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US offers $2.5 million reward for hacker linked to Angler Exploit Kit
The U.S. Department of State and the Secret Service have announced a reward of $2,500,000 for information leading to Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya (Владимир Кадария) for cybercrime activities. The 38-year-old man is wanted for his participation in various malware and online scam operations, including the Angler Exploit Kit, for which he managed malvertising operations between October 2013 and March 2022.…
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North Korean insider attacks are skyrocketing – dozens of US firms didn’t spot the hacker in their midst
Over 100 organizations have been targeted by North Korean hackers posing as legitimate IT workers to steal money and exfiltrate sensitive information, new research reveals. The threat campaign, operated by a group tracked as FAMOUS CHOLLIMA, involves posing as a locally-based IT technician or software developer, using stolen identities and deepfake technology to pass background checks. In its 2024 Threat…
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Billons of Chrome users at risk from hacker attacks — severe flaw exploited
Google is in the process of rolling out patches that address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser. According to Google, this flaw has come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-7971) is a confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine (h/t to The Hacker News). Google acknowledged the flaw in a blog…
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Phrack hacker zine publishes new edition after three years
Phrack #71 has been released online and is available to read for free. This issue is the first to be released since 2021, marking a new chapter in the influential online magazine’s history. Phrack is an underground online magazine first launched in 1985 as a text file distributed through Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) and later through the internet. It features…
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Hacker locks Unicoin staff out of Google accounts for 4 days
A hacker compromised Unicoin’s Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite) account and changed the passwords for all company employees, locking them out of their corporate accounts for days. Unicoin is an asset-backed, audited, and publicly reporting cryptocurrency project. It is the official token of the “Unicorn Hunters” business series, focused on providing novel investment opportunities. In a filing to the U.S. Security and…
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A flaw in Proofpoint’s anti-phishing platform allowed a hacker to send millions of spam emails
Phishing campaigns were undertaken by a malicious actor through an exploited configuration of Proofpoint’s anti-phishing platform, allowing a malicious actor to send spam emails according to the firm. Dubbed “EchoSpoofing,” a report from Guardio Labs estimated that cyber criminals could have sent an approximate daily average of three million emails a day – with peak daily numbers reaching as high…
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