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Russian hackers return to spotlight with vaccine research attack

17

Jul

2020

Russia is facing renewed scrutiny for its cyber espionage efforts after the U.S., Great Britain and Canada alleged Thursday that a Kremlin-linked hacking group is attempting to steal research related to coronavirus vaccine developments and testing. The hacking group known as APT29 or “Cozy Bear,” is largely believed to operate as part of Russia’s security […]

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COVID-19 attack campaigns target hardest hit regions, research shows

04

May

2020

Attackers continue to exploit people’s fears about the COVID-19 pandemic to increase the success rate of their malicious campaigns, including in the enterprise space. New research from security companies shows that cybercriminals are focusing their attacks on countries and regions that were hit hardest by the coronavirus and on industry verticals that are under major […]

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Hackers Exploit Critical Flaw in Ghost Platform with Cryptojacking Attack

04

May

2020

Hackers targeted the publishing platform Ghost over the weekend, launching a cryptojacking attack against its servers that led to widespread outages. The attack stemmed from the exploit of critical vulnerabilities in SaltStack, used in Ghost’s server management infrastructure. Ghost is a free, open-source blogging platform with an install base of over 2 million, including big-name […]

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Russian hackers return to spotlight with vaccine research attack

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Hackers Exploit Critical Flaw in Ghost Platform with Cryptojacking Attack

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