WormGPT AI Tool Empowers Cybercriminals with Sophisticated Attack Capabilities: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has found a new application in the hands of cybercriminals, as a tool called WormGPT …
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Cybercriminals Exploit Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities
by Penelope Iroko 1 minutes readCybercriminals Exploit Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities: Cybercriminals are leveraging vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word to distribute the LokiBot malware, a well-known Trojan that targets Windows systems and aims to steal …
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Malicious USB Drives Target Global Organizations: The use of infected USB drives as a method for cyber-attacks has surged in the first half of 2023. Mandiant has uncovered …
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Firefox 115 Release: Patching High-Severity Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities
by Penelope Iroko 1 minutes readMozilla has released Firefox 115, a stable channel update that includes patches for high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities pose potential risks to user security and the proper functioning …
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Critical Flaw Exposes ArcServe Backup to Remote Code Execution
by Penelope Iroko 2 minutes readCritical Flaw Exposes ArcServe Backup to Remote Code Execution: A recent adversary simulation conducted by the MDSec ActiveBreach red team has revealed a critical vulnerability in ArcServe UDP …
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British Twitter Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the US
by Penelope Iroko 2 minutes readBritish Twitter Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the US: Joseph James O’Connor, a British national known as ‘PlugwalkJoe’, has been sentenced to five years in a US prison …
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PoC Exploit Published for High-Severity Vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure
by Penelope Iroko 1 minutes readPoC Exploit Published for High-Severity Vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure: A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-20178) in Cisco AnyConnect Secure has been targeted by a security researcher who published a …
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Des Moines Public Schools Confirms Ransomware Attack and Data Theft
by Penelope Iroko 1 minutes readDes Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in Iowa, confirmed a ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of all networked systems on January 9, 2023. The …
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Urgent Patching Required for Third Critical Vulnerability in MOVEit Software
by Penelope Iroko 1 minutes readUrgent Patching Required for Third Critical Vulnerability in MOVEit Software: Progress Software is issuing a warning to MOVEit customers regarding a third critical vulnerability found in the file …
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Understanding Ransomware Attacks: A Comprehensive Overview
by Penelope Iroko 15 minutes readAccording to the reference data, ransomware attacks have become one of the most insidious threats in the cyber world, hence understanding ransomware attacks is very essential. In this …