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Hamas-linked Hackers Targeting High-Ranking Israelis Using ‘Catfish’ Lures

A threat actor with affiliations to the cyber warfare division of Hamas has been linked to an “elaborate campaign” targeting high-profile Israeli individuals employed in sensitive defense, law enforcement, and emergency services organizations. “The campaign operators use sophisticated social engineering techniques, ultimately aimed to deliver previously undocumented backdoors for Windows and

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First Malware Targeting AWS Lambda Serverless Platform Discovered

A first-of-its-kind malware targeting Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Lambda serverless computing platform has been discovered in the wild. Dubbed “Denonia” after the name of the domain it communicates with, “the malware uses newer address resolution techniques for command and control traffic to evade typical detection measures and virtual network access controls,” Cado Labs researcher Matt

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Cyber Security WEBINAR — How to Ace Your InfoSec Board Deck

Communication is a vital skill for any leader at an organization, regardless of seniority. For security leaders, this goes double. Communicating clearly works on multiple levels. On the one hand, security leaders and CISOs must be able to communicate strategies clearly – instructions, incident response plans, and security policies. On the other, they must be

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Hackers Distributing Fake Shopping Apps to Steal Banking Data of Malaysian Users

Threat actors have been distributing malicious applications under the guise of seemingly harmless shopping apps to target customers of eight Malaysian banks since at least November 2021. The attacks involved setting up fraudulent but legitimate-looking websites to trick users into downloading the apps, Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker

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Block Admits Data Breach Involving Cash App Data Accessed by Former Employee

Block, the company formerly known as Square, has disclosed a data breach that involved a former employee downloading unspecified reports pertaining to its Cash App Investing that contained information about its U.S. customers. “While this employee had regular access to these reports as part of their past job responsibilities, in this instance these reports were

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Ukraine Warns of Cyber attack Aiming to Hack Users’ Telegram Messenger Accounts

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service is warning of a new wave of cyber attacks that are aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. “The criminals sent messages with malicious links to the Telegram website in order to gain unauthorized access to the records, including the possibility to transfer a one-time code from SMS,”

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U.S. Treasury Department Sanctions Russia-based Hydra Darknet Marketplace

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned Hydra, the same day German law enforcement authorities disrupted the world’s largest and longest-running dark web marketplace following a coordinated operation in partnership with U.S. officials. The sanctions are part of an “international effort to disrupt proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dangerous drugs, and other illegal

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Researchers Trace Widespread Espionage Attacks Back to Chinese ‘Cicada’ Hackers

A Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group known for singling out Japanese entities has been attributed to a new long-running espionage campaign targeting new geographies, suggesting a “widening” of the threat actor’s targeting. The widespread intrusions, which are believed to have commenced at the earliest in mid-2021 and continued as recently as February 2022,

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Germany Shuts Down Russian Hydra Darknet Market; Seizes $25 Million in Bitcoin

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), on Tuesday announced the official takedown of Hydra, the world’s largest illegal dark web marketplace that has cumulatively facilitated over $5 billion in Bitcoin transactions to date. “Bitcoins amounting to currently the equivalent of approximately €23 million were seized, which are attributed to the marketplace,” the BKA

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Battling Cybersecurity Risk: How to Start Somewhere, Right Now

Between a series of recent high-profile cybersecurity incidents and the heightened geopolitical tensions, there’s rarely been a more dangerous cybersecurity environment. It’s a danger that affects every organization – automated attack campaigns don’t discriminate between targets. The situation is driven in large part due to a relentless rise in vulnerabilities, with tens of thousands of

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