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SoS Musings #75 - A Major Threat to Businesses: Point-of-Sale (PoS) AttacksSoS Musings #75 - A Major Threat to Businesses: Point-of-Sale (PoS) Attacks
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #44 - Data Travel is the Organization's Next Big Cybersecurity ChallengeCybersecurity Snapshots #44 - Data Travel is the Organization's Next Big Cybersecurity Challenge
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"New AI Phishing Tool FraudGPT Tied to Same Group Behind WormGPT"FraudGPT, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot discovered being sold on different dark web marketplaces and Telegram accounts, is used exclusively for offensive purposes, such as spear-phishing, cracking tools, and carding. John Bambenek, principal…
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"Maritime Cyberattack Database Launched by Dutch University"The NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands recently launched a database tracking cyberattacks and other cyber incidents impacting the maritime sector. The Maritime Cyber Attack Database, or MCAD, currently tracks more than…
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"The Promise of Watermarking AI Content"A group of major technology companies recently made an announcement about watermarking Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated content. However, cybersecurity researchers already suggest this new approach has flaws. Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection,…
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"Pacific Premier Says Vendor Hit by MOVEit Data Breach"Pacific Premier Bancorp recently announced that a cybersecurity incident at a third-party vendor has led to a data leak of its clients, becoming the latest victim of the MOVEit hack. The company noted that the client data compromised contained…
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"1st Source Says 450,000 Records Affected in Client Data Breach"Recently, commercial and consumer bank 1st Source Corp announced that it was affected by a security breach that involved a popular file transfer tool, MOVEit. The data breach has impacted about 450,000 records. The company stated that a third…
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"Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Sensitive Medical Records from Egypt's Ministry of Health"Security researchers at SOCRadar recently found that an "established" threat actor claimed to be in possession of two million data records stolen from the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. The allegation was made on the hacker forum…
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"Casbaneiro Banking Malware Goes Under the Radar with UAC Bypass Technique"The financially motivated threat actors responsible for the Casbaneiro banking malware family have been observed applying a User Account Control (UAC) bypass technique to gain full administrative privileges on a machine. This indicates that the threat…
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"Lazarus Hackers Hijack Microsoft IIS Servers to Spread Malware"The North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus hacking group is taking over Windows Internet Information Service (IIS) web servers to distribute malware. IIS is Microsoft's web server solution used to host websites or application services. ASEC's security…
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"RaaS Proliferation: 14 New Ransomware Groups Target Organizations Worldwide"The GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) tracked a total of 1,177 publicly posted ransomware victims claimed by 41 different threat groups during the second quarter of 2023. The report by GRIT reveals a 38 percent increase in the number of…