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"Critical Azure Security Vulnerabilities Affect Large Organizations"Researchers at the cloud security vendor Wiz have discovered four critical vulnerabilities in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a little-known service deployed on a large number of Linux virtual machines (VMs) in Azure. According to the Wiz… -
"Apple Patches an NSO Zero-Day Flaw Affecting All Devices"Apple has released security updates that address a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Mac computers. The security flaw, called FORCEDENTRY, was reportedly exploited to push Pegasus spyware from Israel's NSO Group…
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"Quantum Cryptography: This Air-Filled Fiber Optic Cable Can Transport Un-Hackable Keys, Say Researchers"Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a secure communication method that uses particles of light known as photons to encode data in quantum bits, which are transmitted to a sender and receiver in the form of an encryption key. Although QKD is…
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"University of Minnesota Unveils Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity"The University of Minnesota has announced the new Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity (CMDC), funded by leading medical device manufacturers, including Smiths Medical, Optum, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Abbott Laboratories. The purpose of this…
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"Financial Services Firms Spend Over $2m on Ransomware Recovery"According to new data from Sophos, global financial services firms spent more than $2m on average recovering from a ransomware attack last year. The UK security vendor polled 550 IT decision-makers in mid-sized financial sector firms around the globe to…
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"Malware Targeting Mexico Stealing Financial Information Through COVID-19"According to the McAfee Mobile Malware Research Team, customers in Mexico are being targeted by Android malware disguised as a bank application or security tool that provides information about out-of-service ATMs. This threat has been flagged as Android/…
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"Global Databases Riddled With an Average of 26 Vulnerabilities"According to a new five-year study by Imperva, nearly half (46%) of the world’s on-premises databases contain known vulnerabilities, most of which are high or critical severity. The security vendor scanned 27,000 databases globally over five years…
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"Researchers Develop Toolkit to Test Apple Security, Find Vulnerability"Researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University have developed a software toolkit to test Apple devices' hardware security. During their proof-of-concept (POC) demonstration, they were able to identify a previously unknown vulnerability, which…
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"Recent Breaches Underscore High Healthcare Security Risk"Two recently disclosed attacks that targeted providers in California and Arizona further suggest that healthcare organizations are at a high security risk. On August 24, 2021, California-based LifeLong Medical Care started notifying individuals that…
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"SOVA, Worryingly Sophisticated Android Trojan, Takes Flight"Researchers at ThreatFabric have discovered that a new Android banking trojan named SOVA (“owl” in Russian) is under active development, and it has big dreams even in its infancy stage. The malware is looking to incorporate distributed denial of service…
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"Cybersecurity Seen as Rising Risk for Airlines After 9/11"Since the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago, airlines and airports have banned sharp objects in carry-on luggage and implemented technology to detect explosives. However, many of today's security risks are now viewed more as the targeting of networks and…
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"A Third of Industrial Control Systems Attacked in H1 2021"Researchers at Kaspersky have found that around one in three industrial control systems (ICS) were targeted by malicious activity in the first half of 2021. The Russian security vendor claimed its solutions blocked over 20,000 malware variants from more…