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Ghost Blogging Platform Hacked To Mine Cryptocurrency

Adam Levin

Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. Ghost is just one of several companies and organizations that have been compromised since the vulnerabilities were disclosed, including LineageOS, an Android-based operating system, and Digicert, a security certificate authority. .

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KashmirBlack, a new botnet in the threat landscape that rapidly grows

Security Affairs

Security experts spotted a new botnet, tracked as KashmirBlack botnet, that likely infected hundreds of thousands of websites since November 2019. The primary purpose of the KashmirBlack botnet is to abuse resources of compromised systems for cryptocurrency mining and redirecting a site’s legitimate traffic to spam pages.

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The Long Run of Shade Ransomware

Security Affairs

Since the beginning of the year, security firms observed a new intense ransomware campaign spreading the Shade ransomware. Between January and February, a new, intense, ransomware campaign has been observed by many security firms. However, the mining pool dashboard provides a clue of the current number of infected machines.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

DAM is defined as “a content management system (CMS) that centrally stores and manages all digital files produced by an enterprise. Organizations use DRM technologies and solutions to securely manage intellectual property (IP) rights and monetize the content. Digital Rights Management (DRM). Closely associated with DAM is DRM.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Source (New) Manufacturing Canada Yes 1.2 TB At least two South Korean defence companies and three other South Korean companies Source (New) Defence and unknown South Korea Yes 1.2