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Category: Cyber Warfare

Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor

Chinese APT Gelsemium Targets Linux Systems with New WolfsBane Backdoor

The China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Gelsemium has been observed using a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane as part of cyber attacks likely targeting East and Southeast Asia. That’s according to findings from cybersecurity firm ESET based on multiple Linux samples uploaded to the VirusTotal platform from Taiwan, the Philippines, and Singapore in March 2023. WolfsBane

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Urgent: Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million Sites

Urgent: Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million Sites

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been disclosed in the Really Simple Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) plugin for WordPress that, if successfully exploited, could grant an attacker to remotely gain full administrative access to a susceptible site. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10924 (CVSS score: 9.8), impacts both free and premium versions of the plugin.

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INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime

INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime

INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation. Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, targeting phishing, ransomware, and information stealer infrastructure. “Of the approximately 30,000 suspicious IP addresses identified, 76 per

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South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent. The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Meta gathered information such as religious

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