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Ransomware attack paralyzes UK fast food restaurants
Tens of thousands of people were left hungry because of hackers' mischiefs.According to the statement of the American corporation Yum! Brands, Inc., which owns brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, closed nearly 300 fast food restaurants in the UK in a recent ransomware attack. The statement was published on January 18.Yum! stated that the incident affected "some information technology systems", and data from the company's internal networks was leaked. The investigation is ongoing, and company representatives assure that "at this stage, there is no evidence that customer databases were stolen."The company said...
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The capabilities of the new Android Trojan “Hook” are amazing
Cybercriminals will gain full control over the infected smartphone.The group behind the BlackRock and ERMAC banking trojans for Android has released yet another piece of malware called "Hook", which provides new capabilities for accessing files and creating a remote interactive session. Attackers offer to use this software to everyone for a "modest" $ 7,000 per month.ThreatFabric, in its report, described Hook as a new fork of the ERMAC trojan that has all the features of its predecessor, but with the addition of remote access tools (RAT). Thus, due to the functionality and similar structure, the...
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Personal data of 35,000 PayPal users were stolen
Curious to relate, large-scale leak was not the fault of the service.PayPal sends massive data breach notifications. As a result of a hacker attack, the personal data of many users fell into the hands of intruders.PayPal says the attack took place between December 6 and 8, 2022. The company quickly discovered it and took appropriate action, but also launched an internal investigation to find out how the hackers gained access to the accounts.On December 20, PayPal completed its investigation and confirmed that unauthorized third parties were indeed logged into the compromised accounts, but this was...
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Ayahuasca
A sensational decoction from a creeper growing in the Amazon - a psychoactive mix containing the hallucinogen DMT and an entheogen. Why did it become mainstream among celebrities and is it true that after drinking it you can communicate with spirits?RitualUsually performed in Peru, under the supervision of an experienced shaman. Before taking ayahuasca, it is recommended to follow a diet, exclude salt and sugar, psychoactive substances, and alcohol from the diet.Indigenous peoples have used the decoction for thousands of years primarily in spiritual and religious practices. For them, ayahuasca is a medicine that can...
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Royal Mail cyberattack linked to LockBit ransomware operation
Royal Mail, the UK's international postal service and courier company, announced this week that a cyber incident has caused major disruptions to international export services, preventing the company from sending goods to other countries.Now the company is working around the clock to eliminate the consequences of a cyber attack. Hundreds of thousands of letters and parcels are in limbo, their delivery may be delayed indefinitely. In addition, Royal Mail immediately launched an investigation and brought in outside experts to help. The organization is currently working with the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre, the Royal...
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How does amphetamine affect the nervous system?
Serotonin, associated with appetite, mood, libido and human behavior, is increased by the effect of amphetamine consumption. In the works of Dorota Zolkowska, an experiment was carried out on rats, during which the hormone increased 5 times. An incomparable thing with ordinary depressants, isn't it? So the person from the side effects feels as confident and full of energy as possible.Dopamine, which is responsible for motivation and joy, is produced many times better and faster. In the same rats, at a dosage of 5mg/kg, dopamine concentrations increased by as much as 950%. In humans, studies...
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Gootkit Loader operators use VLC Media Player as a post-exploitation tool
Trend Micro researchers warn that Gootkit Loader has targeted the Australian healthcare industry using SEO poisoning and VLC Media Player as Cobalt Strike.SEO poisoning techniques use keywords such as "hospital", "health", "medicine" and "corporate agreement" in combination with the names of Australian cities. When searching for terms related to the Australian healthcare industry, "poisoned" sites appear on the first page of search results. When you open the site, a forum page appears that contains a link to download the ZIP file containing the malware.The ZIP archive also contains a JavaScript file that is used for...
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Hackers stole $3.5 billion worth of cryptocurrencies in 2022
According to researchers from Slowmist Hacked and Atlas VPN, in 2022, the amount of cryptocurrency stolen by hackers from various blockchain platforms amounted to $3.5 billion.The main targets of the cybercriminals were the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) ecosystem and cross-chain bridges. Together, they lost more than $2 billion in 92 attacks. In particular, 16 attacks were made on cross-chain bridges and $1.2 billion was stolen, and $ВSC lost more than $870 million as a result of 76 attacks.The Ethereum ecosystem is not far behind: it lost more than $500 million in 49 attacks. Other crypto...
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99% of Sophos firewalls are subject to critical vulnerability
4400 servers are still vulnerable to the corrected error in the Sophos Firewall.More than 4400 servers set various versions of Sophos Firewall, which are subject to critical vulnerability that allows hackers to execute malicious code. This was stated by IB-company Vulncheck in her report.The vulnerability of the implementation of the CVE-2022-3236 code (CVSS: 9.8) allows you to remotely execute the code on the user portal and in the panel of the administrator of the fireworks SOPHOS. The error was revealed back in September 2022. The company then released an update with the correction of this...
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Iranian government agencies hit by advanced backdoor
Attackers from BackdoorDiplomacy again reminded of themselves.The hacker group BackdoorDiplomacy, first mentioned in 2021, was seen in a new wave of attacks on Iranian government institutions between July and the end of December 2022.Specialists from Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks gave the group its own name "Playful Taurus" (from the English "playful calf"). They said they observed attempts by Iranian government domains to connect to the malware infrastructure associated with the attackers.More recently, hackers have been seen attacking an unnamed telecommunications company in the Middle East. They took advantage of the Quarian malware (the...
