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  • "You Can Now Sign-in to Your Microsoft Accounts Without a Password"

    In an effort to strengthen security for Microsoft users, the company is now rolling out a way to access Microsoft accounts such as Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and Family Safety without passwords. The feature is available after linking users…

  • "Inside Genesis: The Market Created by Cybercriminals To Make Millions Selling Your Digital Identity"

    Cyber criminals are flocking to the GENESIS marketplace, a one-stop shop for login credentials, cookies, device fingerprints, website vulnerabilities and other sensitive data on Hackers’ wish list. The invite-only market has become an important tool for…

  • "FBI and CISA Issue Conti Warning"

    An alert has been issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over Conti ransomware.  In the warning, posted on September 22, the agencies observed the increased use of Conti in…

  • "Exchange/Outlook Autodiscover Bug Spills 100K+ Email Passwords"

    Guardicore security researchers have discovered a severe design bug in Microsoft Exchange’s autodiscover.  This protocol lets users easily configure applications such as Microsoft Outlook with just email addresses and passwords.  The…

  • "Preventing Abuse in Encrypted Communication"

    It remains a significant challenge to mitigate the abuse of encrypted social media communication on WhatsApp, Signal, and other platforms while ensuring user privacy. This challenge is present across technological, legal, and social realms. A…

  • "US Eye-Care Providers Report Data Breaches"

    The protected health information of hundreds of thousands of Americans has been exposed in two separate security incidents at eye-care providers in the United States.  Simon Eye Management reported a data breach to the Department of Health and Human…

  • "Cybersecurity Vulnerability Could Affect Millions of Hikvision Cameras"

    On Sunday, video surveillance giant Hikvision posted a security advisory on its website warning customers of a cyber vulnerability that could impact millions of cameras and NVRs deployed globally. Security researchers at Watchful IP discovered the…

  • "FamousSparrow Hacking Group Targets Governments, Engineers Worldwide"

    A new hacking group, dubbed FamousSparrow by ESET researchers, has targeted entities worldwide to spy on them. The group is believed to have been active since at least 2019, with links to attacks against governments, international organizations,…

  • "100M IoT Devices Exposed By Zero-Day Bug"

    Researchers at Guardara have discovered a flaw in a widely used internet-of-things (IoT) infrastructure code that left more than 100 million devices across 10,000 enterprises vulnerable to attacks.  Researchers at Guardara used their technology to…

  • "An Email 'Autodiscover' Bug Is Helping to Leak Thousands of Windows Passwords"

    New research shows that shipping companies, power plants, and investment banks are inadvertently leaking thousands of their employees' email passwords due to a design flaw in the Microsoft Autodiscover protocol. Autodiscover is a protocol used to…

  • "Cybercriminals Use Pandemic to Attack Schools and Colleges"

    Schools and colleges have been hit significantly hard by cyberattacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the average ransomware attack cost educational institutions $2.73 million, including costs of downtime, repairs, and lost opportunities. From…

  • "Who Is BlackMatter?"

    Researchers have been piecing together information surrounding BlackMatter, the group behind the recent ransomware attack that targeted the Iowa-based farm services provider New Cooperative. The group claims to use the best tools and methods of…