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"Pentagon Received Over 50,000 Vulnerability Reports Since 2016"The US Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced that it has processed 50,000 reports received as part of its continuous vulnerability disclosure program (VDP) launched in November 2016. -
"Recent DarkGate Campaign Exploited Microsoft Windows Zero-Day"In mid-January 2024, researchers at the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) discovered a DarkGate campaign that exploited the Windows zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21412, using fake software installers.
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"Hacker Gives Out 70 Million Stolen AT&T User Records"A leaked database containing over 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T, is now on the illicit marketplace BreachForums nearly for free. Some researchers have confirmed the legitimacy of the data, but it is unclear how the hackers got it.
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"IMF Investigates Serious Cybersecurity Breach"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently announced that it is investigating a cybersecurity breach that led to the compromise of several internal email accounts.
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"New Acoustic Attack Determines Keystrokes From Typing Patterns"Researchers Alireza Taheritajar and Reza Rahaeimehr at Augusta University have published a technical paper detailing their acoustic side-channel attack method.
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"Hackers Can Read Private AI-Assistant Chats Even Though They're Encrypted"Researchers at Ben-Gurion University's Offensive AI Research Lab have presented an attack that can decipher AI assistant responses. The technique involves a side-channel found in all major Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants except Google Gemini.
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"Satellites for Quantum Communications"Continued advancements in quantum computer development and performance will make it possible to crack current encryption processes.
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"Ande Loader Malware Targets Manufacturing Sector in North America"A threat actor called "Blind Eagle," also known as APT-C-36, has been observed using a loader malware named "Ande Loader" to deliver Remote Access Trojans (RATs) such as Remcos RAT and NjRAT.
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"MITRE-Harris Poll Finds US Public Is Worried about the Security of Our Critical Infrastructure"According to a new public opinion poll conducted by MITRE and The Harris Poll, the US public believes cyberattacks to be of the greatest risk to critical infrastructure.
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"As Attackers Refine Tactics, 'Speed Matters,' Experts Warn"According to security researchers at Palo Alto's Unit 42 threat intelligence group, advanced attackers are increasingly seeking speed.
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"Moldovan National Sentenced in E-Root Cybercrime Marketplace Case"According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), a Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in US federal prison for running a set of websites selling access to compromised computers worldwide.
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"Key MITRE ATT&CK Techniques Used by Cyber Attackers"A Red Canary report tracked the MITRE ATT&CK techniques adversaries used the most throughout 2023, finding that two new and notable entries jumped to the top ten: email forwarding rules and cloud accounts.