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Rising Threat: Hackers Employ Linux Malware for Espionage

TDS Team / April 27, 2023

Hackers are currently employing new Linux malware variants for their cyberespionage attacks. These variants include a fresh PingPull version and an unrecorded backdoor that has been named “Sword2033.” Last summer, Unit 42 identified PingPull as a RAT (remote access trojan) used in espionage attacks by Gallium, a Chinese state-sponsored group also known as Alloy Taurus. […]

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The Malware Menace: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office Struggles to Recover

TDS Team / April 26, 2023

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is still working to recover from a cyberattack involving malware, several weeks after it was first detected. Public information officer Mara Rodriguez confirmed that the Southern California department noticed a network disruption on April 7, and later confirmed it was malware. While Rodriguez did not confirm whether it was

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The Dark World of Lazarus Hackers and Their Linux Malware

TDS Team / April 21, 2023

A new campaign by the Lazarus group, dubbed “Operation DreamJob,” has been discovered targeting Linux users with malware for the first time. ESET researchers found this new targeting and say it helps confirm with high confidence that Lazarus conducted the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP provider 3CX, which was discovered in March 2023. The attack

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Ransomware Attack on Point32Health Sparks Security Concerns

TDS Team / April 20, 2023

A ransomware attack has affected multiple systems of Point32Health, a health insurance company in New England that serves over two million individuals. The company detected the attack on April 17 in systems related to “service members, accounts, brokers, and providers.” Point32Health, which resulted from the merger of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan,

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Cisco Routers: US and UK Officials Warn of Government Hackers Using Custom Malware

TDS Team / April 19, 2023

Cisco routers affected, the US, and UK have jointly issued a warning about the Russian state-sponsored hacking group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM, Sednit, and Sofacy. This group has been associated with Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and has executed various cyber espionage attacks on European and US interests, using zero-day

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Google Raises Alarm for 3 Billion Chrome Users: Here’s What You Need to Know

TDS Team / April 18, 2023

Recently, Google uncovered the first Zero Day exploit in Chrome for this year. This has put three billion users worldwide at risk. In a blog post, Google urges users to update their Chrome browser immediately since the vulnerability affects Chrome on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company also acknowledged that an exploit is present in

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Leakage in the U.S.: An Ongoing Saga of Revelations

TDS Team / April 16, 2023

The recent arrest of an Air National Guardsman in Massachusetts has sparked a new chapter in the ongoing struggle over leaked top secret documents. This development has reignited a recurring theme that dates back to before the internet age. Whenever a new revelation comes to light, it triggers a legal and political debate over the

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Canadian Hospital Hit by Cyberattack, Delays Patient Treatment

TDS Team / April 15, 2023

A cyberattack on a hospital in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, is causing delays to both scheduled and non-urgent care. The hospital identified a “network issue” on Tuesday, which was later confirmed to be a cyberattack. While the hospital has not confirmed whether it was a ransomware attack, it has hired cybersecurity experts to address the issue.

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Massive Data Breach Exposes Private Information of Over 20,000 Iowa Medicaid Recipients

TDS Team / April 14, 2023

This week, the Department of Health and Human Services in Iowa revealed that the 2022 attack on Independent Living Systems (ILS), a healthcare software company based in Miami, had impacted over 20,800 of its Medicaid members Data breach at Iowa Medicaid. ILS had reported the breach to Maine’s Attorney General last month, indicating that the

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LockBit gang’s blunder causes trouble for Darktrace

TDS Team / April 13, 2023

Darktrace, a cybersecurity firm based in Cambridge, England, clarified on Thursday that it was not hit with ransomware after being mistakenly added to the LockBit gang’s leak site. The gang had accused Darktrace of monitoring their activities and posted the company on its site. However, cybersecurity experts noted that the gang may have confused Darktrace

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