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Exploited in the wild, Chrome vulnerability CVE-2024-5274 is a high-severity flaw described as a type confusion in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine.

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Cybercriminals Exploit Cloud Storage For SMS Phishing Scams (www.infosecurity-magazine.com)

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State hackers turn to massive ORB proxy networks to evade detection (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Three-year-old Apache Flink flaw under active attack (www.theregister.com)

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The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell (thehackernews.com)

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Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell.

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Kyrgyzstan Unrest Escalates: Hackers Target Nation Amidst Mob Violence (thecyberexpress.com)

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Amidst the physical violence, Kyrgyzstan's digital infrastructure is under severe attack from various hacktivist groups.

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Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre Recommends Moving Away from SSLVPN and WebVPN (thecyberexpress.com)

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Third Chrome Zero-Day Patched by Google Within One Week (www.securityweek.com)

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Google releases Chrome 125 to the stable channel with patches for nine vulnerabilities, including a zero-day.

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FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel (www.theregister.com)

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The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.

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LockBitSupp Denies Identification of Group ‘Admin’, Opens Contest to Find Named Dmitry Yuryevich (thecyberexpress.com)

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The Alleged LockBit Ransomware Mastermind Has Been Identified (www.wired.com)

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MITRE Hack: China-Linked Group Breached Systems in December 2023 (www.securityweek.com)

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MITRE has shared more details on the recently disclosed hack, including the new malware involved in the attack, attribution information, and a timeline of the attacker’s activities.

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Nigeria & Romania Ranked Among Top Cybercrime Havens (www.darkreading.com)

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A survey of cybercrime experts assessing the top cybercrime-producing nations results in some expected leaders — Russia, Ukraine, and China — but also some surprises.