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  • "DHS Investigators Say They Foiled Cyberattack on Undersea Internet Cable in Hawaii"
    Last week, Hawaii-based agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), an arm of the Department of Homeland security (DHS), “disrupted” an apparent cyberattack on an unnamed telecommunication company’s servers associated with an underwater cable…
  • "FIU and UAlbany Researchers Team Up to Launch $1.5 Million Virtual Cybersecurity Institute"
    An interdisciplinary group of researchers from Florida International University and the University at Albany will co-lead a new $1.5 million virtual institute aimed at training the next generation of cybersecurity professionals for military and civilian…
  • "Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Zero-Day Reported by the NSA" 
    Microsoft has released patches for 128 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities is a zero-day that has been exploited in the wild. A Proof of Concept (PoC) and a Metasploit module is already available for another vulnerability. The zero-…
  • "Flaws in ABB Network Interface Modules Expose Industrial Systems to DoS Attacks"
    The industrial technology giant ABB is working on patches for high-severity vulnerabilities affecting Symphony Plus SPIET800 and PNI800, which are network interface modules implemented to enable communications between a control network and a host…
  • "Ukrainian Energy Supplier Targeted by New Industroyer Malware"
    Security researchers from cybersecurity vendor ESET in collaboration with the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA), have found that a Ukrainian energy supplier was targeted by a new variant of Industroyer malware named Industroyer2.…
  • "Ransomware Breach Victim Numbers Fall by 25% in Q1 2022"
    Security researchers at Digital Shadows have discovered that the number of ransomware leak victims dropped by over a quarter between the end of 2021 and the first three months of 2022.  The threat intelligence vendor observed 582 organizations…
  • "You're Muted — Or Are You? Videoconferencing Apps May Listen Even When Mic Is Off"
    Engineering professor Kassem Fawaz and graduate student Yucheng Yang at the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted an analysis of the way in which popular videoconferencing apps collect data. They discovered that at least one of the apps collects all…
  • "JekyllBot:5 Vulnerabilities Impact Mobile Robot Used in Healthcare"
    Researchers at Cynerio have discovered critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Aethon TUG smart autonomous mobile robots, which are used globally in hospitals. The Aethon TUG robot performs manual labor tasks and delivers hospital supplies and medications.…
  • "LockBit Ransomware Gang Lurked in a US Gov Network for Months"
    According to researchers at the cybersecurity company Sophos, LockBit ransomware actors hid in the network of a regional US government agency for at least five months before deploying the payload. The attackers attempted to remove their tracks by…
  • "SuperCare Data Breach Involves More Than 300,000 Individuals"
    SuperCare Health, a California-based respiratory care provider, has revealed it had been hit by a data breach that affected more than 300,000 individuals.  The company discovered the incident on July 27, 2021, when unauthorized activity was detected…
  • "Consumers Increasingly Numb to Data Breach Risks"
    Security researchers at Imperva have discovered that consumer trust in the organizations they do business with is at rock bottom, leading many to “give up” on security.  The researchers polled over 6700 consumers across the US, Singapore, UK, and…
  • "Cloud Server Leasing Can Leave Sensitive Data up for Grabs"
    A new study by researchers at Penn State University finds that the standard business practice of renting space and IP addresses on a public server can lead to cloud squatting, which creates a security risk, putting sensitive customer and organization…