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U.S. Seizes 32 Pro-Russian Propaganda Domains in Major Disinformation Crackdown

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 32 internet domains used by a pro-Russian propaganda operation called Doppelganger as part of a sweeping set of actions.
Accusing the Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaign of violating U.S. money laundering and criminal trademark laws, the agency called out companies Social Design Agency (SDA),

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Smart Licensing Utility

Cisco has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity flaws in Smart Licensing Utility.

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Two Nigerians Sentenced to Prison in US for BEC Fraud

Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna and Ebuka Raphael Umeti were sentenced to prison in the US for business email compromise (BEC) fraud.

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Microchip Technology Confirms Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack

Microchip Technology says employee contact information and other types of data was stolen in an August ransomware attack.

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How Do You Know When AI is Powerful Enough to be Dangerous? Regulators Try to Do the Math

An AI model trained on 10 to the 26th floating-point operations per second must now be reported to the U.S. government and could soon trigger even stricter requirements in California.

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DrayTek Vulnerabilities Added to CISA KEV Catalog Exploited in Global Campaign

Two DrayTek vulnerabilities added by CISA to its KEV catalog have been exploited by multiple threat groups to steal data from organizations worldwide.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and CTEM – Better Together

It’s been a decade since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) introduced its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.0. Created following a 2013 Executive Order, NIST was tasked with designing a voluntary cybersecurity framework that would help organizations manage cyber risk, providing guidance based on established standards and best practices. While this version was originally

Fake OnlyFans cybercrime tool infects hackers with malware

Hackers are targeting other hackers with a fake OnlyFans tool that claims to help steal accounts but instead infects threat actors with the Lumma stealer information-stealing malware. […]

US Targets Russian Election Influence Operation With Charges, Sanctions, Domain Seizures

The US has cracked down on an influence operation sponsored by the Russian government, announcing charges, sanctions and domain seizures.

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Malware Attackers Using MacroPack to Deliver Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhantomCore

Threat actors are likely employing a tool designated for red teaming exercises to serve malware, according to new findings from Cisco Talos.

The program in question is a payload generation framework called MacroPack, which is used to generate Office documents, Visual Basic scripts, Windows shortcuts, and other formats for penetration testing and social engineering assessments. It was developed

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