FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:17:55 +0000

The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen from government computer systems in Fulton County, Ga. But LockBit is now regrouping, and the gang says it will publish the stolen Fulton County data on March 2 unless paid a ransom. LockBit claims the cache includes documents tied to the county’s ongoing criminal prosecution of former President Trump, but court watchers say teaser documents published by the crime gang suggest a total leak of the Fulton County data could put lives at risk and jeopardize a number of other criminal trials.

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Zimbra issues awaited patch for actively exploited vulnerability

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

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Tags: Zimbra

Tags: ZCS

Tags: CVE-2023-38750

Tags: CISA

Tags: CVE-2023-0464

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Tags: XSS

Tags: JSP

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Zimbra has released ZCS 10.0.2 that fixes two security issues, including the known bug that could lead to exposure of internal JSP and XML files.

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“Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner” WordPress plugin vulnerability: Update now!

Categories: Business

Tags: beautiful cookie consent banner

Tags: Wordpress

Tags: plugin

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Tags: exploit

Tags: XSS

Tags: javascript

Tags: update

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We take a look at a vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin. It’s been fixed, but you’ll need to update as soon as you can!

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The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 4

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:01 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the fourth and final part of our series, we look at how scammers scamming scammers can benefit researchers

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The scammers who scam scammers on cybercrime forums: Part 1

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:36 +0000

A shadowy sub-economy is more than just a curiosity – it’s booming business, and also an opportunity for defenders. In the first of a four-part series, we look at the forums involved, and how they deal with scammers scamming scammers

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