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  • "Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Spy on Private Conversations"
    A team of computer scientists from the National University of Singapore demonstrated how robot vacuum cleaners could be used to eavesdrop on private conversations using built-in LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors. They used a new method, called…
  • "Most Victim Organizations Suffer Second Intrusion Within a Year"
    Security researchers at CrowdStrike are warning organizations that are victims of sophisticated cyber-attacks to not think of intrusions as a one-off event, as most organizations end up getting hit again within the year. The researchers found that 68…
  • "Millions of Smart Devices Vulnerable to Hacking"
    Researchers at cybersecurity firm ForeScout Technologies released a report discussing the discovery of vulnerabilities in software widely implemented in millions of connected devices. According to the researchers, these vulnerabilities could be exploited…
  • "Cybercrime Has Cost Us Over $1 Trillion Globally"
    According to McAfee's report, titled "The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime," the estimated global cost of cybercrime has increased more than $1 trillion since 2018. Although the monetary impact is significant, over 90% of companies have seen effects that are…
  • "New Transistor Design Disguises Key Computer Chip Hardware From Hackers"
    Engineers at Purdue University have proposed and demonstrated a new method that would prevent hackers from gathering enough information about a circuit on a computer chip to reverse engineer it. The researchers' approach involves building transistors out…
  • "NSA Warns Russian Hackers Are Targeting Virtual Workspaces"
    According to the National Security Agency (NSA), Russian state-backed hackers gained access to protection by exploiting a vulnerability contained by VMware Access and VMware Identity Manager products. The exploitation of this flaw allowed attackers to…
  • "FBI: BEC Scams Are Using Email Auto-Forwarding"
    The FBI is warning that fraudsters are increasingly exploiting the auto-forwarding feature in compromised email accounts to help conduct business email compromise scams to trick employees into sending them money under the guise of legitimate payments to…
  • "Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Via Phishing Campaigns"
    The U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an alert highlighting a new IBM X-Force report on the increase in phishing and spear-phishing attacks against organizations in the COVID-19 vaccine…
  • "Researchers Discover New Obfuscation-As-a-Service Platform"
    A new obfuscation-as-a-service platform has been discovered by researchers from GoSecure, Trend Micro, and the Stratosphere Laboratory. The fully automated service platform, developed by hackers, protects mobile malware Android Packet Kits (APKs) from…
  • "Ransomware Attack Cripples Vancouver Public Transportation Agency"
    A ransomware attack against TransLink, the public transportation agency for Vancouver, Canada, occurred on December 1st.  Vancouver residents could not use their Compass metro cards or pay for new tickets via the agency's Compass ticketing kiosks.…
  • "The Internet's Most Notorious Botnet Has an Alarming New Trick"
    A team of researchers from the security firms AdvIntel and Eclypsium has announced that a new component of the TrickBot trojan now gives hackers the ability to plant a backdoor in a computer's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Planting…
  • "Phishing Ploy Targets COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Effort"
    IBM security researchers detected a phishing campaign aimed at collecting vital information about the World Health Organization's efforts surrounding the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries. The threat actors behind the campaign…