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"Hackers Paralyze 911 Operations in Suffolk County, NY"A ransomware attack on Suffolk County government systems in New York on September 8th continues to wreak havoc on citizens of the area, driving overwhelmed 911 operators working without the aid of computers to call for backup. The ransomware attack…
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"What Could Be the Cause of Growing API Security Incidents?"Findings of Noname Security's Application Programming Interface (API) security report, "The API Security Disconnect - API Security Trends in 2022," revealed a rapidly increasing number of API security incidents, a lack of API visibility, and misplaced…
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"Iranian Hackers Hid in Albanian Networks for Over a Year"The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI recently released a joint alert to shed more light on a campaign that resulted in Albania severing diplomatic ties with Iran. According to CISA, state-backed Iranian threat…
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"Authorized Push Payments Surge to 75% of Banking Fraud"Researchers at Outseer have warned that most online banking fraud today is the result of customers being duped into paying scammers. The researchers stated that so-called authorized push payment (APP) fraud occurs when a scammer posing as a trusted…
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"INTERPOL Working Group Highlights Cyber Threats Across the Americas"The changing digital landscape in the Americas has increased cybersecurity challenges and vulnerabilities. Countries throughout the region are now facing Business Email Compromise (BEC), online scams, ransomware, and more. Financially motivated groups…
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"Threat Actor Abuses LinkedIn's Smart Links Feature to Harvest Credit Cards"A malicious campaign aimed at Internet users in Slovakia is another example of how phishing operators often use legitimate services and brands to bypass security controls. Threat actors have been using a LinkedIn Premium feature called Smart Links to…
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"SES, ESA and European Commission Partner on Satellite-Based Quantum Cryptography System"A consortium of 20 European companies led by the federal government's Senior Executive Service (SES) is planning to construct Europe's first sovereign Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system. The move is expected to improve cybersecurity among European…
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"BlackCat Ransomware's Data Exfiltration Tool Gets an Upgrade"The BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, is still evolving, and the latest example is a new version of the gang's data exfiltration tool used in double-extortion attacks. BlackCat is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation considered a successor…
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"15-Year-Old Unpatched Python Vulnerability Potentially Affects Over 350,000 Projects"About 350,000 open source projects may be vulnerable to exploitation as a result of a 15-year-old unpatched security flaw in a Python module. The open source repositories cover a wide range of industry verticals, including software development,…
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"DOE Invests $12M in Cybersecurity Research for Energy Grid"According to Jon Wellinghoff, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), attackers could bring down the US power grid by targeting just a few substations. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced $12 million in funding for…
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"Deepfake Audio Has a Tell – Researchers Use Fluid Dynamics to Spot Artificial Imposter Voices"An audio deepfake detection technique developed by researchers at the University of Florida measures the acoustic and fluid dynamic differences between voice samples generated organically by human speakers and those generated synthetically by computers.…
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"Wide-Ranging Philippines Phishing Scams Are Sending Out Millions of Messages, SIM Card Registration Bill Proposed as a Solution"Residents of the Philippines have been bombarded with phishing scams pushing millions of malicious messages aimed at stealing their login credentials. Therefore, the Philippines government is considering reintroducing a previously vetoed bill that would…