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"Hackers Use SSID Stripping to Trick Users Into Joining Rogue APs"Security researchers from AirEye discovered a new hacking method called SSID Stripping that could be used to trick unsuspecting users into connecting to fraudulent wireless networks. In collaboration with Technion, AirEye revealed the possible… -
"Farming Group Warns of Supply Chain Chaos After Ransomware Attack"An Iowan agricultural group hit by ransomware over the weekend is claiming that the impact of the attack on the US public could be worse than the Colonial Pipeline incident. The attack has been traced to BlackMatter, a group that some believe has…
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"IoT 'Nutrition' Labels Aim to Put Security on Display"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently held the "Workshop on Cybersecurity Labeling Programs for Consumers: Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Software," which is the government agency's latest step in the creation of a…
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"Researchers Disclose Top Vulnerabilities Abused by Ransomware Gangs"Security researchers have created a list of flaws commonly abused by ransomware gangs to infiltrate a victim's network. Allan Liska, a member of Recorded Future's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), made a call to action on Twitter to…
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"Millions of AMD PCs Affected by New CPU Flaw Need To Be Patched ASAP"AMD has disclosed a vulnerability contained by the AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) chipset driver. Threat actors could exploit this vulnerability to dump memory pages and steal sensitive information, such as passwords and storage decryption keys.…
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"Thousands of Open-Source Projects' Secrets Revealed via Travis CI Flaw"The Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) service for cloud platform projects, Travis CI, has addressed a severe security flaw, which exposed API keys, access tokens, and credentials, posing a significant threat to businesses that set…
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"Universal Decryptor Released for past Victims of REvil Ransomware Group"Bitdefender has announced the release of a free, universal decryption key for REvil ransomware victims to recover their locked data. The tool, created by Bitdefender together with an unnamed law enforcement, can restore files from REvil attacks before…
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"U.S. Agencies Warn of APTs Exploiting Recent ADSelfService Plus Zero-Day"The U.S. Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warn of the exploitation of a recently disclosed vulnerability…
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"Email Scammers Posed As DOT Officials in Phishing Messages Focused on $1 Trillion Bill"Threat actors posed as U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials in a phishing campaign shortly after Congress took action on a $1 trillion infrastructure package. As fake DOT officials, the attackers invited targets to bid for some of the $1…
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"60 Percent of Americans Have Smart TVs but Many Remain Unprotected"A new study by the VPN provider NordVPN draws further attention to the possibility of hackers gaining access to a smart TV's camera and microphone through malware. Findings from the study reveal that nearly 60 percent of Americans own smart TVs, but many…
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"Millions of HP OMEN Gaming PCs Impacted by Driver Vulnerability"Researchers at the cybersecurity firm SentinelOne have released details about a flaw in the HP OMEN driver software, which leaves millions of HP OMEN gaming laptops and desktop computers exposed to attacks. The security vulnerability,…
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"Ransomware Operators Ramp Up Pressure on Victims via Multiple Extortion Attacks"Ransomware operators are amplifying their campaigns with double, triple, and quadruple extortion models. Researchers at Trend Micro analyzed threat data from the first six months of 2021, finding that ransomware remained one of the most significant…