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Cyber Security Monitor Alerts News Notifications. We monitor and send notifications on the latest Cyber Security alerts, blogs, news on data breaches and emerging cyber threats.
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Yandex Pummeled by Potent Meris DDoS Botnet
Record-breaking distributed denial of service attack targets Russia’s version of Google – Yandex. Read more
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Financial Cybercrime: Why Cryptocurrency is the Perfect ‘Getaway Car’
John Hammond, security researcher with Huntress, discusses how financially motivated cybercrooks use and abuse cryptocurrency. Read more
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Thousands of Fortinet VPN Account Credentials Leaked
They were posted for free by former Babuk gang members who’ve bickered, squabbled and huffed off to start their own darn ransomware businesses, dagnabbit. Read more
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‘Azurescape’ Kubernetes Attack Allows Cross-Container Cloud Compromise
A chain of exploits could allow a malicious Azure user to infiltrate other customers’ cloud instances within Microsoft’s container-as-a-service offering. Read more
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SideWalk Backdoor Linked to China-Linked Spy Group ‘Grayfly’
Grayfly campaigns have launched the novel malware against businesses in Taiwan, Vietnam, the US and Mexico and are targeting Exchange and MySQL servers. Read more
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Zoho Password Manager Zero-Day Bug Under Active Attack Gets a Fix
An authentication bypass vulnerability leading to remote code execution offers up the keys to the corporate kingdom. Read more
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Spoofing Bug Highlights Cybersecurity for Digital Vaccine Passports
Australian immunization app bug lets attackers fake vaccine status. Read more
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Microsoft, CISA Urge Mitigations for Zero-Day RCE Flaw in Windows
Attackers are actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability in MSHTML that allows them to craft a malicious ActiveX control to be used by Microsoft Office files. Read more
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Netgear Smart Switches Open to Complete Takeover
The Demon’s Cries, Draconian Fear and Seventh Inferno security bugs are high-severity entryways to corporate networks. Read more
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Microsoft Releases Mitigations and Workarounds for CVE-2021-40444
Original release date: September 7, 2021 Microsoft has released mitigations and workarounds to address a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Microsoft Windows. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability has been detected in exploits in the wild. CISA encourages users and administrators to review… Read more