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"Sodinokibi Ransomware Gang Targets POS Software"Researchers at Symantec have discovered that the Sodinokibi ransomware gang is targeting point-of-sale payment device software after infecting networks with its crypto-locking malware. The researchers identified three instances, and it is not clear…
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"Twitter Apologises for Business Data Breach"Twitter, on May 20th, discovered that billing information of businesses who use Twitter's advertising and analytics platform was being stored in the browser's cache. The personal data stored in the browser's cache included email addresses, phone…
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"How Much Control Are People Willing to Grant to a Personal Privacy Assistant?"The Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data are making it increasingly difficult for people to keep up with the various ways their data could be collected and processed. Therefore, a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's security and…
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"Adding Noise for Completely Secure Communication"The use of quantum computers by hackers poses a threat to the security of current communications systems. Quantum computers' quantum-mechanical properties will allow them to perform calculations much faster than today's computers. The speed at which…
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"New WastedLocker Ransomware Demands Payments of Millions of USD"The cybercriminal organization, called "Evil Corp," also known as the Dridex gang, is back in action after the U.S. Department of Justice charged several of its members in December 2019. Fox-IT, a part of the NCC Group, has shared details on changes made…
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"Scam Uses Elon Musk’s Name to Trick People Out of US$2 Million in Bitcoin"Cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been around for a few years now. Cybersecurity firm Adaptiv has discovered that fraudsters are now name-dropping Musk (the founder of Tesla and SpaceX) into the bitcoin address itself, which has tricked victims…
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"Philadelphia-Area Health System Says It 'Isolated' a Malware Attack"Crozer-Keystone, the leading healthcare provider in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was recently hit by a malware attack. The Crozer-Keystone Health System is composed of four hospitals and four outpatient centers based in Delaware County. It was not made…
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"Hack Brief: Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents"On Friday of last week, a leak-focused activist group known as Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSSecrets) published a 269-gigabyte collection of police data that was supposedly stolen by Anonymous, which is a hacking group. The data includes…
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"Privacy and Security Concerns Related to Patient Data in The Cloud"Since COVID-19 has started, health delivery organizations (HDOs) have quickly increased their utilization of telehealth capabilities (i.e., remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine) to treat patients in their homes. Telehealth solutions come with…
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"Malicious Chrome Extensions Used in Global Surveillance Campaign"The cybersecurity firm, Awake Security, released a report on the discovery of 111 malicious or fake Chrome extensions created to collect sensitive user data from users across the world in different industry segments. The primary link between these…
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"Majority of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Lack Adequate Security"A recent report by Gaurdsqaure reveals that most government COVID-19 contact tracing apps from the U.S. and other countries around the world lack adequate security, leaving the apps vulnerable to hacking. This discovery comes from the assessment of 17…