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  • "REvil Most Popular Ransomware Variant in 2021 (So Far)"
    According to a midyear update from the Accenture Cyber Investigations, Forensics, and Response (CFIR) team, the volume of global cyberattack activity increased by 125 percent in the first half of 2021 compared to the same time frame in 2020. The team's…
  • "Chipotle Emails Serve Up Phishing Lures"
    Researchers at Inky have found that a breach of Chipotle's email marketing service last month lead to customers being served phishing lures and malicious links that redirected to credential harvesting sites.  Chipotle's email vendor Mailgun was…
  • "DHS Partners with Girl Scouts of the USA to Launch the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge"
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has launched the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge. This new initiative will encourage girls across the U.S. to learn about cybersecurity and raise awareness within their…
  • "Ransomware Volumes Hit Record Highs as 2021 Wears On"
    Researchers at SonicWall found that the second quarter of this year saw the highest volumes of ransomware attacks ever. Ransomware has seen a significant uptick so far in 2021. The FBI has warned that there are now 100 different ransomware strains…
  • "Phishing Campaign Uses Live Chat, Leverages PayPal Brand"
    The PayPal brand is being leveraged in a new phishing scam. The attackers behind the scam are compromising devices and bypassing secure email gateways by using automated scripts and live chat. These unusual techniques emphasize the need for organizations…
  • "Deploying Cloud Security Tools a Top Priority for 60% Of Study Respondents"
    Sixty percent of respondents in a new study by VMware said that the implementation of cloud security tools is their top priority. The study was a part of a larger study developed for the first day of Black Hat in Las Vegas, which found that attackers are…
  • "92% of Pharmaceutical Companies Have at Least One Exposed Database"
    Researchers from Reposify analyzed eighteen leading pharmaceutical companies and their nine hundred plus subsidiaries worldwide to assess the prevalence of exposures of services, sensitive platforms, unpatched CVEs, and other security issues. Their…
  • "FBI, CISA Reveal Most Exploited Vulnerabilities"
    The FBI and the US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with the Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC) and the UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), recently announced the top 30…
  • "Raccoon Stealer-As-A-Service Will Now Try To Grab Your Cryptocurrency"
    Raccoon Stealer has been upgraded by its developer to steal cryptocurrency alongside financial information. Sophos obtained samples revealing that the stealer is being bundled with malware, including malicious browser extensions, cryptocurrency miners,…
  • Defeating malicious cyber actors requires partnerships
    ANNAPOLIS, Md.  –  Participating on a panel alongside other high-level officials from the federal, state and private sector, National Security Agency Deputy Director George Barnes discussed NSA’s role within the nation’s shared…
  • "New Project Uses Empathy to Teach Students about Cybersecurity and AI Ethics"
    Empathy is essential in almost every aspect of daily life, but it is often overlooked in the development of technology, especially technology in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used. Researchers at the School of Information Sciences at the…
  • "IoT: Security Researchers Warn of Vulnerabilities in Hospital Pneumatic Tube Systems"
    Cybersecurity researchers at Armis have detailed a set of nine security vulnerabilities, dubbed PwnedPiper, that were discovered in the system controlling the pneumatic tube networks used in thousands of hospitals worldwide. The exploitation of these…