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Week in review: Exploited 7-Zip 0-day flaw, crypto-stealing malware found on App Store, Google Play

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip that was fixed in November 2024, has been exploited in zero-day attacks to deliver malware to Ukrainian entities, Trend Micro researchers have revealed. Crypto-stealing iOS, Android malware found on App Store, Google Play A number of iOS and Android apps on Apple’s … More → The post Week in review: Exploited 7-Zip 0-day flaw, crypto-stealing malware found on App Store, Google Play appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Crypto Wallet Scam: Not For Free, (Sat, Feb 8th)

I did some research into multisig wallets (cfr “Crypto Wallet Scam”), and discovered that setting up such a wallet on the TRON network comes with a cost: about $23.
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Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’

Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so. As today’s story explores, the DOGE teen is a former denizen of ‘The Com,’ an archipelago of Discord and Telegram chat channels that function as a kind of distributed cybercriminal social network for facilitating instant collaboration.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/THrwZs

Trump administration asks agencies for details on low-performing federal employees

OPM is also developing new performance metrics for federal employees to align with “priorities and standards in the president’s recent executive orders.” The post Trump administration asks agencies for details on low-performing federal employees first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Trump administration asks agencies for details on low-performing federal employees

OPM is also developing new performance metrics for federal employees to align with “priorities and standards in the president’s recent executive orders.” The post Trump administration asks agencies for details on low-performing federal employees first appeared on Federal News Network.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/THrv6j

Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data

Democrats are turning to inspector general’s offices, including those swept up in Trump’s firing of several IG’s last month, to investigate DOGE’s data access. The post Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data

Democrats are turning to inspector general’s offices, including those swept up in Trump’s firing of several IG’s last month, to investigate DOGE’s data access. The post Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data

Democrats are turning to inspector general’s offices, including those swept up in Trump’s firing of several IG’s last month, to investigate DOGE’s data access. The post Lawmakers turn to IGs to investigate DOGE access to agency data first appeared on Federal News Network.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/THrtR7

Here’s how equal employment opportunity and diversity programs overlap

While EEO programs are reactive and address workplace discrimination after it escalates to a formal complaint, DEI efforts served as “early warning systems.” The post Here’s how equal employment opportunity and diversity programs overlap first appeared on Federal News Network.
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