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"US Hospital Attacked by BlackCat Denies Hackers' Ransom"Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), a Pennsylvania-based healthcare institution, disclosed that the ALPHV/BlackCat group launched a ransomware attack against it. In 2021, ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware was first discovered. The group operates a Ransomware-as… -
"What Can We Learn from the Latest Coinbase Cyberattack?"The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has thwarted a cyberattack that could have been launched by the same malicious actors who attacked Twillio, Cloudflare, and a number of other companies in 2022. Using smishing and vishing, the attackers attempted to…
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"AI Power Analysis Breaks Post-quantum Security Algorithm"Swedish researchers have cracked one of the key post-quantum security algorithms. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm last year as part of the standards for encapsulating data as security…
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"Researchers Discover Numerous Samples of Information Stealer 'Stealc' in the Wild"Stealc, a new information stealer being sold on the dark web, could emerge as a major competitor to similar malware. SEKOIA researchers stated that Stealc is presented as a fully functional and ready-to-use stealer. According to the researchers, its…
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"Microsoft Unravels One of NOBELIUM's Most Novel Cyber Attacks"Microsoft has released a report detailing the first sighting of a Global Assembly Cache (GAC) implant in the wild. The new malware, called MagicWeb, developed by the Russian nation-state hacking group NOBELIUM, enables an attacker to authenticate under…
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"LockBit Ransomware Gang Hit the Portuguese Municipal Water Utility Aguas Do Porto"The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Aguas do Porto, a Portuguese municipal water utility company. Aguas do Porto is a municipal water utility company that manages the water cycle, from water supply to wastewater drainage. Furthermore, the…
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"Semiconductor Industry Giant Says Ransomware Attack on Supplier Will Cost It $250 Million"During a recent earnings call, Applied Materials, a multi-billion-dollar company that provides technology to the semiconductor industry, stated that a ransomware attack on one of its suppliers would cost them $250 million in the next quarter. The company…
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"Spain Orders Extradition of British Alleged Hacker to US"Spain’s National Court has recently agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in cyberattacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill…
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"Novel Spy Group Targets Telecoms in 'Precision-Targeted' Cyberattacks"A threat actor is targeting telecommunications companies in the Middle East through a cyber espionage campaign similar to those that have targeted such organizations in numerous nations over the past few years. Researchers from SentinelOne who discovered…
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"Cyber Espionage Group Earth Kitsune Deploys WhiskerSpy Backdoor in Latest Attacks"As part of a social engineering campaign, the cyber espionage threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune has been seen implementing a new backdoor named WhiskerSpy. Since at least 2019, Earth Kitsune has been known to predominantly target individuals…
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"Microsoft Outlook Flooded With Spam Due to Broken Email Filters"According to complaints from a growing number of Microsoft customers, Outlook inboxes have been overwhelmed with spam emails for the past nine hours due to malfunctioning email spam filters. Many Outlook users have complained that all messages, even…
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"GoDaddy Hackers Stole Source Code, Customer Details"Threat actors have accessed GoDaddy's servers via the cPanel shared hosting environment and installed malware in an attack that has spanned several years. According to the company, the breach was discovered in December 2022, after investigating customer…