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Category: Cyber Warfare

Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded after hacked pagers explode in Lebanon

Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded after hacked pagers explode in Lebanon

Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded on Tuesday across Lebanon when the handheld pagers they use to communicate exploded, Lebanese state media and officials said. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those injured by the pager explosions, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported. A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity,

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Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software is at the heart of many enterprising supporting human resources, accounting, shipping, and manufacturing. These systems can become very complex and difficult to maintain. They are often highly customized, which can make patching difficult. However, critical vulnerabilities keep affecting these systems and put critical business data at risk. The SANS

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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for “flagrantly violating” children’s privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts and to view and share short-form videos and messages with adults and others

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Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” the company’s CEO George Kurtz said in a statement. “Mac and Linux hosts are

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