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Cybersecurity researchers are shedding light on a new malware campaign that uses a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos Rat. “Threat officials deliver malicious LNK files embedded in ZIP archives, often disguising office documents,” Qualys security researcher Akshay Thorve said in a technical report. “The attack chain utilizes MSHTA.EXE for proxy execution early on.” As Qualys details, the latest attacks tempt users to use tax-related lures to open malicious ZIP archives containing Windows Shortcuts (LNK) files. The binary is used to run an obfuscated HTA file named “xlab22.hta” hosted on a remote server that incorporates…
An organized crime, the inviting and murder of 13 miners and “knifes” accused of exacerbating the murders.Police arrested a major suspect in the invitation and murder of 13 Peruvian gold miners in early May. Miguel Antonio Rodriguez Diaz, also known for his alias “Cucillo” (knife), was taken into custody in Colombia’s city of Medellin on Thursday, the Lima Department of Home Affairs said. The murders have highlighted the rise in violence caused by the gold rush in northern Peru’s Pataz area. The burned bodies of 13 missing gold miners were recovered after being reported as being lured by illegal miners…
May 16, 2025Hacker Newsdevsecops/Threat Detection The latest apps move faster. It’s faster than most security teams can keep up. Security is often behind as businesses rush to build clouds. The team scans the code alone, responds late to cloud threats, and monitors SOC alerts only after damage occurs. The attacker won’t wait. They will exploit the vulnerability within hours. However, most organizations take several days to respond to critical cloud alerts. That delay is not just a danger, it’s an open door. problem? Security is divided between silos. DevSecops, CloudSec, and SOC teams all work separately. They don’t talk about…
There is a lot of optimism in Syria. The unexpected decision by US President Donald Trump to lift sanctions on the country, announced in Riyadh on Tuesday, is a relief for Syrians. They hope that the move will reintegrate Syria into the global economy and bring much needed investments to a country that is about to recover from more than 50 years of dynasty family control. The impact of Trump’s statement said Syria will be a “opportunity of greatness” in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s capsization, but it has had almost immediate effects as the Syrian pound strengthened by about 25%…
The senator accused President Donald Trump of being involved in “corruption of US foreign policy.”A group of US Senators is about to suspend the sale of $3.5 billion in arms sales to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Two “disapproval resolutions” were introduced in the United States on Thursday with Democrats Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz and Tim Kane, and independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who often votes as Democrats. Lawmakers also issued a statement denounced President Trump for concluding his trip to the Middle East, accusing him of actively engaging in “corruption of US foreign policy” in the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican-led states are accelerating efforts to break diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by expanding from higher education to other government functions as President Donald Trump fully embraces the movement.This year’s governors and lawmakers are about doubled from last year Actions targeting DEI initiativesA supported Associated Press analysis shows that it almost doubled the 2023 version Plural form of bill tracking software.Surge comes as Trump’s executive order I’m about to stop the day The initiative will spread through the federal government, University, school, in spite of Legal issues.”The federal attack on diversity, equity and inclusion from…
Has 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip, or one in five Palestinians, face starvation. A recent report by the United Nations Integrated Food Security Stages (IPC) shows that the rest of the population suffers from high levels of acute food insecurity. “The risk of hunger in the Gaza Strip is not only possible, it’s becoming more and more likely,” says IPC. For more than 73 days, Israel has warned that all food, water and medicines have entered Gaza, causing an artificial crisis, and that hunger can be declared at any time from now until September. (Al Jazeera) What is hunger…
Xai has denounced the “incorrect change” of a bug in the AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly point to “South African white genocide” when called in a specific context of X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of X posts, which contain information about South African white genocide, in response to unrelated subjects. The strange reply comes from Grok’s X account. This responds to users with AI-generated posts every time a person tags “@grok”. According to a Thursday post from Xai’s official X account, changes were made to the Grok Bot system prompts (high-level instructions that guide…
It’s May 15, 2025! Sorry, we were off yesterday. But today’s slate makes up for it. We’re back with your daily roundup of the latest tech startup funding news. From space manufacturing and wireless power to biotech breakthroughs and AI note-taking, today’s deals span every corner of innovation. Topping the list is Entrata, which secured a $200 million investment from Blackstone at a $4.3 billion valuation to scale its property management software empire. Not far behind is Sprinter Health, pulling in $55 million to bring on-demand diagnostics and preventive care straight to patients’ homes. Deep tech had its moment too:…
The magistrate ruled that the arrested migrants may not have been aware that they were crossing into military zones.A US judge in southwestern New Mexico has dismissed trespass charges against dozens of migrants arrested in a recently created military zone under President Donald Trump. The military zone is, so far, one of two that the Trump administration has created along the US-Mexico border to block undocumented migration to the border. Entering the military zone can increase criminal penalties. As of 400 lawsuits have since been filed in Las Luces, New Mexico, alleging security violations and crimes, including trespassing on restricted…