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Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via ‘ExpressLRS’ Protocol
A radio control system for drones is vulnerable to remote takeover, thanks to a weakness in the mechanism that binds transmitter and receiver. The popular protocol for radio controlled (RC ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands
Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake ...
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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data ...
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20K WordPress Sites Exposed by Insecure Plugin REST-API
The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS. More than 20,000 WordPress sites are vulnerable to malicious code injection ...
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Grief Ransomware Targets NRA
Grief, a ransomware group with ties to Russia-based Evil Corp, claims to have stolen data from the gun-rights group and has posted files on its dark web site. A ransomware group tied to Russia ...
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras ...
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SEGA’s Sloppy Security Confession: Exposed AWS S3 Bucket Offers Up Steam API Access & More
SEGA’s disclosure underscores a common, potentially catastrophic, flub — misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets. Gaming giant SEGA Europe recently discovered that its sensitive ...
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DarkSide Getting Taken to ‘Hackers’ Court’ For Not Paying Affiliates
A shadow court system for hackers shows how professional ransomware gangs have become. Cybercriminals who have worked as affiliates with ransomware group DarkSide, responsible for the Colonial ...
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Apple Fixes 2 Zero-Day Security Bugs, One Exploited in the Wild
iOS 15.3 & iPadOS 15.3 fix the Safari browser flaw that could have spilled users’ browsing data, plus a zero day IOMobileFrameBuffer bug exploited in the wild. Apple on Wednesday released 13 ...
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REvil Ransomware Ground Down JBS: Sources
Responsible nations don’t harbor cybercrooks, the Biden administration admonished Russia, home to the gang that reportedly froze the global food distributor’s systems. The cyberattack that ...
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Office 365 Phishing Campaign Abuses Stolen Amazon SES Token
Stolen access token leveraged in phishing campaign that spoofs brand name email addresses. A surge in spearphishing emails designed to steal Office 365 credentials include some that were rigged to ...
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Spotlight on Cybercriminal Supply Chains
In this Threatpost podcast Fortinet’s top researcher outlines what a cybercriminal supply chain is and how much the illicit market is worth. An examination of cybercrime ecosystems reveals it ...