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"Researchers Find 35 Adware Apps on Google Play"Security researchers at Bitdefender warn about malicious applications hiding on official mobile app stores after finding dozens of them on Google Play. The researchers identified 35 in total by using behavioral analysis technology to scan the… -
"Threat Group Ramps-Up Attacks on Travel Sector in 2022"Security researchers at Proofpoint have revealed new details of a prolific APT group that has used 15 malware families over the past four years to steal data from travel and hospitality companies. The researchers stated that the financially…
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"Cyber Tops Staff Retention as Biggest Business Risk"Security researchers at PWC found that cybersecurity concerns represent the most serious risk facing organizations, beating inflation, talent acquisition/retention, and rising production costs. During the study, researchers conducted interviews…
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"Apple Warns of Critical Security Risk in Safari For iPhones, iPads and Macs"Apple has recently released updates to fix security flaws across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, after admitting the vulnerabilities may have been "actively exploited" by threat actors. The vulnerability reportedly enabled hackers to infiltrate…
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"China's APT41 Embraces Baffling Approach for Dropping Cobalt Strike Payload"An investigation into the activities of China-backed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor APT41, also known as Winnti, Wicked Panda, Barium, and Blackfly, has revealed that the group employs a unique method for deploying its main Cobalt Strike payload…
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"Google Cloud Blocks Record DDoS attack of 46 Million Requests Per Second"Google's cloud division has announced that it mitigated a series of HTTPS Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, which peaked at 46 million requests per second (RPS), the highest recorded to date. The June 1 attack, which targeted an unnamed…
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"LockBit Alleges Ransomware Attack Against Digital Security Company Entrust"The LockBit ransomware group is suspected of having been responsible for the June ransomware attack against Entrust, a leading provider of digital security. The security company found no evidence that the incident had harmed the performance or security…
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"NY Billing Company Suffers Ransomware Attack, 942K Impacted"Practice Resources, LLC (PRL), a New York-based medical billing and practice management company, has begun notifying 942,138 people of a ransomware attack that affected 26 of its healthcare organization clients. According to a notice posted on the…
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"Exploiting Stolen Session Cookies to Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)"According to Sophos, active adversaries are increasingly using stolen session cookies to circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources. In some cases, cookie theft is a highly targeted attack, with adversaries…
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"Ground-Breaking Study to Understand the Gender Dimensions of the Security Sector in Australia"RMIT University, in collaboration with the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN), is conducting a new study on solutions to pressing skill and diversity challenges in the Australian security sector, beginning with an examination of important gender…
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"AI-Designed Camera Only Records Objects of Interest While Being Blind to Others"Digital cameras have been widely adopted in various aspects of society and are now widely used in mobile phones, security surveillance, autonomous vehicles, and facial recognition. Huge amounts of image data are generated by these cameras, thus raising…
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"Universal Database of Device Vulnerability Information Launched"A universal database of agentless devices currently being used on enterprise networks has been announced by DeviceTotal. The new repository allows the company's customers to identify the accurate security posture for each device in their…