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  • "FireEye Unmasks a New North Korean Threat Group"

    Researchers at FireEye have identified a new North Korean hacking group, dubbed APT38. According to researchers, APT38 appears to be motivated by financial gain for the North Korean regime as the attacks launched by this group largely targets financial…

  • "Fileless Malware Attacks on the Rise, Microsoft Says"

    Microsoft has brought further attention to the rising adoption of fileless techniques by attackers in the launch of malware. Fileless malware attacks do not require executable files to be written to the disk, which makes such attacks difficult to detect…

  • "No More Messing Around with Passwords"

    A team of researchers have developed a new authentication platform called ReCRED with the support of the European Union. ReCRED is an access system for mobile devices that uses a combination of a short pin, biometric identifiers, and anonymous…

  • "MoD Launches Cyber Cadet Training Program"

    Cadets CyberFirst is a new program launched by the UK Ministry of Defense in support of filling the cyber skills gap and building a workforce of highly-skilled cyber professionals. The program will develop the skills of up to 2000 cyber cadets. This…

  • "RDP Attacks on the Rise Warns FBI, DHS"

    A warning was recently issued by the FBI and DHS pertaining to the rise in the launch of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks by cybercriminals. The warning highlighted the use of RDP attacks to distribute ransomware, including CrySIS, CryptON, and…

  • "Health Data Breaches on the Rise"

    A recent study highlights the increasing number of data breaches faced by healthcare providers, health care plans, and businesses in association with healthcare. The exposure of health data could lead to the financial gain of hackers as such data…

  • "How 50 Million Facebook Users Were Hacked"

    Facebook recently shared details pertaining to how hackers were able to compromise its servers and take control over 50 million users’ accounts. It was reported that hackers exploited a combination of three security vulnerabilities related to a Facebook…

  • "Connected Car Security Is Improving, Researchers Say"

    Findings of a report recently released by IOActive indicate that there has been an improvement in the security of connected vehicles. According to the report, the number of critical-impact vulnerabilities, which could lead to the disruption of…

  • "Hackers Turn to Python as Attack Coding Language of Choice"

    A report released by Imperva brings attention to the increasing popularity of the Python programming language amongst attackers in the development of attack tools. According to the report, an estimate of 77 percent of attacks against sites observed by…

  • "ESET Has Discovered the First UEFI Rootkit in the Wild"

    ESET security researchers have found a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) rootkit. The UEFI rootkit, called LoJax, has been reported to be the first of its kind to be discovered in the wild by researchers. This article continues to discuss the…

  • "UBC Study: Publicizing a Firm's Security Levels May Strengthen Security over Time"

    As cyberattacks continue to increase in number and complexity, organizations need to be more aware of their security issues. Findings of a study conducted by researchers at UBC Sauder School of Business call for the security awareness of organizations to…

  • "New Virobot Ransomware and Botnet Emerges"

    A new threat called Virobot was recently discovered by security researchers at Trend Micro. Virobot has the capabilities of both ransomware and botnets in that it encrypts files and adds the infected machine to a spam botnet. Trend Micro researchers have…