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"Scam Robocalls Forecast to Cost $58bn This Year"According to security researchers at Juniper Research, the cost of fraudulent robocalls to victims will increase 9% from 2022 to reach $58bn globally this year. The researchers noted that auto-dialing software that delivers pre-recorded messages is…
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"Is Your Cybersecurity Strategy Falling Victim to These 6 Common Pitfalls?"Research conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reveals misconceptions that can impact security professionals as well as offers potential solutions. A recent report by NIST computer scientist Julie Haney highlights a…
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"New York Man Arrested for Running BreachForums Cybercrime Website"A New York man accused of running the popular cybercrime forum BreachForums has recently been arrested and charged. He is believed to be Pompompurin, an individual whose online moniker was mentioned in several high-profile hacking stories in the…
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"Uncovering the Unheard: Researchers Reveal Inaudible Remote Cyber-Attacks on Voice Assistant Devices"Guenevere Chen, an associate professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has recently published a paper that demonstrates a novel inaudible voice Trojan attack to exploit vulnerabilities contained by smart device microphones and voice assistants…
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"NBA Notifying Individuals of Data Breach at Mailing Services Provider"The National Basketball Association (NBA) recently notified individuals that their personal data was stolen in a data breach at a third-party service provider. The NBA stated that the incident resulted in the theft of names and email addresses,…
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"Hitachi Energy Blames Data Breach on Zero-Day as Ransomware Gang Threatens Firm"Sustainable energy giant Hitachi Energy has recently blamed a data breach affecting employees on the exploitation of a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) software. Hitachi Energy said the…
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"Mispadu Banking Trojan Targets Latin America: 90,000+ Credentials Stolen"Mispadu, a banking Trojan, has been linked to several spam campaigns aimed at Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Portugal with the goal of stealing credentials and distributing other payloads. The activity, which began in August 2022, is ongoing,…
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"How to Protect Online Privacy in the Age of Pixel Trackers"Tracking pixels, such as the Meta and TikTok pixels, are widely used by online businesses to track the preferences and behaviors of website visitors, but they are not without risk. Although pixel technology has existed for years, privacy regulations such…
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"Emotet Malware Now Distributed in Microsoft OneNote Files to Evade Defenses"The Emotet malware is now being delivered through Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to circumvent Microsoft's security measures and infect more systems. Emotet is a malware botnet that was previously spread using Microsoft Word and Excel…
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"Meta Proposes Revamped Approach to Online Kill Chain Frameworks"Meta researchers Ben Nimmo and Eric Hutchins have proposed a new framework approach for addressing online threats, which uses a shared model for identifying, describing, comparing, and disrupting the different phases of an attack chain. Their new "Online…
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"ChatGPT Could Make Phishing More Sophisticated"As the new version of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot tool ChatGPT recently rolled out, experts have reiterated their greatest cybersecurity concern, which is that the technology will be used to compose more sophisticated phishing emails…
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"Threat Actors Turn To QR Codes and Other Creative Techniques as Macros Are Blocked"According to new research from HP Wolf Security, the blocking of macros by default in Microsoft Office has prompted threat actors to be more creative with their attacks. As a result, there have been increases in the delivery of malware via PDFs and ZIP…