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Sergiu Gatlan

@serghei

Cybersecurity/tech reporter @BleepinComputer Signal: serghei.33

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Joined April 2009
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US considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity risks - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
US considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity risks

US considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity risks

The U.S. government is considering banning TP-Link routers starting next year if ongoing investigations find that their use in cyberattacks poses a national security risk.

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CISA urges senior government and political officials to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal following a wave of telecom breaches across dozens of countries, including eight carriers in the United States. bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
CISA urges switch to Signal-like encrypted messaging apps after telecom hacks

CISA urges switch to Signal-like encrypted messaging apps after telecom hacks

Today, CISA urged senior government and political officials to switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal following a wave of telecom breaches across dozens of countries, including...

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Recorded Future CEO applauds "undesirable" designation by Russia - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Recorded Future CEO applauds "undesirable" designation by Russia

Recorded Future CEO applauds "undesirable" designation by Russia

​Recorded Future, an American threat intelligence company, has become the first cybersecurity firm designated by the Russian government as an "undesirable" organization.

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Interpol is advocating to replace the term “Pig Butchering” with "Romance Baiting" when discussing online relationship and investment scams, as the former term unfairly and unnecessarily shames victims affected by these scams. bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Interpol replaces dehumanizing "Pig Butchering" term with "Romance Baiting"

Interpol replaces dehumanizing "Pig Butchering" term with "Romance Baiting"

Interpol calls on the cybersecurity community, law enforcement, and the media to stop using the term "Pig Butchering" when referring to online relationship and investment scams, as it unnecessarily...

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Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges

Windows kernel bug now exploited in attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges

CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks targeting a high-severity Windows kernel vulnerability.

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Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins

Police shuts down Rydox cybercrime market, arrests 3 admins

International law enforcement operation seizes the Rydox cybercrime marketplace and arrests three administrators.

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US offers $5 million for info on North Korean IT worker farms - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
US offers $5 million for info on North Korean IT worker farms

US offers $5 million for info on North Korean IT worker farms

​The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that could help disrupt the activities of North Korean front companies and employees who generated over $88 million...

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Cleo patches critical zero-day exploited in data theft attacks - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Cleo patches critical zero-day exploited in data theft attacks

Cleo patches critical zero-day exploited in data theft attacks

Cleo has released security updates for a zero-day flaw in its LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony software, currently exploited in data theft attacks.

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Lynx ransomware behind Electrica energy supplier cyberattack - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Lynx ransomware behind Electrica energy supplier cyberattack

Lynx ransomware behind Electrica energy supplier cyberattack

​The Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) says the Lynx ransomware gang breached Electrica Group, one of the largest electricity suppliers in the country.

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Romanian journalists from Recorder teamed up with a coder and created a fictional PM candidate who promised Romanians he’ll give everyone gold. They created 3k false accounts to viralise him. In two hours, he got 1 million views hotnews.ro/un-programator-ar…
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US sanctions Chinese firm for hacking firewalls in ransomware attacks - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
US sanctions Chinese firm for hacking firewalls in ransomware attacks

US sanctions Chinese firm for hacking firewalls in ransomware attacks

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence and one of its employees for their involvement in a series of Ragnarok ransomware attacks targeting U.S....

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Japan warns of IO-Data zero-day router flaws exploited in attacks - @billtoulas bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Japan warns of IO-Data zero-day router flaws exploited in attacks

Japan warns of IO-Data zero-day router flaws exploited in attacks

Japan's CERT is warning that hackers are exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in I-O Data router devices to modify device settings, execute commands, or even turn off the firewall.

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FTC bans data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive location data - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
FTC bans data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive location data

FTC bans data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive location data

Today, the FTC banned data brokers Mobilewalla and Gravy Analytics from harvesting and selling Americans' location tracking data linked to sensitive locations, like churches, healthcare facilities,...

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Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison

Russia sentences Hydra dark web market leader to life in prison

Russian authorities have sentenced the leader of the criminal group behind the now-closed dark web platform Hydra Market to life in prison.

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Chinese hackers breached T-Mobile's routers to scope out network - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Chinese hackers breached T-Mobile's routers to scope out network

Chinese hackers breached T-Mobile's routers to scope out network

T-Mobile says the Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hackers who recently compromised its systems as part of a series of telecom breaches first hacked into some of its routers to explore ways to navigate...

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Microsoft rolls out Recall to Windows Insiders with Copilot+ PCs - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi… bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi…
Microsoft rolls out Recall to Windows Insiders with Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft rolls out Recall to Windows Insiders with Copilot+ PCs

​Microsoft announced today that its controversial AI-powered Recall feature is finally rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel using Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs.

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#Adobe released a surprise update for InDesign that addresses a single OOB Read reported by ZDI security researcher Mat Powell. It's not under active attack, so it's odd to see it released outside of Patch Tuesday. helpx.adobe.com/security/pro…
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US charges five linked to Scattered Spider cybercrime gang - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
US charges five linked to Scattered Spider cybercrime gang

US charges five linked to Scattered Spider cybercrime gang

The U.S. Justice Department has charged five suspects believed to be part of the financially motivated Scattered Spider cybercrime gang with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say

NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-cl...

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CISA warns of more Palo Alto Networks bugs exploited in attacks - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
CISA warns of more Palo Alto Networks bugs exploited in attacks

CISA warns of more Palo Alto Networks bugs exploited in attacks

CISA warned today that two more critical security vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks' Expedition migration tool are now actively exploited in attacks.

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