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  • "Latitude Financial Refuses to Pay Ransom"
    A leading Australian lender has refused to pay online extorters demanding a ransom for the personal data they stole on an estimated 14 million customers.  Latitude Financial CEO, Bob Belan, stated that paying the threat actors would bring no…
  • "Azure Admins Warned to Disable Shared Key Access as Backdoor Attack Detailed"
    According to Orca Security researchers, a design flaw in Microsoft Azure could allow attackers to gain full access to a user's environment. This design flaw is that shared key authorization is enabled by default when creating storage accounts. Attackers…
  • "German Superyacht Maker Targeted by Ransomware Cyberattack"
    German shipbuilder Lürssen, which makes military vessels and luxury yachts, has recently become the target of a ransomware cyberattack.  The Bremen-based company was attacked over the Easter holiday period.  The company stated that in…
  • "A Cyber Attack Hit the Water Controllers for Irrigating Fields in the Jordan Valley"
    A cyberattack impacted several controllers for irrigating fields in the Jordan Valley. The Galil Sewage Corporation's systems monitor the irrigation process and wastewater treatment in the Jordan Valley. Local officials were aware of the risk of a…
  • "Criminal Businesses Adopt Corporate Behavior as They Grow"
    According to Trend Micro, as cybercriminal groups grow, they adopt corporate-like behavior, which presents its own set of challenges and costs. The cybercriminal world is rapidly professionalizing, with groups imitating legitimate businesses that are…
  • "KFC, Pizza Hut Owner Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack"
    Yum! Brands, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, is sending data breach notification letters to an unspecified number of individuals whose personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack that occurred on January 13. In the breach…
  • "Cryptocurrency Stealer Malware Distributed via 13 NuGet Packages"
    Researchers have described the inner workings of the cryptocurrency-stealing malware that was spread via 13 malicious NuGet packages as part of a supply chain attack aimed at .NET developers. The typosquatting campaign, detailed by JFrog late last month…
  • "Apps for Sale: Cybercriminals Sell Android Hacks for Up to $20K a Pop"
    Cybercriminals bypass the official Google Play app store's security, develop tools for trojanizing existing Android applications, and sell their malicious wares for up to $20,000 a piece on cybercrime markets. The results of a comprehensive study of nine…
  • "Cybersecurity of Quantum Computing: A New Frontier"
    Quantum computer research and development continues to expand at an accelerated rate. In 2022, the US government spent over $800 million on Quantum Information Science (QIS) research. Quantum computers hold great promise because they will be able to…
  • "Tasmania Officials: 16,000 Student Documents Leaked by Clop Ransomware Group"
    Following a recent data theft incident, Tasmania government officials confirmed that the Clop ransomware group leaked more than 16,000 sensitive documents. During a press conference, Science and Technology Minister Madeleine Ogilvie informed reporters…
  • "AI Can Crack Most Passwords in Less Than a Minute"
    Researchers have discovered that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can easily crack nearly all passwords. Researchers from Home Security Heroes fed millions of passwords from RockYou to the PassGAN AI platform to observe how quickly it could crack…
  • "Data Breach at Elmbrook School District Exposes Personal Information About Former And Current Employees"
    It has recently been discovered that a data breach affecting current and former Elmbrook School District employees continued even after the district was aware of the problem.  The district learned its system had been compromised on Aug. 23, 2022.…