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"Home Data Spills Bring Trouble to Your Door, Experts Warn"Cybernews research finds that major companies are leaking their customers' home addresses and other personal information. The Cybernews research team recently found a configuration error that impacted the Spanish-owned Cosentino Group, which operates in…
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"Riverside Research Wins DARPA HARDEN Contract Award to Improve National Cybersecurity Efforts"The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given a multi-year award to Riverside Research, a leader in cybersecurity open architecture solutions with a track record in the defense and intelligence community. Riverside Research, together…
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"Social Engineering Remains the Top Threat for Enterprises"Jamf's new Annual Trends Report, based on a sample of 500,000 devices protected by the company's technology, examines the vulnerabilities and threats impacting devices used in the modern workplace, identifying social engineering as the leading…
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"Denver Public Schools Data Breach Includes SSNs, Bank Info"On January 4th, Colorado's largest school district discovered that it was affected by a data breach. The district is now informing all employees. According to Denver Public Schools, the data breach occurred between December 13th and January…
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"Ransomware Gang Posts Breast Cancer Patients' Clinical Photographs"ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, is attempting to extort a Pennsylvania healthcare network by posting images of breast cancer patients. On the criminals' website, these clinical images that Lehigh Valley Health Network used as part of radiotherapy to…
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"Acer Confirms Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Stolen Data"Electronics giant Acer has recently confirmed getting hacked after a hacker offered to sell 2,800 files totaling 160 Gb that was allegedly stolen from the company’s systems. The company stated that they have recently detected an incident of…
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"Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour"Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have found that two-thirds (39%) of global organizations reported a surge in breaches over the past year, with IT complexity increasing and detection and response capabilities worsening. The researchers…
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"New Steganography Breakthrough Enables 'Perfectly Secure' Digital Communications"A team of researchers has made a significant advancement in secure communications by creating an algorithm that effectively conceals sensitive information. The team, led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU),…
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"Cyberattack Hits Major Hospital in Spanish City of Barcelona"A ransomware attack on one of Barcelona’s main hospitals recently crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 nonurgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups. The attack happened Sunday at the Hospital Clinic de…
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"Sandbox Blockchain Game Breached to Send Emails Linking to Malware"The Sandbox blockchain game company warns its community that a security breach resulted in some players receiving malicious emails spoofing the game and attempting to infect them with malware. The Sandbox is a blockchain-based open-world multiplayer game…
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"China-Aligned APT Is Exploring New Technology Stacks for Malicious Tools"Researchers at ESET have analyzed MQsTTang, a custom backdoor they attribute to the China-aligned Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group Mustang Panda. This backdoor is a component of an ongoing campaign that ESET researchers can trace back to early…
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"Shein Shopping App Glitch Copies Android Clipboard Contents"According to Microsoft, a version of the Shein shopping app with more than 100 million downloads from the Google Play store had a feature that accessed clipboard information on users' Android devices, posing a security threat. The software company stated…