Auteur: BrianKrebs
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Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
Lees verder…: Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security FlawsMicrosoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number…
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Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak
Lees verder…: Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub LeakThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a recent data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA…
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Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
Lees verder…: Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity StartupA cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and…
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FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
Lees verder…: FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa BotnetThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy…
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Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial
Lees verder…: Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of TrialTwo men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the…
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‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
Lees verder…: ‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli FirmFor the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising…
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Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
Lees verder…: Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of…
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A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
Lees verder…: A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for…
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Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
Lees verder…: Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram AccountsThe Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and…
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Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks
Lees verder…: Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding CyberattacksAuthorities in the Netherlands have arrested the co-owners of two related Internet hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russia to carry out cyberattacks,…
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Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
Lees verder…: Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data LeakLawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a…
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Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada
Lees verder…: Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and CanadaCanadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of…
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CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
Lees verder…: CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on GithubUntil this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly…
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Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition
Lees verder…: Patch Tuesday, May 2026 EditionArtificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in…
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
Lees verder…: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges NationwideAn ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States…
