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Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Attack A government entity and a religious organization in Taiwan were the target of a China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda that infected them with a previously undocumented post-compromise toolset codenamed CloudScout. “The CloudScout toolset is capable of retrieving data from various cloud services by leveraging stolen…
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The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have disclosed that Chinese hackers breached commercial telecommunication service providers in the United States. The breached entities have been warned, and the agencies are proactively alerting other potential targets of the elevated cyber activity. “The U.S. Government is investigating the unauthorized access to commercial…
Read More10web–10Web Social Post Feed The 10Web Social Post Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if…
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Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Three malicious packages published to the npm registry in September 2024 have been found to contain a known malware called BeaverTail, a JavaScript downloader and information stealer linked to an ongoing North Korean campaign tracked as Contagious Interview. The Datadog Security Research team is monitoring the activity under…
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Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Android A suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation has been observed delivering a mix of Windows and Android malware to target the Ukrainian military under the Telegram persona Civil Defense. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant are tracking the activity under the name UNC5812. The threat group,…
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In an interview with CRN, HP Inc. Global Channel Chief Kobi Elbaz says the investments the PC and print giant has made into its three-year-old Amplify partner program will allow the company to ‘double down’ on hybrid AI solutions with partners, which include new AI PCs. HP Inc. Global Channel Chief Kobi Elbaz said selling…
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In an interview with CRN, Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha discusses data security in the GenAI era and why ‘nobody else from our space is even daring’ to go public. The well-known data security challenges posed by the arrival of generative AI have accelerated the already strong growth opportunities at Rubrik, which is positioned at the…
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For the fifth year, we present CRN’s Next-Gen Solution Provider Leaders list, recognizing today’s up-and-coming solution provider executives, directors and managers who are poised to be tomorrow’s channel leaders. The IT industry thrives on innovation. Not just the technology itself, but how that IT is delivered to businesses to help them utilize it to its…
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According to a New York Times report, hackers working for the Chinese government sought to access the devices through a previously reported compromise of Verizon. Hackers believed to be working on behalf of the Chinese government sought to access devices belonging to Donald Trump and JD Vance, in connection with a previously reported compromise of…
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The Dutch National Police seized the network infrastructure for the Redline and Meta infostealer malware operations in “Operation Magnus,” warning cybercriminals that their data is now in the hands of the law enforcement. Operation Magnus was announced on a dedicated website that disclosed the disruption of the Redline and Meta operations, stating that legal actions based on the seized…
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