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  • "Iranian Hackers Planned Attack on Boston Children's Hospital Last Summer, FBI Director Says"
    The FBI recently released that it managed to detect and mitigate an attack by Iranian state-sponsored hackers against Boston's Children's Hospital last summer.  The FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that the quick actions by everyone involved,…
  • "UCI Researchers: Autonomous Vehicles Can be Tricked Into Dangerous Driving Behavior"
    Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that autonomous vehicles can be tricked into an abrupt halt or other undesired driving behavior by placing an ordinary object on the side of the road.  The researchers stated that a…
  • "Millions of Budget Smartphones With UNISOC Chips Vulnerable to Remote DoS Attacks"
    Security researchers at Check Point have discovered that millions of budget smartphones that use UNISOC chipsets could have their communications remotely disrupted by hackers due to a critical vulnerability. Chipsets made by UNISOC, one of China’s…
  • "Quantum Radio Receiver Being Trialled by BT to Boost 5G And IoT"
    BT researchers are trialing a hyper-sensitive quantum Atomic Radio Frequency (RF) receiver to boost next-generation 5G & IoT networks in the UK.  According to BT, the quantum antenna technology uses "excited atoms" and is predicted to deliver…
  • "US Warns Organizations of 'Karakurt' Cyber Extortion Group"
    Several government agencies in the United States have issued a joint cybersecurity alert to warn organizations about a data extortion group named “Karakurt.”  Karakurt is also known as the Karakurt Team and Karakurt Liar.  The agencies stated…
  • "Leaks Show Conti Ransomware Group Working on Firmware Exploits"
    In late February, after Conti expressed support for Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian hacker started leaking information stolen from the cybercrime group, including chat logs, credentials, email addresses, C&C server details, and…
  • "Connecticut Becomes Fifth US State to Enact Consumer Privacy Law"
    Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont officially signed into law the Public Act titled "An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring" on May 10.  Commonly referred to as the Connecticut Privacy Act (CTPA), the new legislation provides…
  • "Europol Announces Takedown of FluBot Mobile Spyware"
    Europol recently announced the takedown of FluBot, a piece of mobile malware targeting both Android and iOS devices that has been fast-spreading via SMS messages. FluBot is also referred to as Fedex Banker and Cabassous. The spyware has been around since…
  • "Unpatched Vulnerability Exposes Horde Webmail Servers to Attacks"
    Security researchers at Sonar have discovered that the Horde webmail software is affected by a serious vulnerability that can be exploited to gain complete access to an organization's emails.  The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-30287, and it can be…
  • "Vendor Refuses to Remove Backdoor Account That Can Facilitate Attacks on Industrial Firms"
    Security researchers at SEC Consult discovered that Korenix JetPort industrial serial device servers have a backdoor account that malicious hackers could abuse in attacks aimed at industrial organizations.  The existence of the backdoor account,…
  • "Chinese State Media Propaganda Found in 88% of Google, Bing News Searches"
    According to new research at Brookings Institution, Chinese state media have proven very effective at influencing search engine results for users seeking information on Xinjiang, a region of China where the Uyghur ethnic minority has been subjected to…
  • "Nearly Three-Quarters of Firms Suffer Downtime from DNS Attacks"
    Researchers at IDC compiled interviews with over 100 global organizations with more than 500 employees and put their findings in the "2022 Global DNS Threat Report." During the research, the researchers found that hybrid working and cloud migration…