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"Emotet Malware Attacks Return after Three-Month Break"After a three-month hiatus, the Emotet malware operation is once again sending out malicious emails, rebuilding its network, and infecting devices. Emotet spreads via email attachments of malicious Microsoft Word and Excel documents. When the documents…
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"Sharp Panda Using New Soul Framework Version to Target Southeast Asian Governments"A Chinese threat actor known as Sharp Panda has been running a cyber espionage campaign against government entities in Southeast Asia. The attacks involve a new version of the Soul modular framework, which is different from what was seen in the group's…
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"Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears"Employees are feeding sensitive business data and privacy-protected information to Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. This raises concerns that Artificial Intelligence (AI) services could be using the data in their models, and that the…
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"Asian Data Center Outsourcer Hacks Affect Fortune 500 Firms"According to the cybersecurity company Resecurity, threat actors are targeting multinational clients of data center outsourcers and help desk providers in China and Singapore, then selling stolen credentials on data leak sites. These malicious activities…
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"Home Data Spills Bring Trouble to Your Door, Experts Warn"Cybernews research finds that major companies are leaking their customers' home addresses and other personal information. The Cybernews research team recently found a configuration error that impacted the Spanish-owned Cosentino Group, which operates in…
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"Riverside Research Wins DARPA HARDEN Contract Award to Improve National Cybersecurity Efforts"The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given a multi-year award to Riverside Research, a leader in cybersecurity open architecture solutions with a track record in the defense and intelligence community. Riverside Research, together…
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"Social Engineering Remains the Top Threat for Enterprises"Jamf's new Annual Trends Report, based on a sample of 500,000 devices protected by the company's technology, examines the vulnerabilities and threats impacting devices used in the modern workplace, identifying social engineering as the leading…
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"Denver Public Schools Data Breach Includes SSNs, Bank Info"On January 4th, Colorado's largest school district discovered that it was affected by a data breach. The district is now informing all employees. According to Denver Public Schools, the data breach occurred between December 13th and January…
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"Ransomware Gang Posts Breast Cancer Patients' Clinical Photographs"ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, is attempting to extort a Pennsylvania healthcare network by posting images of breast cancer patients. On the criminals' website, these clinical images that Lehigh Valley Health Network used as part of radiotherapy to…
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"Acer Confirms Breach After Hacker Offers to Sell Stolen Data"Electronics giant Acer has recently confirmed getting hacked after a hacker offered to sell 2,800 files totaling 160 Gb that was allegedly stolen from the company’s systems. The company stated that they have recently detected an incident of…
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"Just 10% of Firms Can Resolve Cloud Threats in an Hour"Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have found that two-thirds (39%) of global organizations reported a surge in breaches over the past year, with IT complexity increasing and detection and response capabilities worsening. The researchers…
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"New Steganography Breakthrough Enables 'Perfectly Secure' Digital Communications"A team of researchers has made a significant advancement in secure communications by creating an algorithm that effectively conceals sensitive information. The team, led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU),…