A phishing email appearing to be from LinkedIn with the subject line "We noticed some unusual activity" was discovered targeting users at a travel company in an attempt to steal their LinkedIn credentials. According to Armorblox, the phishing campaign…

An automated and large-scale 'freejacking' campaign exploits free GitHub, Heroku, and Buddy services to mine cryptocurrency at the expense of the provider. The operation is based on exploiting the limited resources provided by free-tier cloud accounts in…

Vice Society, a cybercrime organization, has been linked to multiple ransomware strains in its malicious campaigns targeting the education, government, and retail sectors. The Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team, which is tracking the threat…

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Researchers from Varonis Systems Inc.'s Threat Labs detailed a pair of vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system that can still be exploited, despite the release of a partial patch for one of them. The two vulnerabilities are related to the deep…

The FALCON algorithm, developed by NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc., was chosen as one of the 2022 national cryptography standards by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) due to its new method of computation that is less vulnerable to a…

Ransomware attacks on schools are becoming more common as they become more reliant on technology. Ransomware operators are increasingly targeting schools, putting additional pressure on these institutions to prioritize cybersecurity. Cyberattacks on…

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) released its Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report 2022, which discovered that many people in the 3,000-person survey conducted in the US,…

Germany's federal cybersecurity office has warned that ransomware, political hacking, and other cybersecurity threats are "higher than ever." In its annual report, the office stated that ongoing criminal activities, as well as attacks linked to Russia's…