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Watch out for these traps lurking in search results

Here’s how to avoid being hit by fraudulent websites that scammers can...

Weekly Update 447

I'm home! Well, for a day, then it's off to the other side of the country (which I just flew over last night on...

Industrial-strength April Patch Tuesday covers 135 CVEs – Sophos News

Microsoft on Tuesday released 135 patches affecting 19 product families. Ten of the addressed issues, all remote code execution issues, are considered by Microsoft...

CTM360 Uncovers a Play Masquerading Party

Overview of the PlayPraetor Masquerading Party Variants CTM360 has now identified a much larger extent of the ongoing Play Praetor campaign. What started with 6000+...

The 2025 Sophos Active Adversary Report – Sophos News

The Sophos Active Adversary Report celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The report grew out of a simple question: What happens after attackers breach...

A miner and the ClipBanker Trojan being distributed via SourceForge

Recently, we noticed a rather unique scheme for distributing malware that exploits SourceForge, a popular website providing software hosting, comparison, and distribution services. The...

New SSH Username Report – SANS Internet Storm Center

As you may have noticed by some of my recent diaries, I have spent a bit more time on ssh and telnet credentials. These...

Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe – Krebs on Security

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions...

HellCat Ransomware: What You Need To Know

What is HellCat?HellCat is the name of a relatively new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that first came to prominence in the second half of 2024....

Grifter – Darknet Diaries

Full Transcript Grifter is a longtime hacker, DEF CON organizer, and respected voice in the infosec community. From his early days...

Gaming or gambling? Lifting the lid on in-game loot boxes

The virtual treasure chests and other casino-like rewards inside your children’s games...

Weekly Update 445

Well, this certainly isn't what I expected to be talking about this week! But I think the fact it was someone most people didn't...

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