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Cybersecurity

Alleged covert wiretap on Russian messaging service blown by expired TLS certificate

Security researchers have discovered what they believe may be a government attempt to covertly wiretap an instant messaging service in Germany — an attempt that was blown because the potential intercepting authorities failed to reissue a TLS certificate. The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian XMPP service, received […]

Cybersecurity

Adlumin Snags $70M to Boost Security for Mid-Market Firms

Adlumin, a Washington DC startup working on technology to boost security for mid-market firms, has banked $70 million in new financing. The substantial Series B funding round was led by SYN Ventures, a Florida-based venture capital firm placing early-stage bets in cybersecurity startups. The company said First In Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners, and BankTech Ventures […]

Cybersecurity

Alert: PoC Exploits Released for Citrix and VMware Vulnerabilities

Oct 25, 2023NewsroomExploit / Vulnerability Virtualization services provider VMware has alerted customers to the existence of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched security flaw in Aria Operations for Logs. Tracked as CVE-2023-34051 (CVSS score: 8.1), the high-severity vulnerability relates to a case of authentication bypass that could lead to remote code execution. “An […]

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Canada: Lawmakers Targeted by China-Linked ‘Spamouflage’ Disinformation

Canada on Monday warned of a “Spamouflage” disinformation campaign linked to China that used waves of online posts and deepfake videos manipulated to try to disparage and discredit Canadian lawmakers. The Global Affairs department said in a statement it had “detected a ‘Spamouflage’ campaign connected to the People’s Republic of China.” The bot network, according […]