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2022-03-01 07:40:22 CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including a recently disclosed flaw in Zimbra webmail software.

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2022-02-28 17:12:21 Researchers detail severe flaws in hardware-backed encryption on nearly 100 million Android-based #Samsung Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S20 and S21 smartphones that could be exploited to extract secret cryptographic keys.

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2022-02-28 14:39:35 CISA warns of multiple highly-severity vulnerabilities affecting Schneider Electric's Easergy medium-voltage protection relays and General Electric's Proficy CIMPLICITY SCADA software.

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2022-02-28 13:02:33 Researchers have managed to create a clone of Apple Airtag that bypasses the anti-stalking protection technology built into the Find My Bluetooth-based tracking protocol.

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2022-02-28 10:23:26 Mandiant researchers have identified two new malware — GRAMDOOR and STARWHALE — used by Iranian cyberespionage hackers; one of them uses the Telegram API to remotely control its victims' devices.

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2022-02-26 13:21:38 WARNING: A new malware is spreading via some game apps on Microsoft Store and hijacks victims' social media accounts for malicious promotions and click fraud attacks.

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2022-02-26 10:42:06 Government-sponsored hackers are not the only ones targeting the Ukraine with DDoS, malware, and phishing attacks, but cybercriminals have also gotten involved and begun to take sides in the Russia-Ukraine War.

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2022-02-25 20:24:35 Researchers discover a new stealth malware, dubbed SockDetour, that operates filelessly and socketlessly on compromised systems and serves as a backup backdoor in case the primary one is removed.

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2022-02-25 11:28:38 Russian government warns domestic critical infrastructure operators of potential cyberattacks as the country's invasion of Ukraine enters its second day.

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2022-02-25 10:32:17 Notorious Trickbot malware group has officially shut down its botnet infrastructure after reports of its imminent retirement amid a lull in its activity for almost two months.

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