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Ukraine Identifies Russian FSB Officers Hacking As Gamaredon Group

Ukraine’s premier law enforcement and counterintelligence agency on Thursday disclosed the real identities of five individuals allegedly involved in cyberattacks attributed to a cyber-espionage group named Gamaredon, linking the members to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Calling the hacker …

U.S. Federal Agencies Ordered to Patch Hundreds of Actively Exploited Flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a catalog of vulnerabilities, including from Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, and Google, that have known exploits and are being actively exploited by malicious cyber actors, in addition to requiring federal agencies to …

U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group

The U.S. government on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information that may lead to the identification or location of key individuals who hold leadership positions in the DarkSide ransomware group or any of its rebrands. On top of that, the State Department is offering bounties of up to …

Hardcoded SSH Key in Cisco Policy Suite Lets Remote Hackers Gain Root Access

Cisco Systems has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products that could be exploited by an attacker to log in as a root user and take control of vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-40119, the vulnerability has been rated 9.8 in severity out of a maximum of …

Critical RCE Vulnerability Reported in Linux Kernel’s TIPC Module

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in the Linux Kernel’s Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) module that could potentially be leveraged both locally as well as remotely to execute arbitrary code within the kernel and take control of vulnerable machines. Tracked as …

Active Directory Security: What Needs Immediate Priority!

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