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"Multi-Hospital Ransom Attack in US Claimed by Rhysida Gang"The Rhysida ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the early August ransomware attack on California-based Prospect Medical Holdings (PMH), a multi-state conglomerate with more than a dozen hospitals and over 150 outpatient facilities. In… -
"Nearly 1,000 Organizations, 60 Million Individuals Impacted by MOVEit Hack"According to security researchers at Emsisoft, as of August 24, 988 organizations and 59,200,000 individuals have been impacted by the recent MOVEit campaign conducted by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group. The researchers noted that these…
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"Google Workspace Introduces New AI-Powered Security Controls"Google recently introduced new AI-powered security controls for its Workspace customers, targeting zero trust, digital sovereignty, and threat defense. Google stated that the new AI-powered zero trust capabilities are meant to provide organizations…
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"VDP Platform 2022 Annual Report Showcases Platform's Success"Security researchers are always discovering and facilitating the mitigation of vulnerabilities in products and websites. They help vendors and defenders fix problems before adversaries exploit them to inflict harm. In 2019, the US Cybersecurity and…
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"China-Linked Flax Typhoon Cyber Espionage Targets Taiwan's Key Sectors"A China-based hacking group has been linked to cyberattacks on dozens of Taiwanese organizations as part of a suspected espionage campaign. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team tracks the activities under the name Flax Typhoon, also known as Ethereal…
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"Jupiter X Core WordPress Plugin Could Let Hackers Hijack Sites"Two vulnerabilities impacting Jupiter X Core, a premium plugin for configuring WordPress and WooCommerce websites, enable account hijacking and file uploading without authentication. Jupiter X Core is a simple but powerful visual editor, which is part of…
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"Cybersecurity Insurance Is Missing the Risk"Cybersecurity insurance is a rapidly developing market, expected to rise from around $13 billion in 2022 to $84 billion in 2030. However, insurers have difficulty quantifying the possible risks of this type of insurance. Traditional actuary models do not…
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"Ransomware With an Identity Crisis Targets Small Businesses, Individuals"Researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware dating back to 2019. It targets individuals and small organizations, demanding small ransoms from each victim. Researchers from the security and operations analytics company Netenrich recently…
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"Malicious AI Arrives on the Dark Web"Malicious non-state actors are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to amplify their malicious activities. Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT last year, there has been much discussion on the dark web about methods involving this technology. Dark web…
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"Hacking Group KittenSec Claims to 'Pwn Anything We See' to Expose Corruption"In the past month, a hacking group known as "KittenSec" claims to have attacked government and private sector computer systems in multiple NATO countries, arguing that it is exposing corruption. KittenSec is part of a line of groups hacking government…
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"Fraudsters Can Bypass Biometric Facial Recognition"Organizations are increasingly implementing biometrics to streamline and expedite authentication. However, Stuart Wells, CTO of the biometrics authentication company Jumio, identifies potential threats and methods fraudsters may use to circumvent facial…
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"More Than 3,000 Openfire Servers Exposed to Attacks Using a New Exploit"Vulncheck researchers found over 3,000 Openfire servers vulnerable to attacks due to a path traversal flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32315. Openfire is a widely used Java-based open-source chat server maintained by Ignite Realtime. The vulnerability impacts…