Data Leak Outs Students of Iran’s MOIS Training Academy

The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing security concerns. The development was first reported by Axios. The decision, according to the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), was motivated by worries about the app’s security. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to…

A China-based threat actor known for deploying Medusa ransomware has been linked to the weaponization of a combination of zero-day and N-day vulnerabilities to orchestrate “high-velocity” attacks and break into susceptible internet-facing systems. “The threat actor’s high operational tempo and proficiency in identifying exposed perimeter assets have proven successful, with recent

Digital certificates authorized by the authorities will no longer have trust by default in the browser starting in August, over what Google said is a loss of integrity in actions by the respective companies.

But media reports described the attack as causing major disruption to PDVSA, the state-owned oil and natural gas company.

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been linked to a previously undocumented JavaScript implant named Marstech1 as part of limited targeted attacks against developers. The active operation has been dubbed Marstech Mayhem by SecurityScorecard, with the malware delivered by means of an open-source repository hosted on GitHub that’s associated with…

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