Security
Entire Georgian country population exposed in a massive data leak
A ghost database containing millions of records on Georgian citizens appeared in the cloud and then mysteriously vanished. The concerning leak potentially leaves sensitive personal data vulnerable to malicious actors.
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Stealthy Chinese hackers target VPN users via infected installer
China-aligned attackers known for cyber espionage have launched a supply-chain attack targeting IPany VPN.
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Where are the Fortinet admins? Nearly 50K devices left unpatched and widely exploited
Nearly 50,000 vulnerable Fortinet devices are still accessible online despite the rushed patch addressing a widely exploited zero-day and security authorities. The critical flaw is an open door, allowing hackers to gain super-admin privileges.
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Companies who pay off ransomware attackers rarely get their data back, survey shows
Less than fifth of companies who pay a ransom demand to their attackers have successfully been able to retrieve all of their data after the transaction.
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Largest DDoS attacks now torture servers with up to 5.6 Tbps
Cloudflare saw the number of distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks surge by 53% in 2024. One record-breaking DDoS attack peaked at 5.6 Terabits per second (Tbps).
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Restaurant booking platforms overrun with bots trying to steal data, researchers warn
A new analysis of restaurant booking websites shows that 100% of online reservation platforms lack robust security measures, leaving them and your data at risk to savvy attackers.
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New Russian campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to exfil data
Threat researchers have uncovered two new active campaigns abusing the Microsoft Office 365 platform to steal companies’ data and deploy ransomware. The threat actors are connected to Russian cybercriminals.
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New Chinese AI model bites OpenAI, just don’t ask it about Tiananmen and Winnie-the-Pooh
DeepSeek has released a new open-source large language model (LLM) and claims it’s on par with the best from OpenAI. Yet, it won’t answer questions about Tiananmen Square, Tank Man, Winnie-the-Pooh, Taiwan, or even Chinese cyber threat actors.
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Dangerous new Nnice ransomware laughs at victims by replacing file extensions with ‘.xdddd’
A new ransomware variant has appeared on various underground forums. The CYFIRMA Research and Advisory team has reported on Nnice Ransomware, which employs advanced encryption techniques and sophisticated methods for evasion and persistence.
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FBI and CISA alert software vendors: stop hardcoding secrets, use secure cryptography
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are urging vendors to prioritize security to reduce customer risk. The updated guidance for critical software vendors adds three bad practices and other recommendations.
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US Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm and hacker behind US network breaches
A cybersecurity company from Sichuan and a hacker from Shanghai recently hacked multiple major US telecoms and internet service providers and compromised the network infrastructure.
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How to disable Apple Intelligence features and why you should do it
Users aren’t satisfied with the Apple Intelligence features, so here’s how to turn them off.
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Hacker withdraws from Anonymous: it was overwhelming
One of the primary reasons I had to withdraw from Anonymous was the overwhelming number of CSAM links and screenshots.
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Supreme Court upholds law to ban TikTok this Sunday
The US Supreme Court on Friday handed down its decision to uphold a bipartisan law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese-owned parent company of TikTok, to divest from the app or cease operations in the US on Sunday, January 19th.
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Europol-led operation is going after criminals’ wallets
Project A.S.S.E.T. – Asset Search and Seize Enforcement Taskforce – ended on January 17th, 2025, and identified dozens of properties, over 220 bank accounts, and millions in assets.
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Cyber pros skeptical of Biden’s last-minute cybersecurity executive order
President Joe Biden signed a broad executive order on cybersecurity aimed at containing malicious cyber-enabled threats, such as attacks against critical infrastructure, ransomware, other intrusions, and sanction evasion. The document expands the criteria to designate individuals and entities for sanctions.
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AT&T hack exposes agents’ call logs leaving FBI scrambling
The FBI is racing to safeguard the identities of confidential informants after their numbers were exposed in an AT&T breach last April, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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Huge “zombie” MikroTik router botnet spreads malware and obscures Russian hackers
Cybercriminals with links to Russia are running a large-scale hacking operation, sending spoofed emails and delivering trojan malware. They’re hiding behind a smokescreen – a botnet of at least 13,000 compromised MikroTik internet routers acting as proxies.
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