02 Apr 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 4/2/2024

India rescues 250 citizens enslaved by Cambodian cybercrime gang  The Indian government says it rescued and repatriated 250 citizens who sought jobs in Cambodia, only to be forced into conducting cybercrime once they arrived. The government explains that these people were tricked into believing that lucrative job opportunities were waiting for them in the Southeast Asian nation, yet they were forced into becoming cybercriminals once they arrived there. After several nationals informed India's Embassy in Cambodia of their…
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04 Aug 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 08/04/2022

Ukraine Shutters Major Russian Bot Farm Ukrainian law enforcers claim to have dismantled a large bot farm used by Russian special services to spread disinformation and propaganda in the country. The Secret Service of Ukraine (SSU) said the million-strong bot farm was used to “spin destabilizing content” on the country’s military and political leadership to an audience of over 400,000. This included fake news on the situation at the front, an alleged conflict between the…
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06 May 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 05/06/2022

A lone-wolf researcher has turned the table on the hackers A researcher going by the name hyp3rlinx has discovered that some of the most popular ransomware strains, such as Conti, REvil, LockBit, including many others, carry a flaw that makes them vulnerable to DLL hijacking. By exploiting the flaw, the researcher was able to prevent the ransomware from its key selling proposition - encrypting files. As reported by Bleeping Computer, DLL hijacking is usually used to inject…
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10 Dec 2019
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 12/10/2019

1 - Britain investigating whether leaked trade papers were hacked British cyber security officials are investigating whether classified UK-U.S. trade documents that were shared online ahead of Thursday’s election were acquired by hacking or were leaked, two sources told Reuters.  Beside the fears that Russia could be meddling in another Western election, the disclosure of the classified documents has raised questions about the security of sensitive discussions between the United States and one of its…
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