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Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 21:53:21 +0000

The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.

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Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:09:36 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, meaning malware or malcontents could exploit them with little to no interaction from Windows users.

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