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Can the US Curb China’s Cyber Ambitions?
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Security Experts Weigh the Impact of White House’s Latest Cyber Moves Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • July 20, 2021 Security experts are debating the impact of the Biden administration’s Monday condemnation of China for waging attacks on vulnerable Windows Exchange…
Chinese cyber attack caused massive Mumbai power outage last year?
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International Uyghur Community Targeted for Cyber-Espionage Through Facebook
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New XcodeSpy malware targets iOS devs in supply-chain attack
A malicious Xcode project known as XcodeSpy is targeting iOS devs in a supply-chain attack to install a macOS backdoor on the developer’s computer. Xcode is a free application development environment created by Apple that allows developers to create applications that run on macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Like other development environments, it is common…
Hackers Actively Exploiting 0-Day in WordPress Plugin Installed on Over 17,000 Sites
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Australia Considers Mandating Ransom Payment Reporting
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