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Iran-Linked ‘MuddyWater’ Spies on Mideast Gov’t for 8 Months

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Oct

2023

The Iranian state-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) known as MuddyWater used an arsenal of new custom malware tools to spy on an unnamed Middle Eastern government for eight months, in just the latest of its many campaigns in the region. That’s according to Symantec, which describes a, at times, daily effort to steal sensitive government […]

Category Cyber warfare Cyber-crime Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

Addressing the insecurity of verified identities

19

Oct

2023

Cybersecurity has been identity-centric since the first username and password appeared. During the infancy of personal computers, user identification was considerably simpler. At that time, workplace technology was physically confined to an office and the business network (if one existed). The only people with access were employees and maybe office cleaning staff. The locked office […]

Category Cyber-crime Identity theft Written by Cio 0 Comments

Ukrainian Hacktivists Claim Trigona Ransomware Takedown

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Oct

2023

Pro-Ukrainian hackers claimed responsibility for wiping the servers of the Trigona ransomware gang, a recently formed group that may have links to the Russian cybercriminal underground. The Ukrainian Cyber Alliance, a hacktivist collective, on Wednesday tweeted a screenshot of the gang’s apparently defaced dark web leak site now displaying a message that “Trigona is gone. […]

Category Cyber-crime Malware Written by Databreachtoday 0 Comments

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