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Category: Cyber Warfare

Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Firefox browser maker Mozilla on Friday updated its Terms of Use a second time within a week following criticism overbroad language that appeared to give the company the rights to all information uploaded by users. The revised Terms of Use now states – You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes processing your data as we describe

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12,000+ API Keys and Passwords Found in Public Datasets Used for LLM Training

12,000+ API Keys and Passwords Found in Public Datasets Used for LLM Training

A dataset used to train large language models (LLMs) has been found to contain nearly 12,000 live secrets, which allow for successful authentication. The findings once again highlight how hard-coded credentials pose a severe security risk to users and organizations alike, not to mention compounding the problem when LLMs end up suggesting insecure coding practices

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Sticky Werewolf Uses Undocumented Implant to Deploy Lumma Stealer in Russia and Belarus

Sticky Werewolf Uses Undocumented Implant to Deploy Lumma Stealer in Russia and Belarus

The threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf has been linked to targeted attacks primarily in Russia and Belarus with the aim of delivering the Lumma Stealer malware by means of a previously undocumented implant. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the name Angry Likho, which it said bears a “strong resemblance” to Awaken Likho (aka Core Werewolf,

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Hackers Use CAPTCHA Trick on Webflow CDN PDFs to Bypass Security Scanners

Hackers Use CAPTCHA Trick on Webflow CDN PDFs to Bypass Security Scanners

A widespread phishing campaign has been observed leveraging bogus PDF documents hosted on the Webflow content delivery network (CDN) with an aim to steal credit card information and commit financial fraud. “The attacker targets victims searching for documents on search engines, resulting in access to malicious PDF that contains a CAPTCHA image embedded with a phishing link,

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