Valorant cheats on YouTube are actually information-stealing malware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:21:14 +0000

We take a look at a YouTube spam campaign claiming to offer up Valorant cheat tools, while in reality pushing malware.

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Oil/Gas Cybersecurity: Halt Critical Operation Attacks

Credit to Author: Kazuhisa Tagaya| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Trend Micro has released a technical report on how the oil and gas industry can gain situational awareness across OT, IT and CT.

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Escobar is the new Android banking Trojan we’ve met before

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:54:18 +0000

Escobar is the latest version of Aberebot, an Android banking Trojan.

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DDoS barrage against Israel described as the “largest ever” cyberattack its faced

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:38:32 +0000

Israeli government websites crashed during a short bit powerful DDoS attack.

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Update now! Apple fixes several serious vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:28:21 +0000

Apple has released patches to fix several vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

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Stolen Nvidia certificates used to sign malware—here’s what to do

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:20:32 +0000

Two Nvidia code signing certificates have been leaked by the LAPSUS$ ransomware group. We explain what it means and what you can do about it.

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Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:37:43 +0000

Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia’s most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S. for four years — even arresting and jailing an Israeli woman to force a prisoner swap. That effort failed: Burkov was sent to America, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. But a little more than a year later, he was quietly released and deported back to Russia. Now some Republican lawmakers are asking why a Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” was allowed to shorten his stay.

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