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Bitcoin Fog Operator Convicted for Stealing Over $400M

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted Roman Sterlingov, a dual Russian-Swedish national, for operating the notorious darknet cryptocurrency mixer, Bitcoin Fog. This service, which has operated since 2011, facilitated the laundering of approximately $400 million in cryptocurrency, marking…

Hackers Abuse Amazon & GitHub to Deploy Java-based Malware

Hackers target these platforms due to their hosting of valuable resources and data. For financial gain or some other bad motive, the hackers intrude on these platforms to steal data, deploy malicious software, or launch other cyber attacks. Cybersecurity analysts…

New Fortinet FortiOS Flaw Lets Attacker Execute Arbitrary Code

Fortinet has disclosed a critical vulnerability in its FortiOS and FortiProxy captive portal systems, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted HTTP requests. This revelation underscores the ongoing challenges in safeguarding digital infrastructures against sophisticated threats. Technical…

Beware Of New Malicious PyPI Packages That Steal Wallet Passwords

Threat actors use malicious PyPI packages to infiltrate systems and execute various attacks like data exfiltration, ransomware deployment, or system compromise.  By masquerading as legitimate Python libraries all these packages can easily bypass security measures.  This allows it to infect…

Stanford University Hack Exposes Over 27K People’s Data

The Stanford University data breach involved a ransomware attack by the Akira ransomware gang. The breach occurred between May 12, 2023, and September 27, 2023, with the university discovering the attack on September 27, 2023. The compromised information varied but…