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NSA iPhone Backdoor? Apple Avoids Russian Blame Game

“No Ordinary Vulnerability” — Operation Triangulation research uncovers new details of fantastic attack chain ...
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Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years

Russia Sends Cybersecurity CEO to Jail for 14 Years

The Russian government today handed down a treason conviction and 14-year prison sentence on Iyla Sachkov, the former founder and CEO of one of Russia's largest cybersecurity firms. Sachkov, 37, has been ...
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Apple Fixes 0-Days — Russia Says US Used for Spying

Vulns unpatched for FOUR years: ‘Triangulation’ spyware said to use backdoor Apple gave to NSA ...
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3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

3CX Breach Was a Double Supply Chain Compromise

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX, a complex, lengthy intrusion that has the makings of a cyberpunk spy novel: North ...
U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating "Trickbot," a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and ...

Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 1, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past ...
Kaspersky Banned by FCC: ‘Threat to National Security’

Kaspersky Banned by FCC: ‘Threat to National Security’

The FCC added Kaspersky Lab to a list of banned companies. The commission alleges the firm is a threat to U.S. national security ...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2021 Edition

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2021 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 110 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other products. The patches include four security fixes for Microsoft Exchange Server -- the same ...