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"FBI warning: Trickbot And Ransomware Attackers Plan Big Hit on US Hospitals"The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services warn US healthcare providers to be on high alert over Trickot…
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"Pentagon Expects to Deploy New Telework Tool in June 2021"The United States Department of Defense (DOD) developed the Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Environment to support mass telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the department is working on another solution that will support long-term telework as…
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"Ryuk Ransomware Delivered Using Malware-as-a-Service Tool"According to the security firm Sophos, the operators behind Ryuk ransomware are using a malware-as-a-service tool called Buer to deliver the malware. Researchers have found that the Ryuk operators have been relying on this tool to deliver their…
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"HPE Patches Two Critical, Remotely Exploitable Vulnerabilities"Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) released patches for two critical vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were discovered in the StoreServ Management Console (SMMC), BlueData EPIC Software Platform, and Ezmeral Container Platform. One of the…
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"Google Boots 21 Bogus Gaming Apps from Play Marketplace"Researchers from Avast have found 21 gaming apps loaded with adware from the HiddenAds family on Google Play. The malicious gaming apps have been downloaded about 8 million times so far. The adware loaded on the malicious apps was used to serve up…
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"76% of Applications Have at Least One Security Flaw"Researchers from Veracode analyzed 130,000 applications and found that most of the applications contained at least one security flaw (76 percent). Only 24 percent of the security flaws found were high-severity flaws. Most of the applications…
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"Researchers: LinkedIn, Instagram Vulnerable to Preview-Link RCE Security Woes"Independent researchers have discovered that link previews in popular chat apps on iOS and Android are a firehose of security and privacy issues. Facebook Messenger, LINE, Slack, Twitter Direct Messages, Zoom, and many others are at risk. In the…
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"New Control Architecture Defends Complex Interconnected Systems Against Cyber Attacks"Details about a novel control architecture that defends complex, interconnected systems from cyberattacks have been published in the IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. Researchers from Italy and Canada developed a method to mitigate damaging…
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Cyber Scene #49 - Major League Strikes: Election ReplaysCyber Scene #49 - Major League Strikes: Election Replays
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"IoT Device Takeovers Surge 100 Percent in 2020"Internet-of-things (IoT) devices have become a favorite target for cybercriminals this year. New research has shown that there has been a sharp increase (100 percent) in IoT infections observed on wireless networks. IoT devices are now…
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SoS Musings #42 - Medical Device Vulnerabilities: Healthcare is at RiskSoS Musings #42 - Medical Device Vulnerabilities: Healthcare is at Risk
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #11 - Are Security Cameras Vulnerable to Cyberattacks?Cybersecurity Snapshots #11 - Are Security Cameras Vulnerable to Cyberattacks?