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๐Ÿšจ Cyber Alert: #Microsoft highlights Morocco-based Storm-0539, stealing up to $100,000/day in gift card fraud.

๐Ÿ”— Discover the full story: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/moroccan-cybercrime-group-steals-up-to.html
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๐Ÿšจ 83% of organizations have fallen victim to phishing. Itโ€™s time to rethink our security strategies. Discover innovative solutions that inspect web sessions and neutralize threats in real-time.

Read the full report: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/report-dark-side-of-phishing-protection.html
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๐Ÿšจ Critical Alert: TP-Link Archer C5400X ๐ŸŽฎ Gaming Router Vulnerability.

๐Ÿšฆ Severity: Maximum (CVSS 10.0)

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Impact: Remote code execution Patch available: Firmware version 1_1.1.7 Protect your network, update now!

Read more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/tp-link-gaming-router-vulnerability.html
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Unknown threat actors are targeting WordPress sites with a new attack vector, using the Dessky Snippets plugin to insert malicious PHP code and harvest credit card data.

Read More ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/wordpress-plugin-exploited-to-steal.html
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Dual Threat: CatDDoS & DNSBomb!

๐Ÿฑ CatDDoS botnet exploits 80+ vulnerabilities, targeting 300+ devices daily for DDoS attacks.

๐Ÿ’ฃ DNSBomb, a new attack technique, achieves a 20,000x amplification in PDoS attacks.

Read the full story: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/researchers-warn-of-catddos-botnet-and.html
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๐Ÿ”’ With endless cyber threats, the 'spray 'n pray' approach is costing you big time. Discover the secret to prioritizing your resources and efforts on what truly matters.

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๐Ÿ’ธ Indian national pleads guilty to stealing over $37M through fake Coinbase website.

In separate cases, a Ukrainian arrested for aiding North Korean IT workers; Vietnamese charged for helping Chinese remote IT workers commit wire fraud.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/indian-national-pleads-guilty-to-37.html
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๐Ÿšจ BreachForums domain is back online just 2 weeks after a law enforcement takedown!

Trap or blunder?

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/breachforums-returns-just-weeks-after.html

It's now selling: 1.3 TB database with 560M Ticketmaster customers' data for $500K!
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Microsoft uncovers Moonstone Sleet, a new North Korean hacker group targeting various sectors with ransomware and custom malware, using fake companies and tools to infiltrate targets.

Details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/microsoft-uncovers-moonstone-sleet-new.html
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๐Ÿ’ป Malachi Mullings, a 31-year-old from Georgia, has been sentenced to 10 years for laundering $4.5 million through BEC and ๐Ÿ’” romance scams.

Learn how they pulled off the scam: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/us-sentences-31-year-old-to-10-years.html
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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ฐ New campaign targets Brazilian banks with AllaSenha, a custom AllaKore RAT variant. The malware steals banking credentials and uses Azure cloud for C2.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/brazilian-banks-targeted-by-new.html
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๐Ÿšจ Attention: Check Point discovers zero-day vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 in Network Security VPN gateway products, exploited in the wild.

Read more here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/check-point-warns-of-zero-day-attacks.html

๐Ÿ”ง Ensure your systems are patched with the latest hotfixes.
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Employee offboarding is crucial for security. 63% of businesses may have ex-employees with data access. Automate SaaS security to reduce risks.

Learn more at: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/new-research-warns-about-weak.html
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A malicious Python package, pytoileur, has been found in PyPI, aiming at cryptocurrency theft. Downloaded 316 times and re-uploaded after removal, this highlights significant risks in open-source ecosystems.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/cybercriminals-abuse-stackoverflow-to.html
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๐Ÿšจ Warning: Okta warns of a vulnerability in the cross-origin authentication feature of their Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) that attackers are increasingly exploiting for credential stuffing attacks.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/okta-warns-of-credential-stuffing.html
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๐Ÿ”ฅ U.S. takes down "911 S5," the world's largest BOTNET, spanning 190 countries and 19 MILLION infected devices.

Chinese ADMIN arrested, leading to disruption of 23 domains, 70+ servers, and seizure of $30 million in assets.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/us-dismantles-worlds-largest-911-s5.html
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๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Europol's Operation Endgame has successfully dismantled major MALWARE loader networks like IcedID, SystemBC, PikaBot, SmokeLoader, Bumblebee, and TrickBot.

Read > https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/europol-dismantles-100-servers-linked.html

Over 100 servers down and 2,000 domains confiscated.
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