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Unveiling the Fallout: Operation Cronos’ Impact on LockBit Following Landmark Disruption

The first 72 hours after LockBit’s disruption In the days following the disruption, the topic was still being widely discussed across underground forums. Members of the forums seemed to appreciate the NCA’s sense of humor, commenting that the law enforcement agency was trying to be “lulzy” (internet slang for comical or amusing) in its actions […]

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Google fixed another Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own

Google addressed another Chrome zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own in March Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2024 Google fixed another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited during the Pwn2Own hacking competition in March. Google has addressed another zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, tracked as CVE-2024-3159, that was exploited during the Pwn2Own hacking competition in March, 2024. The vulnerability […]

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Rhadamanthys Stealer Delivered in Transportation Campaign

By Dylan Duncan On February 21st, 2024, Cofense Intelligence identified an advanced phishing campaign that targeted the Oil and Gas sector to deliver Rhadamanthys Stealer, an advanced information stealer offered as Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). The campaign incorporates several complex tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) along with a unique vehicle incident lure that spoofs the Federal Bureau […]

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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec – Krebs on Security

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “The Manipulaters,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. But new research […]

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Ivanti Rushes Patches for 4 New Flaws in Connect Secure and Policy Secure

Apr 04, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Vulnerability Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could result in code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). The list of flaws is as follows – CVE-2024-21894 (CVSS score: 8.2) – A heap overflow vulnerability in the IPSec component of Ivanti […]

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Google Warns: Android Zero-Day Flaws in Pixel Phones Exploited by Forensic Companies

Apr 03, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Zero Day Google has disclosed that two Android security flaws impacting its Pixel smartphones have been exploited in the wild by forensic companies. The high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2024-29745 – An information disclosure flaw in the bootloader component CVE-2024-29748 – A privilege escalation flaw in the firmware […]