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  • "Death Registry System in Hawaii Had Data Breach, Health Department Says"
    After a cyberattack in January allowed hackers limited access to Hawaii's death registry, the Hawaii Department of Health is sending out breach notification letters. Officials cautioned that although the hackers did not access death certificates, newly…
  • "93 Percent of Organizations Suffer Business Email Compromise Attacks"
    The threat of Business Email Compromise (BEC) is growing as the number of BEC attacks is predicted to surpass the number of phishing attacks significantly. According to a new report from the cloud email security platform IRONSCALES, more than 93 percent…
  • "Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $10 Billion in 2022: FBI"
    According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI received more than 800,000 cybercrime-related complaints in 2022, with losses totaling over $10 billion.  Recently the IC3 published their 2022 Internet Crime Report showing that while…
  • "CISA and Girl Scouts of the USA Strengthen Collaboration to Bring More Young Women into Cybersecurity"
    The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes their collaboration to close the gender gap in…
  • "Euler Loses Nearly $200 Million to Flash Loan Attack"
    London, UK-based De-Fi platform company Euler has recently lost a reported $196 million to a flash loan attack.  A flash loan is an instant unsecured loan controlled by smart contracts.  It allows a "borrower to obtain collateral, use that…
  • "Blackbaud Settles $3m Charge Over Ransomware Attack"
    Cloud software provider Blackbaud has recently agreed to pay $3m to settle charges over regulatory filings it made following a major 2020 ransomware attack.  The South Carolina-based firm, which sells software to non-profits, schools, and other “…
  • "Prometei Botnet Evolves and Infected +10,000 Systems since November 2022"
    According to researchers at Cisco Talos, the Prometei botnet has infected over 10,000 devices worldwide since November 2022. The structure of the cryptocurrency mining botnet is modular, and it uses different methods to infect devices and avoid detection…
  • "Zoll Medical Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Individuals"
    Medical technology developer Zoll Medical is notifying roughly one million individuals that their personal information might have been compromised in a recent data breach.  The company develops and markets medical equipment and software for advanced…
  • "TSA Issues Additional Cybersecurity Rules for the Aviation Sector"
    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a new cybersecurity amendment to the security programs of certain TSA-regulated airport and aircraft operators in the aviation industry. This amendment is part of the Department of Homeland…
  • "And the Cyberattack Goes to ... Fans of Oscar-Nominated Films"
    The greater the popularity and critical acclaim of a pirated film, the greater the likelihood that it contains more infected files. A ReasonLabs research team analyzed data on film piracy from January 2022 until last month, focusing on some of the most…
  • "Warning: AI-generated YouTube Video Tutorials Spreading Infostealer Malware"
    Threat actors have been spotted using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated YouTube videos to spread Raccoon, RedLine, and other information stealer malware. Pavan Karthick M., a researcher at CloudSEK, explained that the videos lure users by posing as…
  • "CASPER Attack Steals Data Using Air-Gapped Computer's Internal Speaker"
    Researchers at the School of Cyber Security at Korea University in Seoul have unveiled a new covert channel attack called CASPER that can leak data from air-gapped computers to a neighboring smartphone at a rate of 20bits/sec. The CASPER attack uses the…