More Exchange Server exploitation, and security advice. Updates on the SolarWinds compromise, criminal TTPs, and the Verkada hack. And news not you, but your friends might be able to use.

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A new breed of RAT. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Dr. Darren Williams, Founder and CEO of BlackFog, to discuss his team's work on "Steaelite RAT Enables Double Extortion Attacks from a Single Panel." A new remote access trojan, Steaelite, is being marketed on underground forums as an all-in-one platform th ...  Show more

Temporary fix for Section 702.

The House extends Section 702, for now. Mythos raises fresh cyber risk concerns. CISA warns of reduced capacity. ZionSiphon targets Israeli water systems. Operation PowerOFF hits DDoS-for-hire networks. CISA flags an actively exploited ActiveMQ flaw. WordPress plugin supply chain ...  Show more

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