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Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor

The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and Southeast Asia.
That’s according to findings from cybersecurity firm ESET based on multiple Linux samples uploaded to the VirusTotal platform from Taiwan, the Philippines, and Singapore in March 2023.

US seizes PopeyeTools cybercrime marketplace, charges administrators

The U.S. has seized the cybercrime website ‘PopeyeTools’ and unsealed charges against three of its administrators, Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Sami, and Javed Mirza, for selling stolen data. […]

Fortinet VPN design flaw hides successful brute-force attacks

A design flaw in the Fortinet VPN server’s logging mechanism can be leveraged to conceal the successful verification of credentials during a brute-force attack without tipping off defenders of compromised logins. […]

After CrowdStrike Outage, Microsoft Debuts ‘Quick Machine Recovery’ Tool

Microsoft debuts Quick Machine Recovery tool to apply fixes even when machines are unable to boot, without needing physical access.

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RSA’s Innovation Sandbox: Cybersecurity Startups Must Accept $5 Million Investment

The owners of the RSA Conference will make a $5 million investment a prerequisite for all 10 finalists at next year’s Innovation Sandbox.

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MITRE Updates List of 25 Most Dangerous Software Vulnerabilities

MITRE has released an updated CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list, with cross-site scripting (XSS) at the top.

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ICS Security: 145,000 Systems Exposed to Web, Many Industrial Firms Hit by Attacks

Censys and Kaspersky publish ICS security reports looking into exposure to attacks and actual attacks suffered by industrial organizations.

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Mexico’s President Says Government Is Investigating Reported Ransomware Hack of Legal Affairs Office

Mexico’s president says the government is investigating a reported ransomware hack of the country’s legal affairs office.

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Financial Software Firm Finastra Investigating Data Breach

Finastra is investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed the theft of information from an internal file-transfer application.

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US Charges Five Alleged Scattered Spider Members

Five alleged members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group were charged for phishing and stealing millions in cryptocurrency.

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