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"Visa Warns of Attack Involving Mix of POS Malware"Visa researchers have reported their findings on independent attacks against two North American merchants involving point-of-sale (POS) malware variants. One attack deployed a TinyPOS variant, while another attack used a mix of malware such as MMon (also… -
"Unpatched Apple T2 Chip Flaw Plagues Macs"An independent researcher has discovered that Apple devices with a macOS operating system and a T2 security chip are open to an exploit that could give bad actors root access. The flaw stems from the T2 chip and has not been fixed yet by Apple. …
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"4 Sophisticated Phishing Campaigns Impacting the Healthcare Sector"Hackers are continuing to take advantage of the panic surrounding the COVID-19 public health crisis to increase the frequency and complexity of phishing attacks against enterprise organizations. The healthcare sector remains one of the most targeted by…
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"Voter Registration ‘Error’ Phish Hits During U.S. Election Frenzy"Researchers have discovered a new phishing email that warns U.S. targets that their voter registration data needs extra details. The email supposedly comes from the U.S. Election Assitance Commission. The email contains a URL and asks the…
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"Black-T Malware Emerges From Cryptojacker Group TeamTNT"Researchers at Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 have discovered the latest cryptojacking malware gambit from TeamTNT, called Black-T. TeamTNT is known for its targeting of Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials to break into the cloud and use it to mine for…
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"Paying Ransom is Now Illegal! U.S. Dept of Treasury Warns"The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued an advisory highlighting potential sanctions risks associated with paying a ransom to cybercriminals. According to the official advisory, companies such as financial…
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"Phishing Awareness Training is Far From Permanent"A new study by the USENIX Association and a team of researchers from several German universities suggests that all of an organization's employees should go through phishing awareness training at least once every six months to prevent the effects of such…
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"Microsoft Report Shows Increasing Sophistication of Cyber Threats"Microsoft recently released its Digital Defense Report, which highlights cybersecurity trends observed in the past year. The report emphasizes the rapid growth in sophistication among threat actors as they use techniques that make it more challenging for…
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"Is Passwordless Authentication Actually The Future?"In a new survey conducted by LastPass the researchers found that 92 percent of respondents believe passwordless authentication is the future of their origination. In fact, those surveyed suggest that weekly time spent managing users’ passwords…
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"Spawn of Demonbot Attacks IoT Devices"A team of researchers at Juniper Threat Kabs discovered a new type of cyberattack that uses a variant of Mirai malware against 60001, a common port used by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. According to researchers, the attack is organized by a malicious…
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"Twitter Says FBI Tip Prompted Takedown of 130 Fake Accounts During Debate"Intelligence from the FBI prompted Twitter to take down around 130 accounts, generating fake information to generate conflict during the presidential debate on Tuesday. The fake accounts appeared to originate in Iran. These takedowns are the…
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"Hackers Target Fake Corporate Social Responsibility"A new study conducted by the University of Delaware's John D'Arcy brings further attention to the different motivations that a hacker might have besides financial gain. His research suggests that hackers may be motivated by their disappointment in an…