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  • "NIST Seeks Public Input on Consumer Software Labeling for Cybersecurity"
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted cybersecurity criteria for consumer software in an effort towards helping consumers make better decisions when purchasing software. The criteria aims to assist in the development and…
  • "Magecart Credit Card Skimmer Avoids VMs to Fly Under the Radar"
    Security researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered that a new Magecart threat actor is stealing people’s payment card info from their browsers using a digital skimmer that uses a unique form of evasion to bypass virtual machines (VM) so it targets only…
  • "Top 10 Ways Attackers Are Increasing Pressure on Their Ransomware Victims to Pay"
    Researchers at Sophos conducted a new study on ransomware and based their findings on evidence and insight from a team of 24/7 incident responders who help organizations under active cyberattacks. The researchers found a shift in ransomware pressure…
  • "Securing Data Transfers With Relativity: Information Cannot Travel Faster Than the Speed of Light"
    A team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, has developed a new system to secure data transfers based on the physical principle of relativity. As the volume of data transferred continues to grow, it is essential to bolster…
  • "Government Action Needed to Ensure Insurance Against Major Hacking of Driverless Vehicles, Experts Warn"
    Matthew Channon from the University of Exeter and James Marson from Sheffield Hallam University conducted a study, suggesting that government action is needed for driverless cars to be insured against malicious hacks. Driverless vehicles use software…
  • "Cybercriminals Target Transport and Logistics Industry"
    A team of researchers with Intel 471 shared their new observations of cybercriminals hitting organizations in the supply chain sector with cyberattacks and claiming to have accessed networks for companies that operate maritime, air, and ground cargo…
  • "Annual Cost of Child Identity Fraud Almost $1Bn"
    Researchers at Javelin Strategy & Research discovered that the annual cost of child identity theft and fraud in the United States is nearly $1bn.  The researchers put out a report titled "2021 Child Identity Fraud."  The researchers…
  • "Holiday Shopping Disruption Beckons as Retail Bot Attacks Surge 13%"
    Security experts at Imperva are warning of potential disruption to the upcoming holiday shopping season after recording a double-digit year-on-year increase in bot-driven cyberattacks so far in 2021.  The researchers found that half (57%) of attacks…
  • "Free Tool Scans Web Servers for Vulnerability to HTTP Header-Smuggling Attacks"
    Daniel Thatcher, a researcher and penetration tester at Intruder, has developed a technique for testing and identifying how HTTP/HTTPS headers could be used by malicious threat actors to sneak code into back-end servers. Thatcher will share his findings…
  • "Hackers-for-Hire Drive Evolution of Threat Landscape"
    The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released its annual report on the state of the cybersecurity threat landscape. The 9th annual ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) report covers April 20 to July 2021. The report provides recommendations…
  • "A Cybersecurity Researcher Explains How To Trust Your Instincts To Foil Phishing Attacks"
    Phishing emails try to trick people into doing things they would not normally do, such as transferring money, running malicious programs, sharing their password, and more. Cybersecurity professionals often blame people for not noticing that phishing…
  • "FBI Publishes IOCs for Hello Kitty Ransomware"
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published a flash alert to share details on the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the Hello Kitty ransomware, which is also known as FiveHands.…