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"Akamai Reports Massive Spike in Malicious Domain Activity"Akamai has announced today that it identified nearly 79 million malicious domains in the first half of 2022, accounting for slightly over 20 percent of all Newly Observed Domains (NODs) accessed via its Content Delivery Network (CDN) and other services.…
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"LA Unified School District: Hackers Have Posted Stolen Data Online"The second largest school district in the US recently warned that hackers have begun posting data they claim to have stolen from the institution last month. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which serves over 600,000 students from…
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"CISA Rolls Out Protective DNS Offering to Federal Agencies"The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced that its Protective Domain Name System (DNS), which is the agency's latest shared service offering, is now available to all Federal civilian…
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"GAO Calls on OCR to Educate Patients on Telehealth Security, Privacy Risks"The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed Medicare telehealth services provided during the pandemic, recommending that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) give providers additional guidance on communicating telehealth security and privacy…
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"Cloudflare's Post-quantum Cryptography Protects Almost a Fifth of the Internet"The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) estimates that quantum computers will be able to decrypt public key algorithms on April 14, 2030. Although many organizations are waiting for post-quantum threats to become tangible before taking action, other providers…
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"CISA Issues Guidance on Transitioning to TLP 2.0"The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published a user guide to help organizations prepare for the November 1, 2022, move from Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) version 1.0 to TLP 2.0. TLP is used to inform recipients…
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"37 Percent of Companies Lose Over $100,000 to a Cyberattack"Cyberattacks can be highly damaging to businesses, resulting in significant financial losses. According to recent Atlas VPN research, on average, 37 percent of businesses lose more than $100,000 per cyberattack. Some companies lose even more, with 22…
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"Hack Puts Latin American Security Agencies on Edge"Mexico's president confirmed recently that a massive trove of emails from Mexico's Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by a group of hackers from military and police agencies across several Latin American countries. The…
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"Many IT Pros Don't Think a Ransomware Attack Can Impact Microsoft 365 Data"Hornetsecurity surveyed more than 2,000 IT leaders, 24 percent of which have been victims of a ransomware attack, with 20 percent of attacks occurring in the last year. Cyberattacks are becoming more common. According to last year's Hornetsecurity…
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"Trojanized, Signed Comm100 Chat Installer Anchors Supply Chain Attack"A new supply chain attack compromises networks by using a trojanized version of the Comm100 Live Chat application, which was actively available for download on Comm100's official website until September 29. The Comm100 Live Chat application, which has…
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"CISA: Hackers Exploit Critical Bitbucket Server Flaw in Attacks"The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three new security flaws to its list of vulnerabilities used in attacks, including a Bitbucket Server Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw and two…
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"Hackers Exploiting Dell Driver Vulnerability to Deploy Rootkit on Targeted Computers"The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been seen deploying a Windows rootkit by exploiting a vulnerability in a Dell firmware driver, underscoring new tactics used by the state-sponsored adversary. The Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack,…