Collaborate Disseminate
The flaw has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10, and a patch has been made available.
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Researchers at Black Lotus Labs have uncovered an operation where a back door is dropped onto enterprise-grade Juniper Networks routers and listens for specific network signals, known as “magic packets,” to execute malicious commands. The campaign, which researchers at the cybersecurity wing of Lumen Technologies refer to as “J-Magic,” was active between mid-2023 and mid-2024. […]
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Conor Fitzpatrick was initially sentenced to 20 years of supervised release following a guilty plea in July 2023.
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The company said that the 5.6 Tbps attack is indicative of the steady increase in the size of these attacks.
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The Trump administration can start by returning CISA to its core mission, former DHS and California officials argue.
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The North Korean office responsible for the scheme, Department 53, was created to funnel money back into the country’s weapons programs.
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Star Blizzard, known to be part of Russia’s FSB, moved schemes to the messaging platform last November.
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In its latest security update, Microsoft has addressed a total of 159 vulnerabilities, covering a broad spectrum of the tech giant’s products, including .NET, Visual Studio, Microsoft Excel, Windows components, and Azure services. The update covers several critical and high-severity flaws across various systems, impacting Windows Telephony Services, Active Directory Domain Services, Microsoft Excel and […]
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The remote access trojan was being used by a Chinese collective operating since 2014.
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In recent months, incoming Trump administration national security adviser Mike Waltz and some lawmakers have suggested that in response to Chinese cyber breaches, the United States needs to prioritize taking more aggressive offensive actions in cyberspace rather than emphasizing defense. It’s been said before. And it’s easier said than done. Experts that spoke with reporters […]
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