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  • "Copycat And Fad Hackers Will be The Bane of Supply Chain Security in 2022"
    Security researchers have warned that replicable attacks and a low barrier to entry will ensure the rate of supply chain attacks increases in 2022.  The researchers stated that by compromising a centralized service, platform, or software, attackers…
  • "Polygon Bug Put $23 Billion in Cryptocurrency at Risk"
    On December 3, white hat hackers at the bug bounty platform Immunefi discovered a vulnerability in Polygon, a framework used to build Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. The bug would have put 9,276,584,332 MATIC, worth almost $23 billion, at risk.…
  • "Autom Cryptomining Campaign Launched 125 Attacks in the Wild in Q3 2021"
    Over the past three years, Team Nautilus researchers at Aqua Security have been tracking a cryptomining campaign dubbed Autom using honeypots. According to the researchers, the attackers behind the campaign have changed their tactics over the three-year…
  • "Cybersecurity 2022: More Fraud, More Fakes, More Crypto Scams"
    Cybersecurity experts are sharing their predictions regarding cybercrime and cybersecurity in 2022. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in San Diego, dedicated to minimizing risk and mitigating the impact of identity compromise and crime, predicts…
  • "The Worst Hacks of 2021"
    WIRED has highlighted the worst hacks of 2021, including breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and more. The first incident spotlighted is the ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline in early May,…
  • "PYSA Ransomware Gang is The Most Active Group in November"
    Researchers at NCC group have discovered that PYSA (Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs in the threat landscape in November 2021.  The security researchers observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with…
  • "Fake Christmas Eve Termination Notices Used as Phishing Lures"
    A newly discovered phishing campaign is sending out fake employee termination notices and phony omicron-variant exposure warnings.  One of the suspicious emails found by security researchers told the target that their employment would cease as of…
  • "Lights Out: Cyberattacks Shut Down Building Automation Systems"
    A building automation engineering firm located in Germany suffered a cyberattack that locked it out of the Building Automation System (BAS) it had constructed for an office building client, resulting in loss of contact with hundreds of BAS devices, such…
  • "Fisher-Price's Chatter Phone Has a Simple but Problematic Bluetooth Bug"
    The Fisher-Price Chatter phone is a classic kids toy that has been revamped for adults as it can now make and receive calls over Bluetooth using a nearby smartphone. The Chatter is now more like a novelty Bluetooth speaker with a microphone that…
  • "Chinese Spies Exploit Log4Shell to Hack Major Academic Institution"
    CrowdStrike's Falcon OverWatch team has discovered that China-linked cyberespionage group Aquatic Panda exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability to compromise a large academic institution.  As part of a recent campaign, the OverWatch security…
  • "Security Professionals View Ransomware and Terrorism as Equal Threats"
    Sapio Research surveyed over 1,500 security professionals on behalf of the machine identity management provider Venafi. Of those who participated in the survey, 60 percent reported considering ransomware and terrorism equal threats. The findings reflect…
  • "T-Mobile Reportedly Suffers Another, Smaller Data Breach"
    T-Mobile has reportedly suffered another data breach a few months after a huge breach in August. The new breach seems to have affected a smaller group of customers, and the total amount of customers affected is still unknown. The customers affected by…