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Category: Cyber Warfare

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale

More details have emerged about a malicious Telegram bot called Telekopye that’s used by threat actors to pull off large-scale phishing scams. “Telekopye can craft phishing websites, emails, SMS messages, and more,” ESET security researcher Radek Jizba said in a new analysis. The threat actors behind the operation – codenamed Neanderthals – are known to run the criminal enterprise as a

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New ‘HrServ.dll’ Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government

New ‘HrServ.dll’ Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government

An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called HrServ in what’s suspected to be an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library (DLL) named “hrserv.dll,” exhibits “sophisticated features such as custom encoding methods for client communication and in-memory execution,” Kaspersky security researcher Mert Degirmenci said in an analysis

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New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass Windows Hello Login

New Flaws in Fingerprint Sensors Let Attackers Bypass Windows Hello Login

A new research has uncovered multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to bypass Windows Hello authentication on Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops. The flaws were discovered by researchers at hardware and software product security and offensive research firm Blackwing Intelligence, who found the weaknesses in the fingerprint sensors from Goodix,

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Product Walkthrough: Silverfort’s Unified Identity Protection Platform

Product Walkthrough: Silverfort’s Unified Identity Protection Platform

In this article, we will provide a brief overview of Silverfort’s platform, the first (and currently only) unified identity protection platform on the market. Silverfort’s patented technology aims to protect organizations from identity-based attacks by integrating with existing identity and access management solutions, such as AD (Active Directory) and cloud-based services, and extending secure access

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