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"A New Wave of PayPal Invoice Scams Using Crypto Disguise"Security researchers at Trend Micro have found a new wave of PayPal invoice scams using blockchain/cryptocurrency-related businesses as their disguise. The researchers discovered the scams on October 09, 2022. The researchers noted that while…
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"Digital Identity Holds Key to Boosting Cyber Posture, Officials Say"The continued development of digital identity concepts could help organizations improve cybersecurity and mitigate various security risks, according to officials from the federal government and Capitol Hill. Tim Weiler, economic policy advisor and…
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"Internet Disruptions, Cyberattacks Hit Ukraine Following Russian Missile Strikes"Ukraine's Internet and mobile communications were disrupted due to Russian missile strikes that caused widespread power outages. According to Cloudflare data, Internet availability in the country was 35 percent lower than usual. Authorities have asked…
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"Cancer Testing, Diagnostics Lab Suffers Phishing Attack, 244K Impacted"Cytometry Specialists, also known as CSI Laboratories, revealed a phishing attack that affected 244,850 people. On July 8, CSI discovered a compromised employee email account. CSI stated that after discovering the incident, it took steps to isolate the…
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"Extensive LofyGang Hacking Group Targets Credit Card, Disney+, Minecraft, Discord Credentials"LofyGang, a newly discovered threat group, has been conducting various hacking operations since its start more than a year ago. According to a Checkmarx report, more than 200 malicious packages with thousands of installations have been linked to LofyGang…
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"Microsoft Teams: A Channel for Sensitive Business Information Sharing That Needs Better Backup"Hornetsecurity discovered an urgent need for increased backup for Microsoft Teams, with 45 percent of users often sending confidential and critical information via the platform. According to research commissioned by the company, the often-overlooked need…
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"Toyota Discloses Accidental Leak of Some Customers' Personal Information"Toyota Motor Corporation is warning customers that their personal information may have been inadvertently exposed after an access key was made public on GitHub for nearly five years. The automaker recently discovered that a portion of its T-Connect site…
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"Hacking Group POLONIUM Uses 'Creepy' Malware Against Israel"Researchers have discovered previously unknown malware used by the cyberespionage hacking group 'POLONIUM.' The threat actors appear to target only Israeli organizations. POLONIUM employs a wide range of custom malware against engineering, IT, law,…
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"Researchers Warn of New Phishing-as-a-Service Being Used by Cyber Criminals"Caffeine is a previously unknown Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) toolkit that is being used by cybercriminals to effectively scale up their attacks and distribute malicious payloads. According to Mandiant, this platform has an intuitive interface and a low…
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"Researchers Hack Adaptive Cruise Control, Then Show How to Make It Safer"A new study from UAB computer scientists reveals that advanced driving assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control, which is now standard equipment in many cars, can be tricked into causing accidents. The work also shows how to keep the cars…
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"Update on Solana Phantom's Security NFTs Spread Malware That Steals Passwords"Hackers are airdropping Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to Solana cryptocurrency users under the guise of security updates for the Phantom in order to steal cryptocurrency wallets and install malware that steals passwords. This attack recently began, with…
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"NCSC: Businesses Are Too Often 'Seduced' by the Attractive Lure of Phishing Tests"The UK's cybersecurity authority is warning businesses not to be enticed by the allure of administering phishing tests to employees. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of GCHQ, claimed that most implementations of phishing tests…