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"Cuba Ransomware Nets Nearly $50m"According to the FBI, threat actors behind the Cuba ransomware variant have already amassed $44m through targeting at least 49 victims. The FBI noted that the group had demanded at least $74m from its victims. These victims frequently come from… -
"Colorado Energy Firm Lost 25 Years of Data After Hack"The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) in Colorado faced a severe hack that resulted in the takedown of 90 percent of its internal systems and the loss of 25 years of historical data. The incident affected the company's customer service systems,…
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"Keeping the Unseen Safe: Improving Digital Privacy for Blind People"Like sighted people, blind people post on Instagram, text photos to group chats, and more. They also learn about their visual surroundings through photos. Blind users often share their images with Microsoft's Seeing AI, Be My Eyes, and other…
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"Phishing Scam Targets Military Families"Threat researchers at Lookout are helping to take down a phishing campaign targeting members of the United States military and their families. The scammers behind the long-running campaign impersonate military support organizations and personnel to…
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"Omicron Phishing Campaign Hits User Inboxes"According to researchers, online fraudsters have reacted quickly to news of a potentially new severe COVID-19 variant and have carefully crafted a phishing email campaign. Consumer rights group Which? spotted the email, which is designed to appear…
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"14 New Attacks on Web Browsers Detected"Researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences have discovered 14 new types of attacks on web browsers. These attacks are known as cross-site leaks (XS-Leaks). Through the use of XS-Leaks, a malicious…
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Pub Crawl #56Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
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"Data Hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood Patients in Los Angeles"The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood was hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients. However, there is no indication that the information accessed by the adversary was used for fraudulent purposes the group said. The organization…
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"Double Extortion Ransomware Victims Soar 935%"Security researchers at Group-IB have recorded a 935% year-on-year increase in double extortion attacks, with data from over 2300 companies posted onto ransomware extortion sites. The Group-IB findings are from the second half of 2020 to the first half…
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"Microsoft Exchange Servers Hacked to Deploy BlackByte Ransomware"The BlackByte ransomware gang is breaching corporate networks through the exploitation of Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerabilities. The ProxyShell vulnerabilities can be chained together to enable unauthenticated, remote code execution, thus…
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"Sabbath Hackers Are Targeting US Schools and Hospitals"Security researchers are warning of the rebranding of a hacking group now known as Sabbath. The group's rebranding is an attempt to avoid examination while executing ransomware attacks against hospitals, schools, and other critical infrastructure…
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SoS Musings #55 - Strengthening Power Grid CybersecuritySoS Musings #55 - Strengthening Power Grid Cybersecurity