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Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831

Security Affairs

Google TAG reported that both Russia and China-linked threat actors are weaponizing the a high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that in recent weeks multiple nation-state actors were spotted exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2023-38831 in WinRAR. ” reported Google TAG.

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Recently patched Apple and Chrome zero-days exploited to infect devices in Egypt with Predator spyware

Security Affairs

Citizen Lab and Google’s TAG revealed that the three recently patched Apple zero-days were used to install Cytrox Predator spyware. The three flaws were discovered by Bill Marczak of The Citizen Lab at The University of Toronto’s Munk School and Maddie Stone of Google’s Threat Analysis Group.

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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access.

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North Korea offers school for hackers to train minds as young as 10

CyberSecurity Insiders

Kim is picking up his country’s Future Warrior Elite team by training primary school kids in different situations and digital war games. The post North Korea offers school for hackers to train minds as young as 10 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. Isn’t this serious….?

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California University Pays $1.14 Million in Ransomware Attack

SecureWorld News

Hacking a School of Medicine during a global pandemic is more than a little ironic. While we stopped the attack as it was occurring, the actors launched malware that encrypted a limited number of servers within the School of Medicine, making them temporarily inaccessible. That's a pretty penny for a hack.

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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

SecureWorld News

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. Read Google's official TAG blog to learn more about the technical details.

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Flipper Zero: Next Gen Hacking Tool for the Next Generation

SecureWorld News

Vincent unlocks his school's card reader using Flipper Zero Recently, my 15-year-old teenage son, Noah, mentioned that a friend of his, Vincent, had some questions for me knowing that I work in the field of cybersecurity. In fact, Vincent sent me a video of him cloning an RFID tag in order to open the security door to his high school.

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