Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data

Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based global geolocation surveillance system called Webloc.
The too… Continue reading Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data→

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Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers

Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor.
The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress, per WordPress sec… Continue reading Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers→

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UAT-10362 Targets Taiwanese NGOs with LucidRook Malware in Spear-Phishing Campaigns

A previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed UAT-10362 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting Taiwanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and suspected universities to deploy a new Lua-based malware called LucidRook.
“Luc… Continue reading UAT-10362 Targets Taiwanese NGOs with LucidRook Malware in Spear-Phishing Campaigns→

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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories

Thursday. Another week, another batch of things that probably should’ve been caught sooner but weren’t.
This one’s got some range — old vulnerabilities getting new life, a few “why was that even possible” moments, attackers leaning on platfor… Continue reading ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories→

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