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"Many Organizations Still Don't Know How to Secure APIs"According to recent research conducted by Noname Security, many organizations say they understand the importance of properly protecting Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), but in practice, these organizations do not appear to do so.
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"The FBI Is Adding More Cyber-Focused Agents to U.S. Embassies"To increase its response to worldwide cyber crime, the FBI is upping the number of cyber assistant legal attachés and adding new positions in New Delhi, Rome, and Brasilia bringing the total to 22.
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"Long-Existing Bandook RAT Targets Windows Machines"Fortinet researchers discovered a new variant of the Bandook Remote Access Trojan (RAT) being used in phishing attacks against Windows users. Bandook has been used by different threat actors in several campaigns since 2007.
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"DHS S&T Announces New Solicitation for Synthetic Data Generator Solutions"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is seeking solutions for generating synthetic data that models and replicates the shape and patterns of real data while protecting privacy and mitigating security ri
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"US Mortgage Lender loanDepot Confirms Ransomware Attack"Leading U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot has revealed that a cyber incident over the weekend was a ransomware attack that led to data encryption.
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"'Swatting' Becomes Latest Extortion Tactic in Ransomware Attacks"Threat actors are targeting medical institutions through their patients, using a tactic called "swatting" in order to push hospitals to pay ransom demands.
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"Escalating Cyber Threats: Bots, Fraud Farms, and Cryptojacking Surge, Urgently Requiring Attention"The motivations and methods behind cyberattacks are varied.
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"Capital Health Attack Claimed by LockBit Ransomware, Risk of Data Leak"The LockBit ransomware operation has recently claimed responsibility for a November 2023 cyberattack on the Capital Health hospital network and threatens to leak stolen data and negotiation chats by tomorrow.
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"KyberSlash Attacks Put Quantum Encryption Projects at Risk"According to researchers at Cryspen, multiple implementations of the Kyber Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) for quantum-safe encryption are vulnerable to a set of flaws called KyberSlash that enable secret keys to be recovered.
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"Syrian Hackers Distributing Stealthy C#-Based Silver RAT to Cybercriminals"The "Anonymous Arabic" threat group released Silver RAT, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capable of bypassing security software and silently launching hidden applications.
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"Turkish Cyberspies Targeting Netherlands"A state-supported cyberespionage group likely affiliated to Turkey has recently been observed targeting numerous public and private entities in the Netherlands for intelligence gathering, Dutch incident response provider Hunt & Hackett reports.
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"North Korean Hackers Stole $600m in Crypto in 2023"According to security researchers at blockchain intelligence firm TRM, North Korean hackers stole at least $600m in cryptocurrency in 2023.