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  • "Artificial Intelligence and USBs Drive 8% Rise in Cyberattacks"
    Researchers at Check Point Research have recently released their 2023 Mid-Year Security Report.  The research reveals a concerning 8% surge in global weekly cyberattacks during Q2, marking the most significant increase in two years.  The…
  • "Barracuda Details How AI Is Being Used by Attackers and Defenders"
    The cloud cybersecurity company Barracuda has published a new report on the evolution of the malicious use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), detailing how attackers use AI and how to prevent attacks. The company analyzed 905 billion events from customers…
  • "Speed Demons: Ransomware Attackers' Dwell Time Shrinks"
    According to Sophos security researchers, ransomware actors are moving faster than ever to execute malicious encryption. In the first half of 2023, the median dwell time for ransomware incidents decreased from nine days to five days, while the median…
  • "First Weekly Chrome Security Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities"
    Google recently announced a Chrome 116 security update that patches five memory safety vulnerabilities reported by external researchers, including four issues rated high severity.  Based on the bug bounty reward Google paid out for these flaws, the…
  • "Doubling of Identity Theft Victims With Suicidal Thoughts"
     According to a new study conducted by researchers at the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), 16% of American identity theft victims have had suicidal thoughts following their experiences, up from just 8% in 2020.  During the study, the…
  • "Cyberattack Shutters Major NSF-Funded Telescopes for More Than 2 Weeks"
    A cyber incident at a National Science Foundation (NSF) center coordinating international astronomy efforts knocked out key telescopes in Hawaii and Chile. Officials stopped all operations at ten telescopes. At a few others, only in-person observations…
  • "Akira Ransomware Targets Cisco VPNs to Breach Organizations"
    A growing body of evidence suggests that the Akira ransomware uses Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) products as an attack vector to infiltrate corporate networks, steal data, and encrypt it. Akira ransomware is a relatively new ransomware operation…
  • "Over a Dozen Malicious npm Packages Target Roblox Game Developers"
    Since the beginning of August 2023, more than a dozen malicious packages have been discovered in the npm package repository with the capability to launch an open-source information stealer named Luna Token Grabber on Roblox game developers' systems. The…
  • "Open Redirect Flaws Increasingly Exploited by Phishers"
    According to Kroll's Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team, phishing attacks involving the exploitation of open redirect flaws are increasing again. Therefore, organizations should consider retraining their employees on how to spot them. Open redirect…
  • "More Than Half of Browser Extensions Pose Security Risks"
    A new study found that many of the browser extensions organizations allow employees to use when working with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) apps like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 have access to high levels of content and pose risks such as data theft…
  • "Using Quantum Computing to Protect AI From Attack"
    Machine Learning (ML)-based frameworks remain highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks, which involve malicious data tampering that causes them to fail in unexpected ways, despite their successes and increased adoption. A study by researchers at the…
  • "Cyber Fire Puzzles Presents Real-Life Cyber Security Challenges to Develop Students' Cyber Defense Skills"
    On August 19-20, nearly 60 students were presented with cybersecurity challenges through puzzles to develop skills essential to practitioners. Cyber Fire Puzzles is hosted by the Auburn University/Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Cyber Security…