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  • "Analysis: Dark Web Arrests Also Led to Ransomware Disruption"
    Last week, Europol, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies made 61 arrests of individuals that were suspected of selling illegal goods on the dark web. The "Dream Market" dark web site was closed, and was considered a successor to the…
  • "A Guide to LockerGoga, the Ransomware Crippling Industrial Firms"
    LockerGoga is a devastating ransomware attack that is affecting industrial businesses.  This malware is particularly disruptive, shutting down computers entirely, locking out their users, and rendering it difficult for victims to even pay the…
  • "KAIST Team Used Fuzzing to Spot Newer LTE Protocol Vulnerabilities"
    36 vulnerabilities were found in 4G LTE wireless networks by researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) through the use of a semi-automated fuzzing tool. The exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers…
  • "Critical Magento SQL Injection Flaw Could Be Targeted by Hackers Soon"
    Security patches have been released by Magento to fix vulnerabilities in its content management system, which is widely-used by online shops. These security patches address 37 issues associated with the commercial and open-source versions of the Magento…
  • "Personal Health Details of More Than 350,000 Oregonians Potentially Exposed in HIPAA Breach"
    The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) recently faced a phishing attack that resulted in the exposure of protected health information (PHI) belonging to more than 350,000 Oregonians. The information exposed in this attack include names, addresses…
  • "Russia Regularly Spoofs Regional GPS"
    A report published by the Center for Advanced Defense (C4ADS) highlights findings of an analysis of global positioning data. A key finding is the spoofing and blocking of satellite navigation signals by Russia. According to the report, at least 9,…
  • "Apple Secures iOS and macOS With New Updates"
    Apple updated its iOS mobile operating system to version 12.2 and its macOS Mojave desktop operating system to version 10.14.4.  This update has fixed numerous vulnerabilities that could have potentially exposed users to risk. Among the…
  • "HTTPS Isn't Always as Secure as It Seems"
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP that has become widely used by websites. HTTPS uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to secure connections between browsers and web servers in order to prevent the…
  • "Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order 'Hundreds of New Computers'"
    Following the LockerGoga ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium company, Norsk Hydro ASA, two U.S.-based chemical companies, Hexion and Momentive, were also hit with the same ransomware. It was discovered that the language used in the ransom…
  • "DHS Warns of Vulnerabilities in Implanted Defibrillators"
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued warnings pertaining to the vulnerability of heart devices made by Medtronic PLC to being hacked. According to DHS, 16 different models of Medtronic implantable defibrillators contain two kinds of…
  • "Spotting Hacks Automatically, Before the Hackers Do"
    Computer scientists at TU Kaiserslautern, Germany, together with researchers from Stanford University in California have led a team that developed a new approach to finding flaws in new chip designs prior to the chips being manufactured. The novel…
  • "Asus Confirms Attack Against Update Tool That Exposed Users to Risk"
    Hackers were able to obtain access to Asus' servers, the attackers took aim at the Asus Live Update tool, which is used to deliver driver and firmware updates to customers.  The attackers were able to inject Trojan code into the Asus Live…