Evgenii Ptitsyn was extradited from South Korea to the US to face charges for his alleged involvement in administering the Phobos ransomware.
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New Windows 11 recovery tool to let admins remotely fix unbootable devices
Microsoft is working on a new Windows “Quick Machine Recovery” feature that will allow IT administrators to use Windows Update “targeted fixes” to remotely fix systems rendered unbootable. […]
The Urgent And Critical Need To Prioritize Mobile Security
Organizations that get serious about mobile risks will reduce business risk and boost trust and confidence in their employees, customers, business partners and investors.
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Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices
The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal.
“At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices,” the Black Lotus Labs team at
“At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in our telemetry originate from the Ngioweb botnet, mainly utilizing small office/home office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices,” the Black Lotus Labs team at
Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts
Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using live streaming capture tools.
The attacks involve the hijack of unauthenticated Jupyter Notebooks to establish initial access, and perform a series of actions designed to facilitate illegal live streaming of sports events, Aqua said in a report shared with The
The attacks involve the hijack of unauthenticated Jupyter Notebooks to establish initial access, and perform a series of actions designed to facilitate illegal live streaming of sports events, Aqua said in a report shared with The
Threat Actor Turns Thousands of IoT Devices Into Residential Proxies
A threat actor tracked as Water Barghest has compromised over 20,000 IoT devices and monetizes them as residential proxies.
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Microsoft shares more details on Windows 11 admin protection
Microsoft has shared more details about the new Windows 11 administrator protection security feature, which is available in preview and uses Windows Hello authentication prompts to block access to critical system resources. […]
Microsoft launches Zero Day Quest hacking event with $4 million in rewards
Microsoft announced today at its Ignite annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, that it’s expanding its bug bounty programs with Zero Day Quest, a new hacking event focusing on cloud and AI products and platforms. […]
Hackers Redirect $250,000 Payment in iLearningEngines Cyberattack
AI-powered learning automation firm iLearningEngines has been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of $250,000.
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Akira Ransomware Drops 30 Victims on Leak Site in One Day
Cyberint has observed the Akira ransomware group leaking in a single day the information allegedly stolen from 32 victims.
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