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  • "Almost Half of UK Organizations Now Encrypt All Their Data"
    According to a new report, the growing threat of data breaches and ransomware is prompting more UK businesses to encrypt all of their data. The report, from hardware-encrypted USB drive maker Apricorn, is based on a Vanson Bourne survey of 100 UK IT…
  • "'8220' Malware Gang to Compromise Linux Systems and Install Cryptomining Malware"
    Microsoft reported discovering notable updates to malware designed to install cryptominer malware on Linux servers. Microsoft has cited recent work from the "8220" group, which was recently spotted exploiting the critical bug affecting Atlassian…
  • "MaliBot Financial Malware Is a Master of Disguise, Targets Android Users"
    MaliBot malware is a Trojan-like software that, when downloaded onto a user's device, steals banking credentials, other legitimate sensitive financial information, cookies, call logs, texts and application addresses, and even Google account credentials (…
  • "Norway Hit With Cyberattack, Temporarily Suspending Service"
    Norway's public and private sector websites were temporarily down on Wednesday following a cyberattack that targeted the country's national data network, forcing it to suspend online services for several hours.  Sofie Nystrøm, head of the Norwegian…
  • "Cyberattacks via Unpatched Systems Cost Orgs More Than Phishing"
    Security researchers at Tetra Defense have discovered that attackers continue to find significant success targeting unpatched servers and vulnerable remote-access systems.  These compromises cost victim organizations 54% more than compromises caused…
  • Pub Crawl #63
    ​Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
  • "Cybersecurity in the Pacific: How Island Nations Are Building Their Online Defenses"
    Researchers at Monash University and the Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC) are working with Pacific governments to assess their current cybersecurity situations and make recommendations for the path ahead. Leaders from several Pacific nations recently…
  • "New Cybersecurity Tool Covers Some Yawning Website Gaps"
    A new and simple scanning tool has revealed some flaws in widely used web cybersecurity programs. The tool also demonstrates how these flaws can be addressed. Websites and web applications have recently become a popular target for cybercriminals…
  • "New UnRAR Vulnerability Could Lead to Zimbra Webmail Hack"
    Security researchers at Sonar have discovered a new flaw in RARlab’s UnRAR utility that could be exploited to steal emails from individual Zimbra mail user accounts.  The path traversal vulnerability, found in the Unix versions of UnRAR, has been…
  • "Azure Service Fabric Vulnerability Can Lead to Cluster Takeover"
    Microsoft has recently patched a vulnerability that could allow an attacker with access to an Azure Linux container to escalate privileges and take over the entire cluster.  The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-30137 and impacts Service Fabric,…
  • "US Plans to Help Universities Protect Security of Research"
    The US Department of Commerce has announced a new initiative to collaborate with universities to protect potentially sensitive research products from theft by foreign agents. The Commerce Department's assistant secretary for export enforcement, Matthew S…
  • "Ransomware Suspected in Wiltshire Farm Foods Attack"
    A leading UK producer of frozen ready meals has revealed its systems are currently down after experiencing a serious cyberattack.  Wiltshire Farm Foods said on Sunday that it is “currently experiencing severe difficulties” with its computer systems…