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Microsoft Patches Another Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Microsoft Patches Another Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

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Microsoft released security updates for its products Dec. 11, fixing 38 vulnerabilities including a privilege escalation flaw in the Windows kernel that has been exploited by cyberespionage groups since October. The zero-day ...
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APT28 Pulls Out New Malware Cannon

| | APT28, cyberespionage, Fancy Bear, hidden cobra, Lazarus Group, Sofacy, trojan program
The notorious Russian cyberespionage group known as APT28, Fancy Bear and Sofacy is targeting government organizations using a new Trojan program called Cannon. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks detected new spear-phishing campaigns ...
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British Airways Suffers Customer Payment Card Breach

British Airways Suffers Customer Payment Card Breach

| | airline, British Airways, cyberattack, Data breach, indictment, Lazarus Group, malware development, North Korea, payment card, WannaCry
Hackers managed to breach and access the personal and financial details of British Airways customers who booked flights through the company’s website and mobile app in the past three weeks. Data from ...
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Hackers Exploit Right-to-Left Override Bug in Telegram to Distribute Malware

| | Bitcoin, Lazarus Group, malicious macros, malware attack, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
Hackers have exploited a bug in how Telegram’s Windows messaging client displays file names that contain a right-to-left override (RLO) character, to infect users with malware. The RLO character, represented by “U+202E” ...
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U.S. Officially Accuses North Korea for WannaCry Attack

U.S. Officially Accuses North Korea for WannaCry Attack

| | Lazarus Group, Noth Korea, Ransomware, WannaCry
The U.S. government says it has evidence that North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that infected around 300,000 computers around the world in May, disrupting operations across thousands of ...
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