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Ransomware Gang Threatens Raleigh Housing Authority Months After Devastating Attack

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Breaches and Incidents

A ransomware gang has started posting sensitive personal information connected to a devastating attack on the Raleigh Housing Authority (RHA) that disrupted the organization for weeks in May.

Update: Man Arrested in Northern Ireland Police Data Leak

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Incident Response, Learnings

The unnamed man was questioned by detectives who were said to be "investigating criminality linked to last week's freedom of information data breach," but has now been released on bail to allow for further inquiries, the PSNI stated.

Cuba Ransomware Deploys New Tools to Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector and IT Integrator in Latin America

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Malware and Vulnerabilities

The group's toolkit includes custom and off-the-shelf parts, such as the BUGHATCH downloader and the Metasploit framework. The attacks often start with the compromise of valid credentials through a credentials reuse scheme or vulnerability exploits.

Illinois Hospital Notifies Patients, Employees of Data Breach After Royal Gang Posting

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Breaches and Incidents

In late May, reports said the Royal ransomware gang had posted data from the organization on its leak site. As of May 23, the hospital had said it was still investigating the incident.

Update: Companies Respond to ‘Downfall’ Intel CPU Vulnerability

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Malware and Vulnerabilities

AWS said its customers’ data and cloud instances are not affected by Downfall and no action is required. The cloud giant did note that it has “designed and implemented its infrastructure with protections against this class of issues”.

WinRAR Flaw Lets Hackers Run Programs When You Open RAR Archives

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Malware and Vulnerabilities

A high-severity vulnerability has been fixed in WinRAR, the popular file archiver utility for Windows used by millions, that can execute commands on a computer simply by opening an archive.

Germany’s National Bar Association Investigating Ransomware Attack

cyware Aug 19, 2023 Breaches and Incidents

The German Federal Bar (BRAK) Association discovered the attack on August 2. The group is an umbrella organization overseeing 28 regional bars across Germany and representing about 166,000 lawyers nationally and internationally.

New Juniper Junos OS Flaws Expose Devices to Remote Attacks - Patch Now

thehackernews Aug 19, 2023 Feed

Networking hardware company Juniper Networks has released an "out-of-cycle" security update to address multiple flaws in the J-Web component of Junos OS that could be combined to achieve remote code execution on susceptible installations. The four vulnerabilities have a cumulative CVSS rating of 9.8, making them Critical in severity. They affect all versions of Junos OS on SRX and EX Series. "By

Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection

thehackernews Aug 19, 2023 Feed

Threat actors are using Android Package (APK) files with unknown or unsupported compression methods to elude malware analysis. That's according to findings from Zimperium, which found 3,300 artifacts leveraging such compression algorithms in the wild. 71 of the identified samples can be loaded on the operating system without any problems. There is no evidence that the apps were available on the

WoofLocker Toolkit Hides Malicious Codes in Images to Run Tech Support Scams

thehackernews Aug 19, 2023 Feed

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an updated version of an advanced fingerprinting and redirection toolkit called WoofLocker that's engineered to conduct tech support scams. The sophisticated traffic redirection scheme was first documented by Malwarebytes in January 2020, leveraging JavaScript embedded in compromised websites to perform anti-bot and web traffic filtering checks to serve

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Ransomware Gang Threatens Raleigh Housing Authority Months After Devastating Attack

Update: Man Arrested in Northern Ireland Police Data Leak

Cuba Ransomware Deploys New Tools to Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sector and IT Integrator in Latin America

Illinois Hospital Notifies Patients, Employees of Data Breach After Royal Gang Posting

Update: Companies Respond to ‘Downfall’ Intel CPU Vulnerability

WinRAR Flaw Lets Hackers Run Programs When You Open RAR Archives

Germany’s National Bar Association Investigating Ransomware Attack

New Juniper Junos OS Flaws Expose Devices to Remote Attacks - Patch Now

Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection

WoofLocker Toolkit Hides Malicious Codes in Images to Run Tech Support Scams

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