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  • "Philadelphia-Area Health System Says It 'Isolated' a Malware Attack"

    Crozer-Keystone, the leading healthcare provider in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was recently hit by a malware attack. The Crozer-Keystone Health System is composed of four hospitals and four outpatient centers based in Delaware County. It was not made…

  • "Hack Brief: Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents"

    On Friday of last week, a leak-focused activist group known as Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSSecrets) published a 269-gigabyte collection of police data that was supposedly stolen by Anonymous, which is a hacking group.  The data includes…

  • "Privacy and Security Concerns Related to Patient Data in The Cloud"

    Since COVID-19 has started, health delivery organizations (HDOs) have quickly increased their utilization of telehealth capabilities (i.e., remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine) to treat patients in their homes. Telehealth solutions come with…

  • "Malicious Chrome Extensions Used in Global Surveillance Campaign"

    The cybersecurity firm, Awake Security, released a report on the discovery of 111 malicious or fake Chrome extensions created to collect sensitive user data from users across the world in different industry segments. The primary link between these…

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  • "Majority of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Lack Adequate Security"

    A recent report by Gaurdsqaure reveals that most government COVID-19 contact tracing apps from the U.S. and other countries around the world lack adequate security, leaving the apps vulnerable to hacking. This discovery comes from the assessment of 17…

  • "Netgear Zero-Day Allows Full Takeover of Dozens of Router Models"

    Researchers have discovered an unpatched, zero-day vulnerability in firmware for Netgear routers.  The flaw is a memory-safety issue present in the firmware's httpd web server, and it allows attackers to bypass authentication on affected…

  • "Half of Mobile Banking Apps are Vulnerable to Fraud Data Theft"

    According to a recent study by Positive Technologies, more than half of mobile banking applications are vulnerable to fraud and data theft because of easily exploitable security flaws. The company's security experts examined 14 banking apps. The findings…

  • "Intel's Tiger Lake Processors Will Feature On-Chip Malware Protections"

    Intel recently announced the next generation of Intel mobile processors, which will include a defense mechanism against control-flow hijacking attacks. Intel's Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (Intel CET) will provide this protection via the company's…

  • "Data Security in Website Tracking"

    Companies use tracking services to collect data for targeted advertising. These tracking services collect troves of data, including what websites were accessed by users, the times they visited the websites, and location information. Due to the…

  • "China-Backed Hackers Target Biden Campaign in Early Sign of 2020 Election Interference"

    Google recently announced that earlier this month, on June 4th, an APT group targeted Biden's campaign staff with phishing attempts.  The group behind the attacks is called APT31, also known as Zirconium.  Zirconium is a Chinese state-sponsored…

  • "Cybercriminals Unleash Diverse Wave of Attacks on COVID-19 Vaccine Researchers"

    Organizations working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine have been experiencing an increase in government-led attacks. A variety of attacks on COVID-19 research teams and facilities aim to steal information about potential vaccines. Google released a report…