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"Human Error to Blame as Exposed Records Top 37 Billion in 2020"Researchers at Risk Based Security discovered that reported global breach volumes dropped 48% last year compared to 2019, but the number of exposed records soared 141% to top 37 billion. The researchers also found that in total, there were 3923… -
"Exploit Allows Root Access to SAP"A team of researchers with Onapsis Research Labs discovered a publicly available exploit on the code-hosting platform GitHub that affects SAP. The exploit was published on January 14 by a Russian researcher named Dmitry Chastuhin. According to the…
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"QNAP Warns Users of a New Crypto-Miner Named Dovecat Infecting Their Devices"The Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP is warning their customers about Dovecat, a new malware strain targeting its network-attached storage (NAS) devices to infect and exploit them to mine cryptocurrency without their knowledge. The company revealed that…
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"Windows Remote Desktop Servers Now Used to Amplify DDoS Attacks"Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers are being used by DDoS-for-hire services as an amplification vector in the execution of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The Microsoft RDP service allows authenticated remote virtual desktop…
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"Google Searches Expose Stolen Corporate Credentials"Researchers at Check Point and Security firm Otorio uncovered a phishing campaign that managed to bypass Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection filtering to steal more than 1,000 corporate credentials. In August 2020, the campaign began…
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"SolarWinds Attack Underscores 'New Dimension' in Cyber-Espionage Tactics"The cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has revealed that it was also targeted by the same nation-state hackers who infected SolarWinds' Orion network management software, which impacted US government agencies and corporations, including Microsoft and…
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"Research Team Develops Fast and Affordable Quantum Random Number Generator"A team of scientists has developed a quantum random number generator said to be fast and affordable. The device produces randomness at a rate of 8.05 gigabits per second, making it the fastest secure quantum random number generator ever. The study is a…
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"Hundreds of Networks Still Host Devices Infected With VPNFilter Malware"According to researchers at Trend Micro, hundreds of networks still contain VPNFilter malware, leaving infected devices open to being controlled by malicious actors. VPNFilter was identified in 2018 and is believed to be operated by the Russian state-…
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"Linux Devices Under Attack by New FreakOut Malware"Researchers at Check Point Research have discovered a novel malware variant is targeting Linux devices. The malware is called FreakOut. FreakOut has various capabilities, including port scanning, information gathering, and data packet and…
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"560 Healthcare Providers Fell Victim to Ransomware Attacks in 2020"The cybersecurity form Emsisoft released a report on the state of ransomware in the US, which reveals that at least 2,354 US government, healthcare, and schools were impacted by ransomware attacks in 2020. Emsisoft data shows that 560 healthcare provide…
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"Hackers 'Manipulated' Stolen COVID Vaccine Papers, Says EU Agency"The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently revealed that hackers leaked and manipulated documents about the BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. According to the EU agency, these documents were manipulated in a way that could damage public…
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"Most Financial Services Have Suffered COVID-Linked Cyber-Attacks"Researchers at password security firm Keeper Security commissioned the Ponemon Institue to poll over 370 UK IT security leaders who work at financial services firms as part of a larger global study and found that this past year 70% of financial services…