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"The Most Popular IT Admin Password Is Totally Depressing"The analysis of over 1.8 million pages identified as admin portals found that 40,000 of them used "admin" as its password, making it the most common credential used by Information Technology (IT) administrators.
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"BlackCat Ransomware Uses New 'Munchkin' Linux VM in Stealthy Attacks"The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation is now applying a new tool named Munchkin, which uses Virtual Machines (VMs) to stealthily launch encryptors on network devices.
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"QR Codes Used in 22% of Phishing Attacks"A new study called the "Hoxhunt Challenge" has unveiled alarming trends in employee susceptibility to phishing attacks, emphasizing the critical role of engagement in reducing human risk.
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"DarkGate Malware Campaigns Linked to Vietnam-Based Cybercriminals"Security researchers at WithSecure believe that Vietnam-based cybercriminals are behind attacks using DarkGate malware, which have targeted organizations in the UK, US, and India since 2018.
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"Project Will Protect Researchers' Open-Source Software Worldwide"Researchers at Indiana University are working on a project to protect the open-source software used by institutions worldwide to collaborate and share study findings.
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"Microsoft Found Users Can Trick GPT-4 Into Releasing Biased Results and Leaking Private Information"According to research backed by Microsoft, OpenAI's GPT-4 Large Language Model (LLM) might be more trustworthy than GPT-3.5, but also more vulnerable to jailbreaking and bias.
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"Organizations Admit Employee Use of AI Is a Risk They Aren't Prepared For"According to a Riskonnect survey of 300 professionals on the top internal threats to businesses in 2023, most risk and compliance professionals believe that employee use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses a threat to business, and less th
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"Most Organizations Globally Have Implemented Zero Trust"According to Okta's 2023 State of Zero Trust report, the percentage of organizations implementing a zero trust initiative has nearly tripled in the past three years, from 24 percent in 2021 to 61 percent in 2023.
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"HR Topics Used the Most as Attack Method in Phishing Attacks"According to findings from KnowBe4's research, Human Resources (HR)-related topics are the most commonly used by hackers to facilitate phishing attacks. The strategy is not new, but it consistently results in successful attacks.
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"NSA Shares Recommendations to Advance Device Security Within a Zero Trust Framework"The National Security Agency (NSA) has published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) to help federal agencies, partners, and organizations assess devices within their systems and respond more effectively to threats.
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"Sophisticated MATA Framework Strikes Eastern European Oil and Gas Companies"As part of a cyber espionage operation between August 2022 and May 2023, an updated version of a sophisticated backdoor framework called MATA was used in attacks against more than a dozen Eastern European oil and gas sector and defense industry compani
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"Google Ads for KeePass, Notepad++ Lead To Malware"According to Jérôme Segura, Director of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes, people who have used Google to search for and download the KeePass password manager and the Notepad++ text editor may have been infected with malware.