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"Deepfake Face Swap Attacks on ID Verification Systems up 704% in 2023"Deepfake attacks that use "face swap" technology to evade remote identity verification increased by 704 percent in 2023, according to iProov's 2024 Threat Intelligence Report, "The Impact of Generative AI on Remote Identity Verification." Many deepfake
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"Exploiting a Vulnerable Minifilter Driver to Create a Process Killer"Antonio Parata, a CrowdStrike security researcher, demonstrated how to use a signed Minifilter Driver in a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack to terminate a specific process from the kernel.
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"New RustDoor macOS Malware Impersonates Visual Studio Update"RustDoor is a new Rust-based macOS malware distributed as a Visual Studio update. It provides backdoor access to compromised systems and uses infrastructure linked to the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group.
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"The State of the Metaverse"The metaverse raises significant concerns, including those about cybersecurity. The metaverse is a three-dimensional (3D) virtual immersive environment in which users interact as avatars.
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"Security Flaw in a Popular Smart Helmet Allowed Silent Location Tracking"Livall, a smart ski and bike helmet maker, has fixed a security flaw that enabled easy real-time location tracking of a user wearing its helmets.
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"Known Ransomware Attacks Increased 68% Last Year"According to Malwarebytes' recent State of Malware report, the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs such as LockBit and ALPHV was accompanied by a 68 percent increase in known ransomware attacks in 2023, reaching a new high.
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"New Coyote Trojan Targets 61 Brazilian Banks with Nim-Powered Attack"A new banking trojan called Coyote has targeted 61 banking institutions in Brazil.
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"Quishing Attacks Surge and Bypass Email Security"According to researchers at Abnormal Security, email attacks involving QR codes, also known as quishing attacks, increased significantly in the fourth quarter of 2023. Quishing attacks can evade email security solutions or spam filters.
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"Cybersecurity Teams Recognized as Key Enablers of Business Goals"According to CybSafe, 97 percent of office employees in the UK and US trust that their cybersecurity team can prevent or mitigate the damage caused by cyberattacks.
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"Super Bowl LVIII Presents a Vast Attack Surface for Threat Actors"The NFL's digitization of almost every aspect of this year's Super Bowl has created new vulnerabilities and targets for cybercriminals.
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"Chinese Hackers Operate Undetected in U.S. Critical Infrastructure for Half a Decade"The U.S. government revealed that Chinese sponsored hacking group has embedded into many infrastructure networks including communications, energy, water and wastewater systems, and transportation.
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"Connecticut College Discloses Data Breach From 11 Months Ago"It was recently announced that a data breach at Connecticut College early last year resulted in the unauthorized release of personal information, including social security numbers, for an unspecified number of people affiliated with the private liberal