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2022-02-16 17:08:32 Trickbot malware has targeted the customers of 60 high-profile companies since 2020, including cryptocurrency platforms.

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2022-02-16 11:58:40 European Union's data protection authority called for a ban on the development and use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware in the region.

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2022-02-16 08:26:39 A new high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-44521) has been reported in the popular distributed NoSQL database software Apache Cassandra, which, if left unfixed, could lead to RCE attacks on affected installations.

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2022-02-16 07:34:59 Facebook has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy breach lawsuit that accused the company of using web cookies to track users' Internet activity even after they logged off the platform.

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2022-02-15 17:09:11 Researchers detail the inner workings of ShadowPad, a modular backdoor that has been adopted by a growing number of Chinese hacker groups in recent years, while also linking it to the country's civilian and military intelligence agencies.

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2022-02-15 11:57:27 A new variant of the MyloBot malware spreading malicious payloads used to send sextortion emails demanding $2,732 in digital currency from victims.

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2022-02-15 08:16:24 Google has released an update for its Chrome web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux users that patches multiple new security vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited in the wild.

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2022-02-14 11:15:58 Multiple critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Moxa MXview web-based industrial network management #software, some of which could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute remote code on unpatched servers.

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2022-02-14 06:28:01 Cybercriminals have been found exploiting a new critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-24086 / CVSS 9.8) in the Adobe Commerce and Magento e-commerce platforms — Patch your online shopping sites now.

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2022-02-11 14:50:40 Researchers uncover hacking attacks planting fabricated digital evidence on devices of human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics, and lawyers in India.

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