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New variants of Gamaredon malware target Ukraine's critical infrastructure
The State Cyber Defense Center of Ukraine (SCDC) has discovered that the Gamaredon group is conducting targeted cyberattacks on public authorities and critical IT infrastructure in the country.The APT group, also known as Actinium, Armageddon, Iron Tilden, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, Trident Ursa, and UAC-0010, repeatedly hit Ukrainian targets back in 2022.UAC-0010's activity is characterized by multi-stage payloads of spyware used to maintain control over infected hosts, according to the SCDC. According to CERT-UA, the group currently uses GammaLoad and GammaSteel spyware in their campaigns:GammaLoad is a VBScript dropper malware designed to deliver the next stage...
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How do psychedelics work?
When ingested, psychedelics primarily affect the fifth layer of neurons in the cerebral cortex.It is believed that psychedelics work by turning off filters that filter out signals that the normal state of consciousness considers unnecessary. These signals can come from various brain functions, including feelings, emotions, memories, manifestations of the unconscious and subconscious.Some of the possible effects of psychedelic substances are:illusions, synesthesia, feelings of fear, depression, euphoria, pacification and possible abrupt transitions from one state to another, impaired coordination of movements, perception of the body scheme;auditory and visual pseudo-hallucinations;vivid experiences of past events;temporal and spatial...
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DeFi protocol BonqDAO lost $120 million after cyber attack
Cybersecurity company PeckShield said that cybercriminals hacked the BonqDAO crypto protocol and stole assets worth $120 million.The hacker attacked the blockchain price oracle of the project, and was able to increase the rate of the AllianceBlock token (ALBT), issue a large number of Bonq Euro tokens (BEUR) and then exchange them for other cryptocurrencies on the Uniswap platform.BonqDAO is a decentralized crypto lending protocol running on the Polygon blockchain. According to DeFiLlama, the total value of assets locked in BonqDAO was $12.9 million on Feb. 1, and $201,000 on Feb. 2.BEUR is a stablecoin of...
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Portugal's largest beer maker hit by hacker attack
Super Bock Group is Portugal's largest producer of beer drinks. The company was founded in 1890 and supplies beer products to more than 50 countries around the world.This week, the company publicly warned everyone about possible supply disruptions as it deals with the consequences of a cyberattack on its technology infrastructure. The company confirmed the fact of the attack in its LinkedIn profile, writing that the actions of hackers led to failures in computer networks and imposed certain restrictions on the operation of equipment.“The situation is causing severe supply chain restrictions across various marketing channels,”...
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Attackers got access to the passwords of 30 million users and 85,000 companies
The database includes millions of users and each user typically stores dozens of passwordsLastPass, a password storage service, is willing to provide additional information about the hack that occurred last year, but only as a result of a personal meeting with the user and subject to the signing of a non-disclosure agreement. This became known as a result of a report by FTM.LastPass claims that last year's hack did not harm user privacy. However, the company does not want to talk in detail about the event. Only a few weeks after the incident, LastPass CEO...
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Killnet hacker group attacked US medical sector
The hacker group Killnet, whose activities are usually associated with Russia, continues to interfere with the work of various organizations based in the United States. DDoS attacks are back in action. And the purpose of cybercriminals this time was the medical sector of the country.“The largest DDoS attack on the US medical sector is announced. The list of targets included corporate networks of hospitals, providers of online medical services,” the message published on the group’s Telegram channel says. In total, the list of attackers includes about 70 websites affecting medical organizations in dozens of US...
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Dangerous combinations when using Alpha-PVP
Combinations of alpha with other psychotropic drugs, which also have a depressing effect on the body, can become critical for well-being.The most dangerous combinations:With other central nervous system stimulants, MDM, amphetamines, cocaine. They increase the frequency of contraction of the heart muscles, increase blood pressure. This can lead to cardiac arrest and heart failure.With antidepressants. Such a combination provokes the development of serotinin syndrome, which is accompanied by a change in the psyche and disruption of the autonomic system.With alcohol. Multidirectional influence on the central nervous system changes its functions, leads to cell death. This...
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New HeadCrab malware hits 1,200 Redis servers to mine cryptocurrency
A new malware designed to hunt down vulnerable Redis servers on the Internet has infected more than a thousand of them since September 2021. The Aqua Security researchers who discovered this program named it HeadCrab. According to them, the malware is not yet detectable by traditional antivirus solutions.“We found not only the HeadCrab malware, but also a unique method for detecting its infection on Redis servers. Our method identified about 1,200 infected servers,” the researchers said.The attackers behind the botnet exploited a vulnerability in Redis servers: they do not have authentication enabled by default. However,...
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USA and South Korea accuse North Korea of replenishing the treasury through cyber attacks
North Korea makes money by extorting money from hospitals around the world.North Korean government hackers are attacking healthcare organizations and various companies around the world in order to obtain money to fund their other operations. This was announced on February 9 by the United States and South Korea.According to allies, “an unspecified amount of cryptocurrency revenue is being used by North Korea to fund its national goals, including cyber operations against the US and South Korean governments.”According to a joint report by CISA, the FBI, the NSA, and several South Korean defense and intelligence agencies,...
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Romance scams netted scammers $1.3 billion in 2022
Investment rates and extortion are the main signs of empty promise scams.Romance scams cost victims $1.3 billion in 2022, according to the latest figures from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Nearly 70,000 people reported these crimes in 2022, with an average reported damage of $4,400.Of the more than 8,000 cases reviewed, in 24% of scams, fraudsters pretended to be a relative of the victim and, under various pretexts - illness, going to prison or hospital - asked her for money.18% of frauds are connected with the promises of the criminal to teach how to...
