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Russian TrickBot malware dev sentenced to 64 months in prison

Russian national Vladimir Dunaev has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his role in creating and distributing the Trickbot malware used in attacks against hospitals, companies, and individuals worldwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 25, 2024
- 01:52 PM
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TrickBot malware dev pleads guilty, faces 35 years in prison

On Thursday, a Russian national pleaded guilty to charges related to his involvement in developing and deploying the Trickbot malware, which was used in attacks against hospitals, companies, and individuals in the United States and worldwide.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 01, 2023
- 04:51 PM
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Malicious NuGet packages abuse MSBuild to install malware

A new NuGet typosquatting campaign pushes malicious packages that abuse Visual Studio's MSBuild integration to execute code and install malware stealthily.
- Bill Toulas
- October 31, 2023
- 10:23 AM
- 0
Microsoft Defender Antivirus gets ‘performance mode’ for Dev Drives

Microsoft has introduced a new Microsoft Defender capability named "performance mode" for developers on Windows 11, tuned to reduce the impact of antivirus scans when analyzing files stored on Dev Drives.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 26, 2023
- 03:42 PM
- 0
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- January 30, 2023
- 04:38 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - September 23rd 2022 - LockBit leak

This week we saw some embarrassment for the LockBit ransomware operation when their programmer leaked a ransomware builder for the LockBit 3.0 encryptor.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 23, 2022
- 05:25 PM
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LockBit ransomware builder leaked online by "angry developer"

The LockBit ransomware operation has suffered a breach, with an allegedly disgruntled developer leaking the builder for the gang's newest encryptor.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 21, 2022
- 02:07 PM
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North Korean devs pose as US freelancers to aid DRPK govt hackers

The U.S. government is warning that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is dispatching its IT workers to get freelance jobs at companies across the world to obtain privileged access that is sometimes used to facilitate cyber intrusions.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 17, 2022
- 06:16 PM
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GitHub to require 2FA from active developers by the end of 2023

GitHub announced today that all users who contribute code on its platform (an estimated 83 million developers in total) will be required to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on their accounts by the end of 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 04, 2022
- 11:00 AM
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GitHub suspends accounts of Russian devs at sanctioned companies

Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under US sanctions.
- Bill Toulas
- April 16, 2022
- 10:04 AM
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Ransomware dev releases Egregor, Maze master decryption keys

The master decryption keys for the Maze, Egregor, and Sekhmet ransomware operations were released last night on the BleepingComputer forums by the alleged malware developer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 09, 2022
- 10:26 AM
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Argo CD vulnerability leaks sensitive info from Kubernetes apps

A vulnerability in Argo CD, used by thousands of orgs for deploying applications to Kubernetes, can be leveraged in attacks to disclose sensitive information such as passwords and API keys.
- Bill Toulas
- February 04, 2022
- 10:43 AM
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Microsoft leak: Third-party widgets coming soon to Windows 11

A Microsoft developer document has leaked the company's plans for third-party widgets coming soon to the Windows 11 Widgets feature.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 18, 2022
- 03:50 PM
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Trojanized dnSpy app drops malware cocktail on researchers, devs

Hackers targeted cybersecurity researchers and developers this week in a sophisticated malware campaign distributing a malicious version of the dnSpy .NET application to install cryptocurrency stealers, remote access trojans, and miners.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 08, 2022
- 02:35 PM
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