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"Illegal Data Breach Affects About 58,000 Voters in Hillsborough, Supervisor of Elections Says"The Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office recently sent notification letters to thousands of voters impacted by a data breach. This county is located in Florida. According to the office, a cybercriminal stole the personal…
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"Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk"As NASA's Artemis program, China's Tiangong Space Station, and a growing number of space-tourism companies prepare to usher in a new era of human spaceflight, more attention is needed for cybersecurity in space. Cyber threats to crewed spacecraft may…
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"Amazon to Pay $31m After FTC's Security and Privacy Allegations"Amazon will pay close to $31m to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle allegations relating to Alexa and its Ring home security business. The larger of the two civil penalties ($25m) will settle charges that Amazon violated the US Children’s…
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"Zyxel Customers Urged to Patch Exploited Bug"Security researchers at Rapid7 are urging Zyxel networking device users to update their firewalls and VPNs after it was discovered that hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the wild to enable remote code execution. The Taiwanese…
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"Clinical Test Data of 2.5 Million People Stolen From Biotech Company Enzo Biochem"According to regulatory filings, an April ransomware attack on the biotech company Enzo Biochem compromised the test information and personal data of nearly 2.5 million individuals. Enzo Biochem, a biosciences and diagnostics company based in New York,…
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"Malicious PyPI Packages Using Compiled Python Code to Bypass Detection"
Researchers have uncovered a novel attack on the Python Package Index (PyPI), the official repository of third-party open-source Python projects. The attack uses compiled Python code to evade detection by application security tools. ReversingLabs analyst…
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"Stealthy SeroXen RAT Malware Increasingly Used to Target Gamers"
The stealthy Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called "SeroXen" is gaining popularity among cybercriminals due to its low detection rates and effectiveness. AT&T reports that the malware is marketed as a legitimate remote access tool for Windows 11 and 10.…
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"Threat Actors Can Exfiltrate Data From Google Drive Without Leaving a Trace"
According to Mitiga researchers, Google Workspace has a vulnerability that prevents the discovery of data exfiltration from Google Drive. Using 'Drive log events,' Google Workspace provides visibility into an organization's Google Drive resources,…
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"Yet Another Toyota Cloud Data Breach Jeopardizes Thousands of Customers"Toyota has announced the discovery of yet another data breach. This time, two misconfigured cloud services were discovered to have leaked the personal information of 260,000 car owners over a seven-year period. This discovery was made after the car maker…
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"Software Supply Chain Security Risks Are Here: Are We Equipped to Act Accordingly? Purdue Tandem Tackles Thorny Cybersecurity Issue"Two Purdue University researchers are working to combat the rising number of supply chain attacks, especially those targeting third-party software suppliers and vendors. Sabine Brunswicker, a professor of digital innovation and communication, is…
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"Guardrails on AI Tools Like ChatGPT Needed to Protect Secrets, CISOs Say"
Walmart, Amazon, and Microsoft have warned employees to avoid disclosing corporate secrets or proprietary code when using ChatGPT and other generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. A recent CISO panel at CyberRisk Alliance's Identiverse conference…
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"Hackers Hold City of Augusta Hostage in a Ransomware Attack"The BlackByte group has claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack against the city of Augusta in Georgia. The ransomware group posted 10GB of free sample data and claimed access to much more. Researchers discovered that the sample data contained…
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