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"NSA, CISA: How Cyber Actors Compromise OT/ICS and How to Defend Against It"The National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a Cybersecurity Advisory highlighting the common steps malicious actors have taken to compromise Operational…
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"Twitter Password Reset Bug Exposed User Accounts"Twitter has remediated an issue that allowed accounts to stay logged in across multiple devices even after a voluntary password reset. Twitter explained that the bug meant users who proactively changed their passwords on one device may have still…
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"LSU Researchers Use AI to Track Cybercrime in Louisiana and Beyond"Cybersecurity experts at Louisiana State University (LSU) are developing HookTracer, a new tool that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reveal known and unknown cybercriminals and cybercrime. Investigators, such as the Louisiana State Police's…
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"Russia-Based Hackers FIN11 Impersonate Zoom to Conduct Phishing Campaigns"Security researchers at Cyfirma have discovered that the threat actors known as FIN11 may have impersonated web download pages of the Zoom Application to conduct phishing campaigns against targets worldwide. FIN11 was observed employing Zoom…
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"Survey Reveals the Severity of Cloud Security Challenge"The market research firm Propeller Insights surveyed 400 cloud engineering and security practitioners and leaders on behalf of Snyk. The results revealed that 80 percent who responded experienced at least one significant cloud security incident in the…
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"Hackers Paralyze 911 Operations in Suffolk County, NY"A ransomware attack on Suffolk County government systems in New York on September 8th continues to wreak havoc on citizens of the area, driving overwhelmed 911 operators working without the aid of computers to call for backup. The ransomware attack…
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"What Could Be the Cause of Growing API Security Incidents?"Findings of Noname Security's Application Programming Interface (API) security report, "The API Security Disconnect - API Security Trends in 2022," revealed a rapidly increasing number of API security incidents, a lack of API visibility, and misplaced…
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"Iranian Hackers Hid in Albanian Networks for Over a Year"The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI recently released a joint alert to shed more light on a campaign that resulted in Albania severing diplomatic ties with Iran. According to CISA, state-backed Iranian threat…
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"Authorized Push Payments Surge to 75% of Banking Fraud"Researchers at Outseer have warned that most online banking fraud today is the result of customers being duped into paying scammers. The researchers stated that so-called authorized push payment (APP) fraud occurs when a scammer posing as a trusted…
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"INTERPOL Working Group Highlights Cyber Threats Across the Americas"The changing digital landscape in the Americas has increased cybersecurity challenges and vulnerabilities. Countries throughout the region are now facing Business Email Compromise (BEC), online scams, ransomware, and more. Financially motivated groups…
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"Threat Actor Abuses LinkedIn's Smart Links Feature to Harvest Credit Cards"A malicious campaign aimed at Internet users in Slovakia is another example of how phishing operators often use legitimate services and brands to bypass security controls. Threat actors have been using a LinkedIn Premium feature called Smart Links to…
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"SES, ESA and European Commission Partner on Satellite-Based Quantum Cryptography System"A consortium of 20 European companies led by the federal government's Senior Executive Service (SES) is planning to construct Europe's first sovereign Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system. The move is expected to improve cybersecurity among European…