersonating the agency by sending fraudulent AnyDesk connection requests under the guise of security audits. CERT-UA pointed out that it uses the software AnyDesk…
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CERT-UA warns against >>security audit<< requests via AnyDesk
Attackers are impersonating the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) via AnyDesk to gain access to target computers. The request (Source: CERT-UA) … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/20/cert-ua-warns-against-security-audit-requests-via-anydesk/
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Cyberangriff auf eine Universität in Georgia, USA
Cyberattack continues to disrupt classes and computer labs at Valdosta State University First seen on wtxl.com Jump to article: www.wtxl.com/valdosta/cyberattack-continues-to-disrupt-classes-and-computer-labs-at-valdosta-state-university
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Treasury Levels Sanctions Tied to a Massive Hack of Telecom Companies and Breach of Its Own Network
The Treasury Department announced sanctions in connection with a massive Chinese hack of American telecommunications companies and a breach of its own computer network. The post Treasury Levels Sanctions Tied to a Massive Hack of Telecom Companies and Breach of Its Own Network appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/treasury-levels-sanctions-tied-to-a-massive-hack-of-telecom-companies-and-breach-of-its-own-network/
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US hits back against China’s Salt Typhoon group
Tags: attack, backdoor, china, cisa, ciso, communications, computer, control, crypto, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, detection, disinformation, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, ivanti, law, malicious, mandiant, microsoft, network, north-korea, office, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityThe US is hitting back against the threat group, dubbed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, which is allegedly behind recent cyber attacks against American telecommunications providers, as part of a wider campaign against Chinese-based hacking.On Friday the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it is sanctioning Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, a…
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group
A Chinese-based threat group called Mustang Panda was using a variant of the PlugX malware to infected U.S. Windows computers and steal information. The FBI, with help from French authorities and a private company, deleted the malicious code from more than 4,200 systems. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/fbi-deletes-plugx-malware-from-computers-infected-by-china-group/
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FBI removed PlugX malware from U.S. computers
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that, alongside international partners, the FBI deleted >>PlugX
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FBI deletes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of US computers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the FBI has deleted Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in networks across the United States. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-deletes-chinese-plugx-malware-from-thousands-of-us-computers/
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Adobe-Patchday: Gefährliche Sicherheitslücken in Photoshop & Co. geschlossen
Angreifer können Adobe-Anwendungen attackieren, um Computer zu kompromittieren. Sicherheitsupdates schaffen Abhilfe. First seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Adobe-Patchday-Schadcode-Attacken-auf-Photoshop-Co-moeglich-10243019.html
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a “multi-month law enforcement operation.”PlugX, also known as Korplug, is a remote access trojan (RAT) widely used by threat actors associated with the…
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FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
Self-delete commands sent from commandeered server to malware on infected PCs. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/fbi-forces-chinese-malware-to-delete-itself-from-thousands-of-us-computers/
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FBI deleted China-linked PlugX malware from over 4,200 US computers
The FBI has removed Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in networks across the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice reported. The Justice Department and FBI, along with international partners, announced they deleted PlugX malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide as part of a multi-month law enforcement operation. The malware was operated…
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DOJ deletes China-linked PlugX malware off more than 4,200 US computers
U.S law enforcement accused the People’s Republic of China of paying hackers that are part of a well-known group called Mustang Panda to deploy the PlugX malware, which allows them to “infect, control, and steal information from victim computers.”]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/doj-deletes-china-linked-plugx-malware
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Russia-linked APT UAC-0063 target Kazakhstan in with HATVIBE malware
Russia-linked threat actor UAC-0063 targets Kazakhstan to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. Russia-linked threat actors UAC-0063 is targeting Kazakhstan as part of a cyber espionage campaign to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) first detailed the activity of UAC-0063 in early 2023.…
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Microsoft sues overseas threat actor group over abuse of OpenAI service
Microsoft has filed suit against 10 unnamed people (“Does”), who are apparently operating overseas, for misuse of its Azure OpenAI platform, asking the Eastern District of Virginia federal court for damages and injunctive relief.The suit was filed in late December but was not made public until last Friday, when the initial sealed filings were revealed.…
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Sicherheitsmängel gefährden DNA-Sequenziergeräte
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Microsoft took legal action against crooks who developed a tool to abuse its AI-based services
In December, Microsoft sued a group for creating tools to bypass safety measures in its cloud AI products. Microsoft filed a complaint with the Eastern District Court of Virginia against ten individuals for using stolen credentials and custom software to breach computers running Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI services to generate content for harmful purposes. >>Defendants used…
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DNA sequencer vulnerabilities signal firmware issues across medical device industry
Tags: access, advisory, attack, best-practice, computer, computing, control, credentials, data, exploit, firmware, flaw, Hardware, iot, leak, malicious, malware, mitigation, privacy, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, side-channel, software, supply-chain, update, vulnerability, windowsIn highlighting vulnerabilities in a widely used DNA gene sequencing device, security researchers have brought further attention to the likely poor state of security in the medical device industry, where hardware and firmware development is often outsourced to external equipment manufacturers under questionable support contracts.The device, Illumina’s iSeq 100 compact DNA sequencer, is used by…
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Casio Discloses Data Leak Following Ransomware Attack
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. has disclosed the results of its investigation into a ransomware attack that compromised its First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/casio-discloses-data-leak-following-ransomware-attack/
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ADFS”Š”, “ŠLiving in the Legacy of DRS
ADFS”Š”, “ŠLiving in the Legacy of DRS It’s no secret that Microsoft have been trying to move customers away from ADFS for a while. Short of slapping a “deprecated” label on it, every bit of documentation I come across eventually explains why Entra ID should now be used in place of ADFS. And yet”¦ we still encounter…
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Critical Windows LDAP flaw could lead to crashed servers, RCE attacks
Researchers have published a proof-of-concept exploit for a pair of Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) flaws that could lead to server crashes or remote code execution (RCE) on Windows servers.”Active Directory Domain Controllers (DCs) are considered to be one of the crown jewels in organizational computer networks,” noted researchers at security firm SafeBreach, who…
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US government sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company linked to APT group
The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued sanctions against a Beijing cybersecurity company for its role in attacks attributed to a Chinese cyberespionage group known as Flax Typhoon.The company, called Integrity Technology Group (Integrity Tech), is accused of providing the computer infrastructure that Flax Typhoon used in its operations…