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DazzleSpy attacks visitors from pro-democracy news site 
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ESET researchers analyze special macOS spy software: DazzleSpy attacks visitors of pro-democracy news site in Hong Kong by executing itself as an exploit and implanting itself in the site visitor. Hong Kong radio station D100's website was compromised. A Safari exploit runs that installs spyware on the Macs of news portal visitors. The "watering hole" operations carried out by the attackers indicate that the targets are likely politically active, pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong. The ESET researchers have named the spy program DazzleSpy and examined it in more detail. The malware is capable of a variety of…

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Log4j alert: Chinese and Iranian government actors attack

It is the most critical vulnerability discovered in years. Countless companies around the world are vulnerable and the situation is developing rapidly. Mandiant has identified that Chinese and Iranian government actors are already exploiting the vulnerability in log4j. Commenting on the latest findings, John Hultquist, VP of Intelligence Analysis at Mandiant, “We know that Chinese and Iranian government actors are exploiting this vulnerability, and we expect other state actors are doing the same or are preparing to do so. We believe these actors will act quickly to gain a foothold in coveted networks. With the…

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Cyber ​​attack: Biden warns of “real war”
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“More than likely we will end up in a war”: According to Spiegel, this is how Joe Biden has outlined a possible military escalation after a cyber attack. The American President Biden clearly mentioned the countries Russia and China. In recent months, there have been serious cyber attacks with ransomware on American companies such as Kaseya, SolarWinds, the meat processing company JBS and Colonial Pipeline. Some of the attacks, such as on the Colonial Pipeline, had a direct impact on the population, as there was panic buying at the gas stations and the petrol supply was partially halted...

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