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"Three-Fifths of Cyberattacks in 2021 Were Malware-Free"Security researchers at CrowdStrike have found that ransomware-related data leaks surged by 82% year-on-year in 2021, but most cyberattacks involved no malware at all. The researchers found that 62% of attacks were compromised of “non-malware,… -
"Blocking Microgrid Cyberattacks To Keep the Power Flowing"The complexity of power grids continues to grow because of the increase in energy demands, environmental regulations, and small-scale renewable energy systems. Establishing small groups of sources and loads called microgrids helps maintain the resiliency…
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"A Hacker Group Has Been Framing People for Crimes They Didn't Commit"The cybersecurity firm, Sentinel One, recently published a report that details findings surrounding a hacker group dubbed ModifiedElephant, which has been targeting people in India for years. The group's main activity is spying, but it sometimes uses its…
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"San Francisco 49ers Hit by Ransomware"Cybercriminals have attacked the San Francisco 49ers with ransomware. Confirmation of the attack came after the 49ers were listed on a dark web leak site as a victim of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), BlackByte. The attack might have…
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"Data Breach at Morley Companies"The personal information of 521,000 people may have been exposed in a data breach at a business services company based in Saginaw, Michigan. Last year, Morley Companies was targeted by adversaries in an attack detected on August 1, when data in…
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"Rutgers Researchers Discover Security Vulnerabilities in Virtual Reality Headsets"Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick studied how voice command features provided by Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) headsets could lead to eavesdropping attacks. Their study found that hackers could steal sensitive information…
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"Apple Patches Actively Exploited WebKit Zero Day"A memory issue has been discovered affecting iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code following the processing of malicious web content. The zero-day vulnerability found in Apple's WebKit browser engine is being…
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"Vulnerabilities Found by Google Researchers in 2021 Got Patched on Average in 52 Days"Google Project Zero saw a decrease in the overall time used by vendors to address vulnerabilities reported by the bug hunting team. The team reported 376 vulnerabilities between 2019 and 2021 and saw that most of them (351) were patched. Of the remaining…
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"Californian College Attacked with Ransomware"Data belonging to a California community college has been compromised in a “sophisticated” cyberattack. Adversaries struck the Ohlone Community College District (OCCD) network in Fremont on January 20, 2022, disrupting access to certain files.…
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"Half of Global Emails Were Spam in 2021"Security researchers at Kaspersky recently published their Spam and Phishing in 2021 report. In 2021 nearly half of emails destined for inboxes were classed as spam, with Russia the biggest culprit. Most of the spam came from machines in…
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"Decryption Keys Released for Maze, Sekhmet, and Egregor Ransomware Strains"Master decryption keys have been released for the Maze, Sekhmet, and Egregor ransomware strains. The alleged malware developer released the master ransomware keys for these three strains on the Bleeping Computer forums. The security firm, Emsisoft, has…
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"Critical SAP Vulnerabilities Could Lead To Cyberattacks If Not Patched"Onapsis Research Labs and the software company, SAP, discovered critical vulnerabilities affecting SAP applications using SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM). Organizations use SAP applications to manage critical business processes, such as…