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"Financial Services Accounting For Nearly 40% of All Phishing URLs"Researchers at Vade discovered that there had been a significant jump in phishing attacks since the start of the year, with a 281 percent spike in May and another 284 percent increase in June, for a total of 4.2 billion phishing emails detected by Vade…
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"Cybercriminals may target 2020 Tokyo Olympics, FBI warns"The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about threat actors potentially attempting to disrupt the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The FBI is warning that cybercriminals could utilize various types of cybercrime…
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"New Technology Shows Promise In Detecting, Blocking Grid Cyberattacks"Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have developed and demonstrated a new cybersecurity technology. The Constrained Cyber Communication Device (C3D) can block cyberattacks on the power grid. The C3D device…
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"NPM Package Steals Chrome Passwords on Windows via Recovery Tool"New NPM malware has been observed stealing Google Chrome credentials through the use of legitimate password recovery tools on Windows systems. NPM, short for Node Package Manager, is a packet manager for the JavaScript programming language. The NPM…
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"HiveNightmare: Windows 10 and Windows 11 Have a Security Vulnerability"Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have been discovered to be impacted by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow attackers to gain access to otherwise inaccessible areas of the registry. The exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to…
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"Law Firm to the Fortune 500 Breached with Ransomware"Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, P.C., a U.S. law firm to many huge companies, put out a press release that an intruder may have accessed their client's data. The law firm was hit with ransomware in February and is now suffering the data-breach fallout.…
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"TSA Issues Cybersecurity Requirements for Pipelines"The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a directive Tuesday requiring owners and operators of TSA-designated critical pipelines to implement cybersecurity controls. The latest directive by TSA applies to companies transporting…
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"This Ancient Printer Security Bug Affects Millions of Devices Worldwide"Cybersecurity researchers at SentinelOne have shared details about a high-severity vulnerability in HP printer drivers, which impacts millions of devices. According to the researchers, the vulnerability has existed since 2005 and impacts more than 380 HP…
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"50,000 Phone Numbers Worldwide on List Linked to Israeli Spyware"The Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group, accused of providing spyware to governments, has been linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone numbers, which impacts activists, journalists, business executives, and politicians globally. The firm and its malware have…
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"Researchers Create New Approach to Detect Brand Impersonation"Security researchers at Microsoft created a new method for detecting brand impersonation attacks. These attacks refer to the crafting of content to mimic a trusted company or known brand to trick unsuspecting victims into responding and disclosing…
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"Researchers Flag 7-Years-Old Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel (CVE-2021-33909)"Security researchers at Qualy have discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2021-33909) in the Linux kernel’s filesystem layer that may allow local, unprivileged attackers to gain root privileges on a vulnerable host. The security researchers were able to…
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"HelloKitty Ransomware Is Targeting Vulnerable SonicWall Devices"The U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of the exploitation of a known vulnerability in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products with end-of-life…