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  • "Hackers Change Tactics for New Post-Macro Era"

    Security researchers state that threat actors are moving away from macro-based attacks to other tactics, in one of the most significant shifts in the email threat landscape in recent history.  Microsoft, in October 2021, announced that it would soon…

  • "Only 25% Of Organizations Consider Their Biggest Threat to Be from inside the Business"

    According to Gurucul, 73.48 percent of organizations believe they have wasted most of their cybersecurity budget by failing to remediate threats, despite having plenty of security tools. Furthermore, although insider threats have increased by 47 percent…

  • "Spain Arrests Suspected Hackers Who Sabotaged Radiation Alert System"

    The Spanish police have arrested two hackers suspected of carrying out cyberattacks on the country's Radioactivity Alert Network (RAR) between March and June 2021. The two arrested people are former employees of a company hired by the General Directorate…

  • "Robin Banks Might Be Robbing Your Bank"

    IronNet researchers recently discovered an active cybercrime syndicate launching a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, selling phishing kits to cybercriminals specializing in social engineering scams. This threat actor, known as Robin Banks,…

  • "Multiple Windows, Adobe Zero-Days Anchor Knotweed Commercial Spyware"

    Knotweed, a cyber-weapons broker, has been identified by Microsoft as the source of numerous spyware attacks against law firms, banks, and strategic consultancies around the world. Furthermore, according to Microsoft, Knotweed has been incorporating a…

  • "Study Reveals iOS Privacy Labels Miss the Mark"

    Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have been working for more than a decade to pioneer privacy nutrition labels, advocating for a quick and easy way to inform technology users about how their data is collected and used. Companies such as…

  • "Quantum Cryptography: Hacking Futile"

    An international team has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is secure against attacks on the communication channel but not against attacks or manipulations of the devices themselves. As a…

  • "CAREER Award Supports Cyber-Physical Systems Research"

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to a University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) professor in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science to support security…

  • "A Key Role for Quantum Entanglement"

    Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) promises communication security that conventional cryptography cannot provide. An international team of scientists, including ETH physicists, has now experimentally demonstrated for the first time a method of QKD that uses…

  • "Cybercriminal Offers 5.4m Twitter Users’ Data"

    A database containing 5.4m Twitter users' data is reportedly for sale on a popular criminal forum.  The seller is using the nickname "devil."  The seller advertised the stolen data on the Breached Forums site and demanded at least $30,000 for…

  • "Criminals Use Malware as Messaging Bots to Steal Data"

    Security researchers at Intel 471 have found that criminals are using malicious bots to steal information from victims via the popular Telegram and Discord messaging services.  The researchers noted that some bots can be rented for as little as $25…

  • "FIN7 Threat Actors Add Ransomware to Their Arsenal"

    FIN7, one of the world's most prolific cybercriminal gangs, has added ransomware to its arsenal. In 2014, the organization gained notoriety after stealing $1 billion from more than 100 companies globally. FIN7 is one of the most skilled Advanced…