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  • "The Feds Warn That Hackers Could Hold Midwestern Harvests Hostage With Ransomware"
    American agriculture increasingly relies on software to maintain the country's position as the world's leading food producer. However, this reliance on code-driven machinery has increased the chances of ransomware attacks, which could be especially…
  • "White House Begins to Push Federal Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration"
    The US White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a new memo outlining the need for federal agencies to begin the transition to post-quantum cryptography before operational quantum computers become available. The OMB recommended…
  • "Atlassian Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Bitbucket, Crowd"
    Atlassian has recently informed customers that it has patched critical vulnerabilities in its Crowd and Bitbucket products.  In the Bitbucket source code repository hosting service, Atlassian fixed CVE-2022-43781, a critical command injection…
  • "Intel's New Deepfake Detector Can Spot a Real or Fake Video Based on Blood Flow in Video Pixels"
    Deepfakes have proliferated on the Internet in recent years. Deepfakes are pieces of fabricated media that use an image or video and someone else's face or voice to create a new, fictitious image of people or events. Deepfakes' continued development may…
  • "Hardware-Assisted Encryption of Data in Use Gets Confidential"
    Data protection is a top priority for organizations responsible for safeguarding their own data and the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored and processed on behalf of their business partners and customers. If it is not done correctly, the…
  • "Samba Patches Vulnerability That Can Lead to DoS, Remote Code Execution"
    Samba recently released patches for an integer overflow vulnerability that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.  Samba is an open-source Server Message Block (SMB) implementation for Linux and Unix systems and can be used as an Active…
  • "Russian Duo Indicted Over E-Book Piracy"
    Recently, a Russian couple has been indicted for allegedly running one of the world’s biggest e-book piracy websites.  Anton Napolsky, 33, and Valeriia Ermakova, 27, both of St Petersburg, were arrested on November 3 in Cordoba, Argentina, at the…
  • "Smart Home Hubs Leave Users Vulnerable to Hackers"
    According to new research from the University of Georgia (UGA) on smart home hubs, convenience may cost personal security. A smart hub is a centralized device that allows users to control their smart devices from one place. These hubs rely on technology…
  • "Costa Rica State of Emergency Declared After Ransomware Attacks"
    Costa Rica declared a state of emergency in late April, following weeks of major ransomware attacks. This measure, usually reserved for dealing with natural disasters, was taken by newly-elected President Rodrigo Chaves to free up the government to…
  • "Netflix Phishing Emails Surge 78%"
    Security researchers at Egress are warning that corporate accounts could be at risk after noting a 78% increase in email impersonation attacks spoofing the Netflix brand since October.  The researcher warned that if employees use the same…
  • "China-Based Fangxiao Group Behind a Long-Running Phishing Campaign"
    According to Cyjax researchers, a financially motivated group based in China called Fangxiao has been orchestrating a large-scale phishing campaign since 2017. The sophisticated phishing campaign takes advantage of international brand reputations and…
  • "Microsoft: Royal Ransomware Group Using Google Ads in Campaign"
    According to a new report from Microsoft's Security Threat Intelligence team, the Royal Ransomware group used Google Ads in one of their attack campaigns. The ransomware, which first appeared in September and claimed a number of victims, including one of…