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"Salad Shortages Reported Following Ransomware Attack on Agricultural Giant Dole"A ransomware attack on the agricultural giant Dole forced the shutdown of production facilities in the US, resulting in salad shortages. The ransomware attack's form was not disclosed, and no ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack.… -
"Microsoft Announces Automatic BEC, Ransomware Attack Disruption Capabilities"Microsoft announced last year that its enterprise protection suite, Microsoft 365 Defender, will include automatic attack disruption capabilities. It has now been announced that these capabilities will help companies disrupt Business Email Compromise (…
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"Student Medical Records Exposed After LAUSD Breach"On February 22, the education news site The 74 Million reported that the hacker group Vice Society had posted hundreds of psychiatric evaluations of special education students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The leaked data is said to…
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"TELUS Investigating Leak of Stolen Source Code, Employee Data"TELUS, Canada's second-largest telecommunications company, is investigating a possible data breach after a threat actor released samples of what seems to be employee data online. The threat actor uploaded screenshots of the company's private source code…
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"Even Top-Ranked Android Apps in Google Play Store Provide Misleading Data Safety Labels"An analysis of data safety labels for Android apps available on the Google Play Store revealed major loopholes that allow apps to present misleading or incorrect information. The Mozilla Foundation conducted the study as part of its "Privacy Not Included…
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"Public Safety Organizations are Unprepared for Cyberattacks"Cyberattacks on public safety organizations have become common. However, according to a recent Verizon survey of these organizations, only a few believe they are "very prepared" for cyberattacks. This study overlaps with Resecurity research citing an…
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"Open Source Flaws Found in 84% of Codebases"According to researchers at Synopsys, more than four out of five (84%) codebases contain at least one known open source vulnerability. The researchers noted that this is almost a 4% increase compared to last year. The researchers also found…
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"Largely Undetected Malware Family Targets Pirated macOS Applications"Jamf security researchers have detailed a family of malware that infects pirated macOS applications and mines cryptocurrency. The malware uses XMRig, an open-source command-line cryptocurrency mining tool. Researchers first discovered XMRig in a pirated…
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"How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks"Digital twins, which are detailed virtual copies of physical objects, are paving the way for better products in healthcare, aerospace, and other industries. A new study suggests that cybersecurity may also fit perfectly into the digital twin portfolio.…
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"TikTok Banned From EU Commission Phones Over Cybersecurity"The European Union's executive branch said Thursday that it has temporarily banned TikTok from phones used by employees as a cybersecurity measure, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. The…
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"The Number of Devices Infected by the MyloBot Botnet Is Rapidly Increasing"The MyloBot botnet has been in operation since 2017 and was first detailed in 2018 by the cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct. MyloBot is described as an evasive Windows botnet that employs sophisticated anti-analysis methods. The first sample of the bot…
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"New S1deload Malware Hijacking Users' Social Media Accounts and Mining Cryptocurrency"An active malware campaign has been targeting Facebook and YouTube users through a new information stealer aimed at taking over accounts and exploiting system resources for cryptocurrency mining. Bitdefender dubbed the malware S1deload Stealer due to its…