Collaborate Disseminate
Alexis Chavez admitted to coercing multiple victims during a yearslong crime spree, landing law enforcement another win against the violent extremist collective he joined as a minor in 2022.
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The 35-year-old faces up to 10 years in jail and authorities announced an $11 million reward for information on his alleged co-conspirator who remains at large.
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Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin were working at cybersecurity companies when they switched sides and hit five companies with ransomware attacks in 2023.
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Cisco has yet to release a patch for the actively exploited vulnerability, and attacks have been underway since at least late November.
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Attacker interest in the vulnerability is magnified by an unparalleled number of publicly available exploits, earning the defect the highest verified public exploit count of any CVE ever.
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Researchers said attackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence agency have moved from vulnerability exploits to focus on poorly configured network edge devices to keep its access to target networks.
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The federal government contractor admits it made multiple mistakes in the hiring and firing of Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter.
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Researchers warn that half of the exposed vulnerable instances remain unpatched as in-the-wild exploitation grows rapidly.
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Microsoft closed out the year with 1,139 total defects patched, making it the second-largest year in volume behind 2020, according to Trend Micro.
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Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar and Fatemeh Sedighian Kashi are accused of maintaining a close relationship planning and conducting cyberattacks of interest to the Iranian government.
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