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Phishing campaign targets LATAM e-commerce users with Chaes Malware

Security Affairs

bin, researchers also observed the use of a cryptocurrency mining module. . The attackers use Microsoft Word’s built-in feature to fetch a payload from a remote server, by changing the template target of the settings.xml file which is embedded in the document and populating this field with a download URL of the next payload.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records

Krebs on Security

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. ” Some of those “points of access” were mine.

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Application modernization overview

IBM Big Data Hub

Modernization teams perform their code analysis and go through several documents (mostly dated); this is where their reliance on code analysis tools becomes important. Generative AI also helps generate use cases based on code insights and functional mapping. Ingest BIAN details and understand BIAN Service Landscape.

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Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

Security Affairs

The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. The main functionality of the malware is to encrypt data on the computer and make ransom demands.

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Client Portals: The Magic Tool for Better Customer Engagement

OneHub

Confidential files such as financial documents or intellectual property are a gold mine for hackers, and they won’t hesitate to steal poorly secured files. Files stored in or shared from the Workspace are protected by bank-level encryption, and SSL protocols ensure that every communication is sent over a secure connection.

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

Krebs on Security

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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