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FBI, CISA: Russian hackers breached US government networks, exfiltrated data
The US government said today that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group has targeted and successfully breached US government networks. Government …
US blames Iran for spoofed Proud Boys emails threatening Democrat voters
Image: Proofpoint In a short press conference held today by the US Department of Justice, high-ranking officials with the US …
Google releases Chrome security update to patch actively exploited zero-day
Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.111 earlier today to deploy security fixes, including a patch for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The …
UK says Russia was preparing cyber-attacks against the Tokyo Olympics
Image: Kyle Dias The UK government said today that Russian hackers were preparing cyber-attacks against the organizers of the Tokyo …
Three npm packages found opening shells on Linux, Windows systems
Three JavaScript packages have been removed from the npm portal on Thursday for containing malicious code. According to advisories from …
Political campaign emails contain dark patterns to manipulate donors, voters
Image: cattu US political candidates use psychological tricks and dark patterns in their emails to manipulate supporters to donate money …
Microsoft releases emergency security updates for Windows and Visual Studio
Microsoft has published today two out-of-band security updates to address security issues in the Windows Codecs library and the Visual …
Card details for 3 million Dickey’s customers posted on carding forum
Image: BlueMauMau on Flickr The card details of more than three million customers of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, the largest barbecue …
Microsoft rolls out new Edge extensions API but promises to leave ad blockers alone
Microsoft has rolled out today updates to the Edge browser’s extensions system. Known as “Manifest V3” these are changes that …