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NSO Permanently Prohibited from Targeting WhatsApp Users with Pegasus Spyware

A federal court ruling has mandated that NSO Group, a prominent spyware manufacturer, must cease using its Pegasus application to target WhatsApp users. This significant decision, delivered by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, comes in response to a lawsuit initiated…

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BreachForums Owner Admits Guilt in Cybercrime and Child Pornography Case

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the founder of the now-defunct BreachForums site, has entered a guilty plea in connection with various charges linked to the cybercrime forum he ran, which also included possession of child pornography. This significant development, first reported by DataBreaches.net, follows Fitzpatrick, also known as pompompurin, being formally charged…

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UK Ministry of Defence Investigates Data Breach Involving Military Contractor

Ransomware Group Lynx Allegedly Compromises 4TB of Data from UK Military Contractor The U.K. Ministry of Defense is currently probing an alleged data breach by Russian-speaking ransomware group Lynx, which claims to have stolen a substantial four terabytes of data from the Dodd Group, a contractor associated with British military…

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CISA Issues Alert on Active Exploitation of Vulnerabilities in Zyxel, ProjectSend, and CyberPanel

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially included several vulnerabilities affecting Zyxel, ProjectSend, North Grid Proself, and CyberPanel in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This decision follows evidence of these vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild, raising alarms for businesses utilizing these products. Among the…

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Microsoft Takes Control of 42 Malicious Websites Operated by Chinese Hackers

Microsoft recently disclosed the successful seizure of 42 malicious domains linked to a China-based cyber espionage group, targeting organizations in the United States and 28 other nations. This operation followed a legal warrant issued by a federal court in Virginia, affirming the need to counteract these threats. The group, referred…

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Insights from the Massive AWS Outage on the State of the Internet

A significant outage affecting Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region, located in northern Virginia, resulted in extensive disruptions to numerous websites and online platforms globally on Monday morning. Amazon’s primary e-commerce site, alongside services such as Ring doorbells and the Alexa smart assistant, experienced substantial interruptions. Other affected platforms included Meta’s…

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