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  • "Attackers Publicly Demanding Ransom From Hacked Instagram Account Owners in a Brazen Phishing Campaign"
    An Instagram phishing campaign has been discovered targeting corporate and influencer accounts with a large following. According to security researchers at the Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU), the hackers perform phishing attacks to gain control of…
  • "'Cities: Skylines' Gaming Modder Banned Over Malware"
    Chaos, a popular modder for the Cities: Skylines city-building game, has been banned after reportedly hiding an automatic updater in several of their mods to deliver malware to those who downloaded them. The modder released a redesigned version of a core…
  • "Researchers Discover Common Threat Actor TA2541 Behind Aviation and Defense Malware Campaigns"
    Security researchers at Proofpoint discovered a common threat actor behind attacks reported by Microsoft, Cisco Talos, and more. The individual or group, dubbed TA2541, has been attacking targets in the aviation, aerospace, transportation, and defense…
  • "Maryland Cyber Nonprofit to Create Centers of Excellence"
    The Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc. (CAMI), a nonprofit organization, has announced plans to expand its membership program and create multiple Centers of Excellence. CAMI's mission is to advance cybersecurity in Maryland through collaboration…
  • "Three-Fifths of Cyberattacks in 2021 Were Malware-Free"
    Security researchers at CrowdStrike have found that ransomware-related data leaks surged by 82% year-on-year in 2021, but most cyberattacks involved no malware at all.  The researchers found that 62% of attacks were compromised of “non-malware,…
  • "Blocking Microgrid Cyberattacks To Keep the Power Flowing"
    The complexity of power grids continues to grow because of the increase in energy demands, environmental regulations, and small-scale renewable energy systems. Establishing small groups of sources and loads called microgrids helps maintain the resiliency…
  • "A Hacker Group Has Been Framing People for Crimes They Didn't Commit"
    The cybersecurity firm, Sentinel One, recently published a report that details findings surrounding a hacker group dubbed ModifiedElephant, which has been targeting people in India for years. The group's main activity is spying, but it sometimes uses its…
  • "San Francisco 49ers Hit by Ransomware"
    Cybercriminals have attacked the San Francisco 49ers with ransomware.  Confirmation of the attack came after the 49ers were listed on a dark web leak site as a victim of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), BlackByte.  The attack might have…
  • "Data Breach at Morley Companies"
    The personal information of 521,000 people may have been exposed in a data breach at a business services company based in Saginaw, Michigan.   Last year, Morley Companies was targeted by adversaries in an attack detected on August 1, when data in…
  • "Rutgers Researchers Discover Security Vulnerabilities in Virtual Reality Headsets"
    Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick studied how voice command features provided by Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) headsets could lead to eavesdropping attacks. Their study found that hackers could steal sensitive information…
  • "Apple Patches Actively Exploited WebKit Zero Day"
    A memory issue has been discovered affecting iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code following the processing of malicious web content. The zero-day vulnerability found in Apple's WebKit browser engine is being…
  • "Vulnerabilities Found by Google Researchers in 2021 Got Patched on Average in 52 Days"
    Google Project Zero saw a decrease in the overall time used by vendors to address vulnerabilities reported by the bug hunting team. The team reported 376 vulnerabilities between 2019 and 2021 and saw that most of them (351) were patched. Of the remaining…