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"Two-thirds of CISOs Unprepared for Cyber-attack"Researchers from Proofpoint conducted a new global survey of CISOs and have discovered that two-thirds of respondents said they do not feel their organization is prepared enough to cope with a targeted cyberattack. The researchers surveyed more… -
"CISA: Disconnect Internet for 3-5 Days to Evict SolarWinds Hackers From Network"The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has provided guidance to organizations impacted by the SolarWinds attack, which includes steps for evicting the attackers from compromised networks. The sophisticated cyberespionage campaign…
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"Toshiba Business Reportedly Hit by DarkSide Ransomware"Toshiba Tec Corporation, a subsidiary of Japanese tech giant Toshiba, has admitted that they suffered a cybersecurity breach caused by the DarkSide ransomware gang. Toshiba Tec Corporation makes printing, scanning, and other office equipment.…
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"Pipeline Attacker DarkSide Suddenly Goes Dark—Here's What We Know"The DarkSide ransomware group behind the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline seems to have gone dark, making it unclear as to whether the group is ceasing or altering its operations or is attempting to pull an exit scam. All eight of the dark web sites…
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"When AI Becomes the Hacker"Bruce Schneier, an internationally renowned security technologist, has been examining the potential unintended consequences of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society, particularly how AI systems could evolve in a way that enables them to automatically…
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"Ransomware’s New Swindle: Triple Extortion"Ransomware attacks are exploding at a staggering rate, and so are the ransoms being demanded. Now security experts are warning against a new threat called triple extortion. Triple extortion means that attackers are expanding out to demand…
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"Publishing Exploits Early Doesn't Encourage Patching or Help Defense, Data Shows"A new study conducted by Kenna Security and the Cyentia Institute explores whether exploit code releases before patch availability help or harm security defenders. Some believe that releasing exploit code as soon as a vulnerability is discovered helps in…
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"Colonial Reportedly Paid $5 Million Ransom"The East Coast fuel pipeline was offline for five days after an attack struck last Thursday. However, contrary to initial reports that it refused to engage with the DarkSide threat group, the company actually paid the ransom within hours of the attack.…
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"All Wi-Fi Devices Impacted by New FragAttacks Vulnerabilities"Mathy Vanhoef, a researcher at New York University Abu Dhabi, discovered a set of new Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities dubbed FragAttacks (fragmentation and aggregation attacks). These vulnerabilities impact all computers, smartphones, and other Wi-Fi…
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"NCSU Team Builds Smallest RFID Chip, Could Mean Better Security"Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed what is believed to be the smallest Gen2-compatible RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip. This chip is expected to drive the cost of RFID tags down. The chip's design also allows…
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"66% of CISOs Feel Unprepared for Cyberattacks"Proofpoint's 2021 Voice of the CISO report shares findings from a survey to which more than 1,400 CISOs at mid-sized to large companies across different industries worldwide responded. According to these findings, 66 percent of CISOs feel unprepared to…
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"Four Years On: Two-thirds of Global Firms Still Exposed to WannaCry"According to new research, over two-thirds (67%) of organizations are still running an insecure Windows protocol. Security researchers at ExtraHop used its network detection and response (NDR) capabilities to analyze anonymized metadata from an…