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"Qantas App Exposed Sensitive Traveler Details to Random Users"Qantas Airways recently announced that some of its customers were impacted by a misconfiguration in its app that exposed sensitive information and boarding passes to random users.
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"Essential Steps for Zero Trust Strategy Implementation"Gartner reports that 63 percent of organizations worldwide have implemented a zero trust strategy, fully or partially.
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"Scammers Stole More Than $3.4 Billion From Older Americans Last Year, an FBI Report Says"According to the FBI, scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year. Losses from scams reported by Americans over the age of 60 last year were up 11% over the year before.
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"Cuttlefish Malware Targets Routers, Harvests Cloud Authentication Data"Lumen's Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malware platform called "Cuttlefish" that collects public cloud authentication data from Internet traffic, targeting enterprise-grade and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers.
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"DBIR: Vulnerability Exploits Triple as Initial Access Point for Data Breaches"Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) found that the exploitation of vulnerabilities for initial access increased by 180 percent between 2022 and 2023.
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"1 in 5 US Ransomware Attacks Triggers Lawsuit"According to security researchers at Comparitech, nearly one in five (18%) ransomware incidents in the US led to a lawsuit in 2023, with 123 filed so far.
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"New Research Suggests Africa Is Being Used As a 'Testing Ground' for Nation State Cyber Warfare"Performanta researchers noticed a trend in how nation-state actors target developing countries. The company analyzed "Medusa," a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) that targets organizations worldwide.
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"Department of Commerce Announces New Actions to Implement President Biden's Executive Order on AI"The US Department of Commerce has made several new announcements related to President Biden's Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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"Passwords Under Seven Characters Can Be Easily Cracked"According to Hive Systems, passwords with less than seven characters can be cracked in just hours.
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"NSA Advisory Sheds Light on Securely Deploying AI Systems"The National Security Agency (NSA) recently released guidance on how operators of National Security Systems (NSS) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies can securely deploy third-party-designed Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems.
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"Finnish Hacker Gets Prison for Accessing Thousands of Psychotherapy Records and Demanding Ransoms"Finnish court recently sentenced a 26-year-old man to six years and three months in prison for hacking thousands of patient records at a private psychotherapy center and seeking ransom from some patients over the sensitive data.
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"Cybersecurity Activity Book Aims to Teach Children About Online Safety"Virginia Tech National Security Institute faculty created "Cyber Snackz Adventures in Cybersecurity," an activity book that teaches elementary school students about Internet safety through engaging educational activities and coloring pages.