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"FBI Director Say He's 'Extremely Concerned' About China's Ability to Weaponize TikTok"On Tuesday, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on worldwide threats, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress he is “extremely concerned” that Beijing could weaponize data collected through TikTok, the wildly popular app owned by the…
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"Lazarus Backdoor DTrack Evolves to Target Europe and Latin America"According to researchers at Kaspersky, the backdoor DTrack, widely used by the North Korean Lazarus group over the last three years, is still being deployed to target organizations in Europe and the US. DTrack has been used in financial…
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"GAO Tells DOD to Ensure Cyber Incidents are Properly Reported and Shared"According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the Department of Defense (DOD) has not fully implemented its cyber incident management processes. The government watchdog also discovered flaws in data reporting and management. The DOD…
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"K-12 Schools Lack Resources, Remaining Top Target for Cyberattacks"According to a new report published by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), the K-12 sector remains a top target for cyberattacks, despite the improvement of security capabilities over time. The CIS report reveals that the education sector lags behind…
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"Latest Healthcare Data Breaches Have Varying Impacts on Health Data"Legacy Post Acute Care in California notified patients of a data breach between January 19 and March 3, 2022. In September, an unauthorized party accessed several employee email accounts over two months. Patient names, Social Security numbers, treatment…
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"Yakima Neighborhood Health Services Notice of Data Security Incident"Yakima Neighborhood Health Services ("YNHS") recently learned of a data security incident that may have impacted data belonging to certain current and former patients. On October 4, 2022, a file containing certain individuals' personal and…
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"Zendesk Vulnerability Could Have Given Hackers Access to Customer Data"Security researchers at Varonis stated that an SQL injection vulnerability in Zendesk Explore could have allowed a threat actor to leak Zendesk customer account information. Zendesk Explore is the analytics and reporting service of Zendesk, a…
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"Montana State Receives $4.47 Million Award for Improving Cybersecurity"Montana State University (MSU) is leading a new effort to reduce software vulnerabilities across various systems, building on nearly five years of helping the Departments of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in improving methods…
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"Android Malware: A Million People Downloaded These Malicious Apps Before They Were Finally Removed From Google Play"Google has removed some malicious apps from the Google Play Store that were downloaded by over a million Android users. The apps infected smartphones with malware and bombarded devices with malicious pop-up ads. According to cybersecurity researchers at…
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"'Unauthorized Transactions' Lead to Missing Funds at FTX"The cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX says unsanctioned actors stole customers' digital assets, thus initiating a rush to disconnect digital wallets from the Internet. A message posted on the FTX Telegram page warned users of malware on the platform.…
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"Organizations Warned of Critical Vulnerability in Backstage Developer Portal Platform"According to researchers at Oxeye, Backstage, an open platform for building developer portals, is affected by a critical vulnerability whose exploitation could have a serious impact on a targeted enterprise. Backstage was developed by Spotify and…
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"Police Celebrate Arrest of 59 Suspected Scammers"According to Europol, a recent month-long anti-fraud crackdown across Europe arrested 59 suspected scammers. Europol noted that the operation ran through October as part of the 2022 e-Commerce Action (eComm 2022) initiative. It saw 19…