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  • "Western Allies Warn of Top Cyberattack Mistakes"

    The security agencies of five countries have outlined 10 of the most common ways threat actors compromise their victims, most of which can be mitigated by basic cyber-hygiene best practices. Cybersecurity authorities of the US, Canada, New Zealand, the…

  • "Large-Scale Attack Targeting Tatsu Builder WordPress Plugin"

    Security researchers have found that tens of thousands of WordPress websites are potentially at risk of compromise as part of an ongoing large-scale attack targeting a remote code execution vulnerability in the Tatsu Builder plugin.  The…

  • "FBI: Hackers Used Malicious PHP Code to Grab Credit Card Data"

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning pertaining to a malicious actor stealing credit card information from the checkout pages of US firms' websites. According to the FBI, unidentified cyber actors scraped credit card data from a…

  • "Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access"

    Cyber actors commonly use misconfigured or unsecured security configurations, weak controls, and other bad cyber hygiene practices to gain initial access or compromise a victim's system. A joint Cybersecurity Advisory co-authored by the cybersecurity…

  • "IBM, HBCUs Partner to Tackle Cybersecurity Talent Shortage"

    IBM has announced education initiatives with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the Specialisterne Foundation, and six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to provide free Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) job…

  • "NVIDIA Fixes Ten Vulnerabilities in Windows GPU Display Drivers"

    NVIDIA has issued a security update for various graphics card models to fix four high-severity and six medium-severity vulnerabilities in its GPU drivers. The security update addresses flaws that malicious actors can exploit for Denial-of-Service (DoS),…

  • "US and EU Move Closer on Cyber in New Trade Pact"

    Representatives from the European Union (EU) and the US government have jointly announced a range of new initiatives in SMB and supply chain security, tackling disinformation, sanctions evasion, and the development of trustworthy AI and privacy-enhancing…

  • "BLE Vulnerability May Be Exploited to Unlock Cars, Smart Locks, Building Doors, Smartphones"

    NCC Group researchers uncovered a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) vulnerability that attackers could use to unlock Teslas, residential smart locks, building access systems, mobile phones, computers, and various other devices. BLE is a data-sharing protocol…

  • "CSA Provides Best Practices For Healthcare Supply Chain Cybersecurity"

    The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has issued recommendations to assist organizations in effectively addressing healthcare supply chain cybersecurity. Healthcare organizations are responsible for monitoring every step of the supply chain, from software…

  • "White House Cyber Official: U.S. Beating China in Race to Quantum Supremacy"

    A senior White House official overseeing cybersecurity recently stated that the U.S. is ahead of China in the dash to achieve quantum supremacy thanks to the “huge competitive advantage” conferred by the collaborative nature of American science and…

  • "Apple Releases Emergency Update That Addresses Zero-Day Flaw Exploited to Attack Macs And Watches"

    Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability that attackers can use to target Macs and Apple Watch devices. AppleAVD (a kernel extension for audio and video decoding) has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows apps to run…

  • "Doctor Accused of Being Prolific Ransomware Developer"

    US authorities have accused a 55-year-old doctor of developing, selling, and renting out ransomware to cybercriminals worldwide.  Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez (Zagala), aka “Nosophoros,” “Aesculapius,” and “Nebuchadnezzar,” is a French and Venezuelan…