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FBI warns of hackers selling credentials for U.S. college networks

cyware May 28, 2022 Threat Intel & Info Sharing

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about usernames and passwords giving access to colleges and universities based in the U.S. are available for sale on Russian cybercriminal forums.

GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files

cyware May 28, 2022 Breaches and Incidents

GitHub has revealed it stored a "number of plaintext user credentials for the npm registry" in internal logs following the integration of the JavaScript package registry into GitHub's logging systems.

Microsoft finds severe bugs in Android apps from large mobile providers

cyware May 28, 2022 Malware and Vulnerabilities

Security researchers at Microsoft have found high severity vulnerabilities in a framework used by Android apps from multiple large international mobile service providers.

CISA adds 75 actively exploited bugs to its must-patch list in just a week

cyware May 28, 2022 Malware and Vulnerabilities

The US cybersecurity authority is urging everyone to patch a number of software flaws, including some older ones in Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in and Adobe Flash Player.

BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware asks $5 million to unlock Austrian state

cyware May 28, 2022 Incident Response, Learnings

The attack has caused severe operational disruption of government services, as thousands of workstations have allegedly been locked by the threat actor. The cyberattack also disrupted COVID-19 tests processing and contact tracing.

Cheerscrypt Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi Servers

cyware May 28, 2022 Malware and Vulnerabilities

The widescale use of VMware ESXi in enterprises has now attracted a new Cheerscrypt ransomware threat that is targeting poorly secured ESXi servers. According to the ransom notes, the attackers give their victims three days to access the provided Tor site to negotiate the ransom payment for a working decryption key. A proactive stance must be taken by organizations as soon as there are new threats like Cheerscrypt.

Industrial Spy: Data Extortion Marketplace Ventures into Ransomware

cyware May 28, 2022 Threat Actors

MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new malware sample containing a ransom note instead of a promotional text. The note states that the gang has stolen the victim’s data, along with encrypting it.

Microsoft Finds Critical Bugs in Pre-Installed Apps on Millions of Android Devices

thehackernews May 28, 2022 Feed

Four high severity vulnerabilities have been disclosed in a framework used by pre-installed Android System apps with millions of downloads. The issues, now fixed by its Israeli developer MCE Systems, could have potentially allowed threat actors to stage remote and local attacks or be abused as vectors to obtain sensitive information by taking advantage of their extensive system privileges. "As

New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Transnational Cybercrime Scheme

thehackernews May 28, 2022 Feed

A 37-year-old man from New York has been sentenced to four years in prison for buying stolen credit card information and working in cahoots with a cybercrime cartel known as the Infraud Organization. John Telusma, who went by the alias "Peterelliot," pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy on October 13, 2021. He joined the gang in August 2011 and remained a member for

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