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  • "LSU and US Secret Service Partner to Address Cyber Challenges for Louisiana, Nation"
    Louisiana State University (LSU) and the US Secret Service (USSS) have a formal agreement for the development of cyber technology and cyber talent, as well as for state and national security. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthens interactions…
  • "Hackers Claim Vast Access to Western Digital Systems"
    The hackers who breached the data storage company Western Digital claim to have stolen about 10 terabytes of data, including large amounts of customer information. The extortionists are pressuring the company to negotiate a minimum eight-figure ransom in…
  • "Volume of Opaque Breach Notices Surges in Q1"
    According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the volume of US data breaches fell in Q1 2023, but the number of notices with no actionable information contained within grew by 20% from the previous quarter.  The ITRC is a non-profit that…
  • "US-Based Company Debuts 'World's First Smart Gun' With Fingerprint Unlocking System"
    A US-based technology company has developed the first biometric smart gun. Biofire Technologies announced the handgun that is fingerprint and 3D infrared facial recognition-secured. It functions under various conditions, including when the user is…
  • "The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started"
    Alex Polyakov, CEO of the security company Adversa, only needed a couple of hours to break GPT-4. In March, when OpenAI released the latest version of its text-generating Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot, Polyakov started entering prompts into…
  • "Siemens Metaverse Exposes Sensitive Corporate Data"
    Siemens Metaverse, a virtual space designed to replicate actual machines, factories, and other highly complex systems, has exposed sensitive information, including the company's office layouts and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Siemens, a German…
  • "Darktrace Denies Getting Hacked After Ransomware Group Names Company on Leak Site"
    Cybersecurity company Darktrace issued a statement recently after it was named on the leak website of the LockBit ransomware group.  In the statement, the company noted that the cybercriminal gang was claiming that they had compromised Darktrace's…
  • "Russian Hackers Linked to Widespread Attacks Targeting NATO and EU"
    Poland's Military Counterintelligence Service and Computer Emergency Response Team have linked APT29 state-sponsored hackers, who are part of the Russian government's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), to attacks against NATO and European Union…
  • "Five Arrests in Crackdown on $98m Investment Fraud Gang"
    European police have recently arrested five individuals in an attempt to bust a criminal network believed to have made $98m from tens of thousands of victims through investment fraud.  According to Europol, some 33 German law enforcers teamed up…
  • "Zelle Users Targeted With Social Engineering Tricks"
    Avanan reports that cybercriminals have been using social engineering to impersonate the popular US-based digital payments network Zelle and steal money from unsuspecting victims. The phishing email is crafted to appear as authentic as possible,…
  • "RTM Locker: Emerging Cybercrime Group Targeting Businesses with Ransomware"
    Read The Manual (RTM) Locker is a developing cybercriminal group that operates as a private Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider and conducts opportunistic attacks to generate illicit profit. According to a report by the cybersecurity company Trellix…
  • "New Mirai Variant Employs Uncommon Tactics to Distribute Malware"
    RapperBot, a new variant of Mirai, is another example of malware that uses relatively uncommon or previously unknown infection vectors in an attempt to spread more widely. RapperBot first appeared as Internet of Things (IoT) malware containing parts of…