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Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

The notorious Emotet malware, in itsreturn after a short hiatus, is now being distributed viaMicrosoft OneNote email attachmentsin an attempt to bypass macro-b…

LinuxSecurity - Security Articles
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High-Impact DoS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Spoofing Bugs Fixed in Thunderbird 102.9.0

Multiple high-impact security issues have been discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in denial of service (DoS) attacks leading to server crashes and l…

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Fortinet Zero-Day Flaw for Cyber Espionage Attack

The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched medium-severity security flaw in the FortinetFortiOSoperating system has been linked to a suspected Chinese hacking …

VMware Fortinet

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LockBit 3.0 Ransomware: Inside the Cyberthreat That's Costing Millions

U.S. government agencies have released a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing the indicators of compromise (IoCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TT…

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The Hacker News

FakeCalls Vishing Malware Targets South Korean Users via Popular Financial Apps

An Android voice phishing (aka vishing) malware campaign known as FakeCalls has reared its head once again to target South Korean users under the guise of over…

Android

LinuxSecurity - Security Articles
LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

Thunderbird 102.9.0 is a security update for the open source email client

The Thunderbird team has released a new stable version of the open source email client. Thunderbird 102.9.0 is a security and bug fix update.

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The Hacker News

A New Security Category Addresses Web-borne Threats

In the modern corporate IT environment, which relies on cloud connectivity, global connections and large volumes of data, the browser is now the most important…

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The Hacker News

Lookalike Telegram and WhatsApp Websites Distributing Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware

Copycat websites for instant messaging apps like Telegram and WhatApp are being used to distribute trojanized versions and infect Android and Windows users wit…

Windows Android

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Google Uncovers 18 Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos Chips

Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung's Exynos chips, some of which could be exploited remotely to completely compromise a p…

Android

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The Hacker News

Chinese and Russian Hackers Using SILKLOADER Malware to Evade Detection

Threat activity clusters affiliated with the Chinese and Russian cybercriminal ecosystems have been observed using a new piece of malware that's designed to lo…

LinuxSecurity - Security Articles
LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

Pentesters' Fave Kali Linux Turns 10 with Version 23.1

The developers of specialized security-testing distro Kali Linux have released the first version of 2023, which marks the project's tenth anniversary'¦ but onl…

Linux

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LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

NordVPN Makes its Meshnet Private Tunnel Free for Everyone

NordVPN's Meshnet private tunnel feature for Windows, macOS, and Linux is now free for everyone, even users who do not have a subscription to NordVPN.

Linux Windows Apple

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Multiple Hacker Groups Exploit 3-Year-Old Vulnerability to Breach U.S. Federal Agency

Multiple threat actors, including a nation-state group, exploited a critical three-year-old security flaw in Progress Telerik to break into an unnamed federal …

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CISA Issues Urgent Warning: Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on March 15addeda security vulnerability impacting Adobe ColdFusion to its Known Exploited Vul…

LinuxSecurity - Security Articles
LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

5 Best free to use Linux Server distributions for 2023

Learn about the selection of excellent - and free! - server distros available to Linux users in 2021.

Linux

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Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 80 New Security Flaws — Two Under Active Attack

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for March 2023 is rolling out with remediations for a set of80 security flaws, two of which have come under active exploitatio…

Chrome

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GoBruteforcer: New Golang-Based Malware Breaches Web Servers via Brute-Force Attacks

A new Golang-based malware dubbedGoBruteforcerhas been found targeting web servers running phpMyAdmin, MySQL, FTP, and Postgres to corral the devices into a bo…

Palo Alto Databases

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The Prolificacy of LockBit Ransomware

Today, the LockBit ransomware is the most active and successful cybercrime organization in the world. Attributed to a Russian Threat Actor, LockBit has stepped…

LinuxSecurity - Security Articles
LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

Linux Gets Double-Quick Double-Update to Fix Kernel Oops!

Linux has never suffered from the infamous BSoD, short for blue screen of death , the name given to the dreaded ''something went terribly wrong'' message assoc…

Linux Windows

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LinuxSecurity - Security Articles

Kali Linux 2023.1 Introduces 'Purple' Distro for Defensive Security

''Offensive Security has released ''Kali Linux 2023.1, the first version of 2023 and the project's 10th anniversary, with a new distro called 'Kali Purple,' ai…

Linux

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Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Government entities and large organizations have been targeted by an unknown threat actor by exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS software to result …

Fortinet

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Large-scale Cyber Attack Hijacks East Asian Websites for Adult Content Redirects

A widespread malicious cyber operation has hijacked thousands of websites aimed at East Asian audiences to redirect visitors to adult-themed content since earl…

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The Hacker News

Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacking Facebook Accounts for Malicious Advertising

A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with capabilities to hijack Facebook accounts and create rogue admin accounts, highlight…

Chrome

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The Hacker News

Warning: AI-generated YouTube Video Tutorials Spreading Infostealer Malware

Threat actors have been increasingly observed using AI-generated YouTube Videos to spread a variety of stealer malware such as Raccoon, RedLine, and Vidar."The…