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BlackCat Adds Brute Ratel Pentest Tool to Attack Arsenal

Gang Targets Large Corporations Across the U.S., Europe and Asia The cybercriminals behind BlackCat ransomware have upgraded their arsenal by adding Brute Ratel, a pentesting tool with remote access features that are used by attackers. The group targets large corporations in different industry segments across the U.S., Europe and Asia.http://dlvr.it/SV0xV1

Massive Phishing Attack Scammed Millions Of Facebook Messenger Users

ICYMI: According to research conducted by the cybersecurity firm PIXM, there is a massive phishing campaign that peaked in April and May of this year (2022) and it is still ongoing. The campaign …http://dlvr.it/SV0pkJ

Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings

The latest Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday examined the role of conspiracy theory communities like 8kun[.]top and TheDonald[.]win in helping to organize and galvanize supporters who responded to former President Trump’s invitation to “be wild” in Washington, D.C. on that chaotic day. At the same time the committee was hearing video testimony from 8kun…
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Ex-CIA Employee Convicted in Theft of Covert Hacking Info

ICYMI: Joshua Schulte Is Guilty on Nine Counts Ranging From Espionage to Obstruction Joshua Schulte now faces a minimum of 80 years in prison after a Manhattan federal jury returned guilty verdicts in all nine counts brought against the former CIA programmer by U.S. prosecutors. Schulte leaked a trove of classified hacking secrets used in…
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Edge Will Replace Internet Explorer After It Is Gone

It may seem as though Internet Explorer is the browser that will not die, but according to Microsoft, it is now a step closer to breathing its last virtual breath. Microsoft has …http://dlvr.it/STyN4Y

The Nature of Application Code

ICYMI: Rui Ribeiro, the founder and CEO of Jscrambler, a company that monitors and obfuscates JavaScript code, discusses the proliferation of web applications that use third-party code, the liability risks that often exist, and how Jscramber’s products can increase the security of all application code.http://dlvr.it/STxz8b

Deakin Uni Students Suffer Smishing Attack, Data Breach

ICYMI: Threat actors carried out smishing attacks on nearly 10,000 Autralian higher education students enrolled at Deakin University and downloaded PII of about 47,000 students. Hackers compromised an employee’s credentials to access the university’s third-party SMS solutions provider to execute the attack.http://dlvr.it/STwc5g