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Qakbot Cracked: FBI and Friends Hack the Hackers

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Operation Duck Hunt shoots to kill big botnet ...
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Putin caricature

Did Russia Hack Poland’s Trains? MSM Says Yes, but … Well, You Decide

| | Poland, RADIO-STOP, Rail Cybersecurity, railroad, Railway Security, Russia, SB Blogwatch, trains
Train Phreaking: It depends what you mean by “hack” (and by “Russia”) ...
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GMail forwarding settings

Gmail Adds Extra Checks, Thwarting Sneaky Hackers

| | 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA/MFA, FIDO, FIDO2, Gmail, google, Google Workspace, MFA, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Passkeys, SB Blogwatch, TOTP, WebAuthn
Sensitive actions such as forwarding to be protected by extra 2FA step ...
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a little teapot, short and stout

Lapsus$ Jury Says Teen Duo Did Do Crimes

| | Arion Kurtaj, Grand Theft Auto, Lapsus$, Ransomware, Rockstar Games, SB Blogwatch, Strawberry Tempest
Arion Kurtaj and anon minor: Part of group that hacked Uber, Nvidia, Microsoft, Rockstar Games and many more ...
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LOL Limewire

LOL WinRAR: Serious One-Click Bug (Patch NOW)

| | 7-Zip, archive, RAR files, SB Blogwatch, WinRAR
Even if You Are not a Pirate: Fix for CVE-2023-40477 now available ...
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abandoned house

Ransomware Robs Realtors — Rapattoni MLS-aaS Down: Day 8 and Counting

| | legacy, Legacy Application, legacy applications, legacy apps, legacy IT, legacy Software, legacy system security risk, legacy systems, MLS, Ransomware, Rapattoni, real estate, real estate agents, realtors, SaaS, SB Blogwatch
MLS FAIL: Home listings SaaS dead in the water as real estate agents lose leads ...
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power plant

‘Sabotage the Factory’ — 16 Big Bugs in Codesys ICS/OT/SCADA Software

| | CoDe16, Codesys, ICS, ICS/SCADA, ICS/SCADA Security, operational technologies, operational technology, operational technology security, OT, SB Blogwatch, SCADA, Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev, Vladimir Tokarev
CoDe16 FAIL: Researchers unveil high-severity vulns in Codesys Control, used in millions of devices ...
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DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Teenage Hackers Must be Stopped: US DHS’s CSRB Report

| | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, cellphone fraud, CSRB, Cyber Safety Review Board, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, factor auth, homeland security, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, homelandsecurity, Lapsus$, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, two factor authentication, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, US Homeland Security
2FA SMS FAIL: Lapsus$ social engineers exploited weak two-factor authentication. Something must be done! (Well, this is something.) ...
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School bus

Ransomware in Schools: White House Wants Action NOW

| | Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden, Biden administration, Biden cybersecurity summit, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Biden-Harris, Colorado, education, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, High school attacks, Jessica Rosenworcel, Joe Biden, K-12, K-12 Cloud Risks, K-12 Cloud Security, K-12 cybersecurity, K-12 Education, K-12 Schools, Keith Krueger, President Biden, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, school, Schools, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, White House
Don’t make me tap the sign: Biden administration hosts summit; bangs heads together from government, school districts and industry ...
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Crosswind landing

How to Get Unlimited Airline Miles: Researchers Find the Cheat Codes

| | air miles, airline, airline apps, Airlines, frequent flyer, Hotel Cybersecurity, hotels, Points, Points.com, SB Blogwatch
That’s not supposed to happen: Three ethical hackers found five huge bugs in Points.com ...
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