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  • "Phishers Exploit Google's SMTP Relay Service to Deliver Spoofed Emails"

    Researchers have observed phishers exploiting a flaw contained by Google's SMTP relay service to deliver malicious emails that spoof popular brands. There has been a significant surge in SMTP relay service exploit attacks in the wild since April 2022.…

  • "Many IoT Devices Exposed to Attacks Due to Unpatched Flaw in uClibc Library"

    Nozomi Networks, a firm specialized in securing operational technology (OT) and IoT systems, has recently disclosed a potentially severe vulnerability affecting a C standard library used by several major companies.  The affected library is uClibc,…

  • "SwRI Develops Cyber Security Intrusion Detection System for Industrial Control Systems"

    Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have developed an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Industrial Control Systems (ICS). The technology aims to help government and industry improve the detection of cyber threats to industrial…

  • "Newly Discovered Black Basta Ransomware Could be Associated With Conti Gang"

    At least a dozen firms have been targeted by a new ransomware operation called Black Basta, which is suspected to be linked to the Conti gang. The threat actors behind Black Basta attempt to take large amounts of data from infected systems to further…

  • "Open-Source Security: It's Too Easy to Upload 'Devastating' Malicious Packages, Warns Google"

    Google has been working on finding malicious code packages sneaked into open source software projects. The Open Source Security Foundation's (OpenSSF) Package Analysis Project aims to help automate the process of identifying malicious packages…

  • "Open-Source Security: It's Too Easy to Upload 'Devastating' Malicious Packages, Warns Google"

    Google has been working on finding malicious code packages sneaked into open source software projects. The Open Source Security Foundation's (OpenSSF) Package Analysis Project aims to help automate the process of identifying malicious packages…

  • "SolarWinds Hackers Set Up Phony Media Outlets To Trick Targets"

    Nobelium, the Russian hacking group behind the SolarWinds hack, is setting up new infrastructure to launch attacks using old tricks, researchers at Recorded Future found.  The researchers stated that the group has evolved in recent months in an…

  • "Mental Health and Prayer Apps Fail the Privacy Test"

    Security researchers at Mozilla have discovered that over 90% of mental wellness and prayer apps contain serious privacy issues, while many others raise cybersecurity concerns.  The researchers found that 29 out of the 32 apps analyzed did not pass…

  • "Scientific Advance Leads to a New Tool in the Fight Against Hackers"

    Quantum mathematicians at the University of Copenhagen have made an advancement towards a new form of security identification that could help protect data from hackers and cybercriminals. They were able to solve a mathematical riddle, which enables the…

  • "One of the Most Powerful DDoSes Ever Targets Cryptocurrency Platform"

    Cloudflare has blocked one of the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks ever recorded. According to Cloudflare, the attack bombarded a cryptocurrency platform with 15.3 million requests. DDoS attacks are measured in different ways,…

  • "Cyberespionage APT Now Identified as Three Separate Actors"

    The threat group known as TA410 has been found to be composed of three groups, each of which has its own toolsets and targets. The threat group, which has launched sophisticated cyberespionage attacks against US utilities, has been in operation globally…

  • "15 Most Exploited Vulnerabilities of 2021"

    Recently the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), New Zealand…