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"McMenamins Data Breach Affects 12 Years of Employee Info"A ransomware attack faced by the restaurant and hotel chain McMenamins on December 12, 2021, compromised 12 years of internal employee data. The ransomware attack forced the organization to shut down different operations, but its locations can still…
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"Don't Copy-Paste Commands From Web Pages — You Can Get Hacked"Gabriel Friedlander, the founder of the security awareness training platform Wizer, has demonstrated that copying and pasting commands from web pages into a console or terminal can put one's system at risk of getting hacked. Whether they are beginners or…
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"Saltzer Health Informs Patients of Personal Information Exposure"Intermountain Healthcare-owned Saltzer Health is informing patients that their personal information might have been compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to an employee email account. The organization operates 12 clinics and urgent…
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"HSCA Releases Cybersecurity Guidelines for Medical Device Manufacturers"The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) recently released guidelines for medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers on cybersecurity and patient privacy practices. HSCA's new guidance covers cybersecurity training, software, equipment…
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"AT&T And Verizon Will Delay 5G Expansion Over Aircraft Interference Concerns"AT&T and Verizon won't start rolling out their C-band 5G service on January 5th like they originally planned. Instead, they have agreed to comply with a request from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department to push back…
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"An Apple HomeKit Bug Can Send iOS Devices Into a Death Spiral"New security research has revealed a vulnerability that can cause iOS devices to freeze, crash, and reboot if a user connects to a sabotaged Apple Home device. The bug, discovered by security researcher Trevor Spiniolas, can be exploited via Apple's…
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"In the Fight Against Cybercrime, Takedowns Are Only Temporary"In November 2021, ten months after Emotet’s servers and infrastructure were taken down by an international task force, the botnet returned. The new Emotet consisted of two botnets that used different encryption for communication and additional commands…
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"Multiple Vulnerabilities Impact Netgear Nighthawk R6700 Routers"According to Tenable researchers, Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 routers running the latest firmware are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. The most important of these security defects results in an authenticated attacker being able to inject commands that…
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"Copycat And Fad Hackers Will be The Bane of Supply Chain Security in 2022"Security researchers have warned that replicable attacks and a low barrier to entry will ensure the rate of supply chain attacks increases in 2022. The researchers stated that by compromising a centralized service, platform, or software, attackers…
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"Polygon Bug Put $23 Billion in Cryptocurrency at Risk"On December 3, white hat hackers at the bug bounty platform Immunefi discovered a vulnerability in Polygon, a framework used to build Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. The bug would have put 9,276,584,332 MATIC, worth almost $23 billion, at risk.…
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"Autom Cryptomining Campaign Launched 125 Attacks in the Wild in Q3 2021"Over the past three years, Team Nautilus researchers at Aqua Security have been tracking a cryptomining campaign dubbed Autom using honeypots. According to the researchers, the attackers behind the campaign have changed their tactics over the three-year…
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"Cybersecurity 2022: More Fraud, More Fakes, More Crypto Scams"Cybersecurity experts are sharing their predictions regarding cybercrime and cybersecurity in 2022. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in San Diego, dedicated to minimizing risk and mitigating the impact of identity compromise and crime, predicts…