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FBI and Europol Disrupt Lumma Stealer Malware Network Linked to 10 Million Infections
A sprawling operation undertaken by global law enforcement agencies and a consortium of private sector firms has disrupted the online infrastructure associated with a commodity information stealer known as Lumma (aka LummaC or LummaC2), seizing 2,300 domains that acted as the command-and-control (C2) backbone to commandeer infected Windows systems. “Malware like LummaC2 is deployed to…
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Russian Hackers Exploit Email and VPN Vulnerabilities to Spy on Ukraine Aid Logistics
Russian cyber threat actors have been attributed to a state-sponsored campaign targeting Western logistics entities and technology companies since 2022. The activity has been assessed to be orchestrated by APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, or Forest Blizzard), which is linked to the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center, Military…
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PureRAT Malware Spikes 4x in 2025, Deploying PureLogs to Target Russian Firms
Russian organizations have become the target of a phishing campaign that distributes malware called PureRAT, according to new findings from Kaspersky. “The campaign aimed at Russian business began back in March 2023, but in the first third of 2025 the number of attacks quadrupled compared to the same period in 2024,” the cybersecurity vendor said.…
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Fake Kling AI Facebook Ads Deliver RAT Malware to Over 22 Million Potential Victims
Counterfeit Facebook pages and sponsored ads on the social media platform are being employed to direct users to fake websites masquerading as Kling AI with the goal of tricking victims into downloading malware. Kling AI is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to synthesize images and videos from text and image prompts. Launched in June 2024,…
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How to Detect Phishing Attacks Faster: Tycoon2FA Example
It takes just one email to compromise an entire system. A single well-crafted message can bypass filters, trick employees, and give attackers the access they need. Left undetected, these threats can lead to credential theft, unauthorized access, and even full-scale breaches. As phishing techniques become more evasive, they can no longer be reliably caught by…
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Researchers Expose PWA JavaScript Attack That Redirects Users to Adult Scam Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that employs malicious JavaScript injections to redirect site visitors on mobile devices to a Chinese adult-content Progressive Web App (PWA) scam. “While the payload itself is nothing new (yet another adult gambling scam), the delivery method stands out,” c/side researcher Himanshu Anand said in a Tuesday analysis. “The…
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Google Chrome Can Now Auto-Change Compromised Passwords Using Its Built-In Manager
Google has announced a new feature in its Chrome browser that lets its built-in Password Manager automatically change a user’s password when it detects the credentials to be compromised. “When Chrome detects a compromised password during sign in, Google Password Manager prompts the user with an option to fix it automatically,” Google’s Ashima Arora, Chirag…
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Wasco County contested races, May 20 special election
Preliminary results, 8:30 p.m.
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Veteran scientist fired by USDA
Research slows at Hood River experiment station
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Hazy Hawk Exploits DNS Records to Hijack CDC, Corporate Domains for Malware Delivery
A threat actor known as Hazy Hawk has been observed hijacking abandoned cloud resources of high-profile organizations, including Amazon S3 buckets and Microsoft Azure endpoints, by leveraging misconfigurations in the Domain Name System (DNS) records. The hijacked domains are then used to host URLs that direct users to scams and malware via traffic distribution systems…
