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  • "Millions of Hotel Guests Worldwide Caught Up in Mass Data Leak"
    A widely used hotel reservation platform called Cloud Hospitality has exposed 10 million files related to guests at various hotels worldwide, thanks to a misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket. Cloud Hospitality is used by hotels to integrate their…
  • "New Cyber Technologies Protect Utility Energy Delivery Systems"
    Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) worked with utility advisors and companies specializing in vulnerability identification to develop two new web-based tools aimed at mitigating cybersecurity vulnerabilities in operational…
  • "Ransomware Attack Toys With Mattel Systems, Data"
    Mattel, one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world, recently fell victim to a ransomware attack in July on its information technology systems. The attack temporarily impacted its business functions. However, no data regarding business operations,…
  • "1 in 4 Cyberattacks Handled by U.K.'s NCSC Were Related to COVID-19"
    The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Center's (NCSC) annual threat report revealed that U.K. organizations experienced an average of 60 cyberattacks per month from September 2019 to August 2020. The NCSC's defense system stopped more than 15,000…
  • "In Q2 2020, There Was an Average of 419 New Threats Per Minute"
    In a new report released by McAfee researchers examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in Q2 2020. The researchers found there was an average of 419 new threats per minute as overall new malware samples grew…
  • "A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients' Therapy Notes"
    There has been a rise in ransomware attacks against large companies and critical organizations such as those that provide medical care. A hacker is currently threatening to publicly release data stolen from Finland's health care and mental health…
  • "World's Fastest Open-Source Intrusion Detection Is Here"
    Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab have developed the fastest open-source intrusion detection system. The system achieves speeds of 100 gigabits per second using a single server with five processor cores. The success behind the performance…
  • "Google Forms Abused to Phish AT&T Credentials"
    Security researchers have discovered that adversaries are using phishing attacks that leverage Google Forms as a landing page to collect victims' credentials.  The forms masquerade as login pages from more than 25 different companies, brands, and…
  • "Paying a Ransom to Prevent Leaking of Stolen Data is a Risky Gamble"
    Researchers at Coveware found that recently ransomware groups are targeting larger enterprises more frequently. The average payment for ransomware attacks has increased by 31 percent in Q3 2020 (reaching $233,817). The researchers suggest that…
  • "Ransom Payment No Guarantee Against Doxxing"
    According to Coveware's analysis of ransomware attack data during the third quarter of the year, organizations that paid threat actors' demanded ransom were often doxxed and ordered to pay more. Doxxing refers to the public broadcasting of private or…
  • "Researchers Recover 75,000 'Deleted' Files From Pre-Owned USB Drives"
    During a study on the risks posed by selling Universal Serial Bus (USB) drives on the internet, cybersecurity researchers from Abertay University were able to retrieve 75,000 deleted files from pre-owned USB drives purchased on a popular online auction…
  • "34M Records From 17 Companies Up For Sale In Cybercrime Forum"
    Researchers have recently discovered 34 million user records on an underground sales forum, which the cybercriminals claim are from 17 different corporate data breaches.  The records came up for sale last week, and the theft appears to be the work…