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FBI: Operation ‘Duck Hunt’ dismantled the Qakbot botnet

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FBI coordinated an international law enforcement operation, named Operation ‘Duck Hunt’, that dismantled the Qakbot botnet. The FBI announced that the Qakbot botnet has been dismantled as a result of an international law enforcement operation named Operation ‘Duck Hunt.’ Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active […]

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New MMRat Android Trojan Uses Fake App Stores for Bank Fraud

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By Deeba Ahmed
So far, the potent Android trojan MMRat has remained undetected on VirusTotal.
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Japan’s JPCERT warns of new ‘MalDoc in PDF’ attack technique

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Japan’s JPCERT warns of a new recently detected ‘MalDoc in PDF’ attack that embeds malicious Word files into PDFs. Japan’s computer emergency response team (JPCERT) has recently observed a new attack technique, called ‘MalDoc in PDF’, that bypasses detection by embedding a malicious Word file into a PDF file. The researchers explained that a file […]

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Antivirus Software: The Best Deals, Coupons and Discounts

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By Owais Sultan
In today’s digital age, securing your devices and data from cyber threats is a top priority. Antivirus software…
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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

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Older unpatched vulnerabilities make hackers’ work easier: They can keep running tried-and-true exploits and just look for new victims. Unfortunately, the theme for this week is returning vulnerabilities, or ones that haven’t been excised quite yet. Some exploits and weaknesses have had fixes for months or longer, yet they keep showing up in the news, […]

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

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6 minutes

Older unpatched vulnerabilities make hackers’ work easier: They can keep running tried-and-true exploits and just look for new victims. Unfortunately, the theme for this week is returning vulnerabilities, or ones that haven’t been excised quite yet. Some exploits and weaknesses have had fixes for months or longer, yet they keep showing up in the news, […]

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Hackers Embed Weaponized Word File into a PDF to Evade Detection

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To avoid detection, hackers employed a new method dubbed “MalDoc in PDF” to insert a malicious Word file into a PDF file. Despite having magic numbers and a PDF-specific file format, a file created with MalDoc in PDF may be opened in Word. …

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Rhysida ransomware group claims the hack of Prospect Medical

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The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked Prospect Medical Holdings and sensitive information from the company. In early August, a cyberattack disrupted the computer systems of multiple hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, which are located in multiple states, including California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. Some emergency rooms in multiple hospitals in […]

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