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French Electricity Provider Fined for Storing Users' Passwords with Weak MD5 Algorithm
Twilio Reveals Another Breach from the Same Hackers Behind the August Hack
Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another "brief security incident" in June 2022 perpetrated by the same threat actor behind the August hack that resulted in unauthorized access of customer information.
ESXi Alert: Bad VIB(E)s Part Two: Detection and Hardening within ESXi Hypervisors
In part one, we covered attackers’ usage of malicious vSphere Installation Bundles (“VIBs”) to install multiple backdoors across ESXi hypervisors, focusing on the malware present within the VIB payloads. In
HOWTO: KB89619 – Mitigation and Threat Hunting Guidance for Unsigned vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs) in ESXi (89619)
On Thursday September 29th, Mandiant published information on malware they discovered in the wild that leverages unsigned VIBs to install backdoors on a compromised ESXi host.
A Synopsis on the DarkTortilla Crypter Delivering Malware
A .NET-based evasive crypter named DarkTortilla has been used by threat actors to distribute ..
Tornado Cash: Cryptocurrency Mixer Developer Arrested And Sanctioned by Feds
Although FIOD didn't reveal the name of the Tornado Cash engineer, The Block identified him as Alexey Pertsev ...
Google fined $60 million over Android location data collection
Google continued tracking some of its users' Android phones even though they had disabled "Location History" in the device's settings.
Want $10 Million Dollars? Feds Offering Giant Bounty for Conti Ransomware Gang Info
The reward offer, first reported by WIRED, is also notable for the fact that it marks the first time the face of a Conti associate, known as "Target," has been unmasked. The four other associates have been referred to as "Tramp," "Dandis," "Professor," and "Reshaev."