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  • "Chinese State Media Propaganda Found in 88% of Google, Bing News Searches"

    According to new research at Brookings Institution, Chinese state media have proven very effective at influencing search engine results for users seeking information on Xinjiang, a region of China where the Uyghur ethnic minority has been subjected to…

  • "Nearly Three-Quarters of Firms Suffer Downtime from DNS Attacks"

    Researchers at IDC compiled interviews with over 100 global organizations with more than 500 employees and put their findings in the "2022 Global DNS Threat Report." During the research, the researchers found that hybrid working and cloud migration…

  • "Twice as Many Healthcare Organizations Now Pay Ransom"

    According to new research conducted by Sophos, global healthcare organizations (HCOs) experienced a 94% year-on-year surge in ransomware attacks last year, with almost twice as many electing to pay their extorters.  The researchers found that two-…

  • "Mobile Threat Volumes Slump 58% in a Year"

    Security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered that the volume of mobile threats detected globally fell by nearly nine million from Q1 2021 to the first three months of 2022.  The researchers stated that in total, 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware…

  • "EnemyBot Malware Targets Web Servers, CMS Tools and Android OS"

    EnemyBot, a rapidly evolving IoT malware, is targeting content management systems (CMS), web servers, and Android devices.  Researchers at AT&T Alien labs believe that the threat actor group "Keksec" is behind the malware distribution.  The…

  • "Magniber Ransomware Now Targets Windows 11 Machines"

    Magniber ransomware was initially discovered in 2017 and has been recently upgraded to target Windows 11 machines, according to researchers at 360 Total Security.  The researchers stated that the attack volume of the ransomware increased…

  • "Microsoft Confirms Exploitation of 'Follina' Zero-Day Vulnerability"

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows is affected by a zero-day vulnerability after researchers warned of exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2022-30190. A researcher who uses the online moniker “nao_sec” recently reported…

  • "Turkish Airline Exposes Flight and Crew Info in 6.5TB Leak"

    Researchers at SafetyDetectives recently discovered that a low-cost Turkish airline accidentally leaked personal information of flight crew alongside source code and flight data after misconfiguring an AWS bucket.  The researchers found the cloud…

  • "U.S. Academic Credentials Displayed in Public and Dark Web Forums"

    The cyber division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recently warned universities and colleges located in the U.S. that higher education credentials have been advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically accessible…

  • "There Are Systems 'Guarding' Your Data in Cyberspace – But Who Is Guarding the Guards?"

    A "zero-trust" approach is the current best practice in secure technology architecture followed by large businesses and organizations. Zero-trust security is an approach that requires users to prove their authenticity every time they access data or a…

  • "How Randomly Moving Electrons Can Improve Cyber Security"

    A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a record-breaking True Random Number Generator (TRNG) to improve data encryption and provide enhanced security for sensitive digital data such as credit card details,…

  • "CISA Publishes 5G Security Evaluation Process Plan"

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently published a new five-step 5G Security Evaluation Process to help companies improve their security posture before deploying new 5G applications.  The new guidelines include…