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A plurality of the targets in the ongoing campaign have been based in the Americas.

Scammers have targeted the vaunted blue check marks on the platform formerly known as Twitter, smearing individuals and brands alike.

Popular malware like QakBot and DarkGate rely on VBScript, which dates back to 1996 — but their days are numbered now that Microsoft is finally deprecating the Windows programming. language.

Patches have been released by Citrix for a critical flaw affecting NetScaler Application Delivery Controller and NetScaler Gateway instances, which could be exploited to facilitate the disclosure of sensitive data without any authentication, according to SecurityWeek.

Newly developed cybersecurity guidelines from the U.S. Department of Treasury, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, and the FBI tackling open source software usage in industrial control systems and operational technology environments have recommended not only up-to-date patches and security updates for all OT and IT systems but also the application of "secure-by-design" and "secure-by-default" philosophies in software development, reports SecurityWeek.

CyberScoop reports that two security vulnerabilities impacting the open source curl and libcurl programs were significantly less threatening than originally thought, with the more severe flaw that affects curl and its connection with the SOCKS5 proxy only potentially exploitable through the utilization of Tor for visiting a malicious HTTPS site.

Attacks targeting a high-severity use-after-free Adobe Acrobat Reader flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-21608, have prompted the inclusion of the bug in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, reports The Hacker News.

Caesars Entertainment disclosed that information from an undisclosed number of individuals, including 41,397 Maine residents, have been stolen following a ransomware attack by ALPHV/BlackCat affiliate Scattered Spider, according to The Register.

SiliconAngle reports that U.S. engineering firm and building materials producer Simpson Manufacturing had its IT infrastructure and apps disrupted as a result of a cyberattack.