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One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations, an official of the group said Saturday. The arrests were carried out in territory controlled by the United Wa State Army, or UWSA, in eastern Shan state in raids on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nyi Rang, a liaison officer from the militia, told The Associated Press. He said in a…

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Cisco this week raised the alarm on a zero-day in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software that has been exploited in Akira ransomware attacks since August. Tracked as CVE-2023-20269 (CVSS score of 5.0, medium severity), the issue exists in the remote access VPN feature of Cisco ASA and FTD and can be exploited remotely, without authentication, in brute force attacks.  “This vulnerability is due to improper separation of authentication, authorization, and…

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Cybersecurity firm Check Point is warning of a new type of phishing attacks that abuse Google Looker Studio to bypass protections. Google Looker Studio is a legitimate online tool for creating customizable reports, including charts and graphs, that can be easily shared with others. As part of the observed attacks, threat actors are using Google Looker Studio to create fake crypto pages that are then delivered to the intended victims in emails sent from the…

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Apple on Thursday pushed out an urgent point-update to its flagship iOS and macOS platforms to fix a pair of security defects being exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities, fixed in the latest iOS 16.6.1 and macOS Ventura 13.5.2 releases, are credited to the Citizen Lab at The University of Torontoʼs Munk School, suggesting exploitation in commercial surveillance spyware products. The Citizen Lab at The University of Torontoʼs Munk School actively tracks PSOAs (private sector…

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The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA on Monday confirmed the addition of Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko to its roster of prominent voices preaching the gospel of security-by-design and secure-by-default development principles. Zatko, most recently the CISO at Twitter who blew the whistle on the social media giant’s security shortcomings, is joining the agency in a part-time capacity to work on the “security and resilience by design” pillar of the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy. A statement…

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Just days after shipping a major security update to correct vulnerabilities in its Aria Operations for Networks product line, VMWare is warning that exploit code has been published online. In an updated advisory, the virtualization technology giant confirmed the public release of exploit code that provides a roadmap for hackers to bypass SSH authentication and gain access to the Aria Operations for Networks command line interface. The exploit code and root-cause analysis, released by SinSinology…

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SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and…

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Cyber intelligence firm EclecticIQ on Thursday announced the release of a free decryption tool to help victims of the Key Group ransomware recover their data without having to pay a ransom. Also known as keygroup777, Key Group is a Russian-speaking cybercrime actor known for selling personally identifiable information (PII) and access to compromised devices, as well as extorting victims for money. The group has been observed using private Telegram channels to communicate with members and…

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Elon Musk said Thursday that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform. Musk, who has a history of making proclamations about coming features and policies that have not always come to fruition, did not say when the features would be available to users. The company also updated its privacy policies that will allow for the collection of biometric data and…

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