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"Healthcare Giant Magellan Struck with Ransomware, Data Breach"Magellan Health has recently discovered that it has suffered a data breach. An unauthorized adversary gained access to Magellan's systems after sending a phishing email on April 6th. The adversaries sent the phishing email impersonating as a… -
"REvil Ransomware Attack Hits A-List Celeb Law Firm"A popular law firm that works with several A-List Celebrities, including Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Drake, has been hit with a REvil ransomware attack. The adversaries were able to steal 756 gigabytes worth of data, including client contracts,…
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"Microsoft and Intel Project Converts Malware Into Images Before Analyzing It"Microsoft researchers are working with Intel Labs on a project, called STAMINA (Static Malware-as-Image Network Analysis). The project explores a new approach to detecting and classifying malware that involves the application of deep learning techniques…
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"Researchers Find Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Susceptible to Cyberattacks"Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that is not centrally managed or facilitated by banks or other financial institutions. According to researchers at Florida International University, the Lightning Network originally designed to increase the speed and…
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"Astaroth Trojan Employed YouTube Channels as C&C to Evade Detection"Cisco Talos discovered a new variant of the Astaroth Trojan family that applies evasion checks and anti-analysis processes through the use of YouTube channels as its command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure. The new Astaroth attack campaign primarily…
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"Anubis Malware Upgrade Logs When Victims Look at Their Screens"Security researchers at Hold Security discovered that threat actors are coming up with new features for the sophisticated banking trojan that targets Google Android devices and apps called Anubis Malware. The security researchers discovered a…
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"Strained Health Systems Struggle to Keep up With Hackers"The Intelligence and National Security published a new study conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of New South Wales that brings further attention to the importance of developing training programs and enforcing stricter…
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"Survey Suggests Businesses are Overconfident About Their Security During COVID-19"Findings from a global survey recently released by Crowdstrike show that cybersecurity officials and business decision-makers are overconfident about their security during the COVID-19 pandemic. CrowdStrike's Work Security Index, based on a survey of…
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"Report: Microsoft’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked"Hackers from a group called Shiny Hunters have claimed to have stolen 500 GB of data from Microsoft's GitHub account. The information stolen does not seem to include any sensitive or critical information. The hacking group planned to sell the…
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"Millions of Thunderbolt-Equipped Devices Open to 'ThunderSpy' Attack"Research has shown that millions of Windows or Linux computers manufactured before 2019 are vulnerable to physical attacks through the exploitation of the Intel Thunderbolt port, which is a popular multipurpose connector. Researcher at the Eindhoven…
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"H2 2019: Duration of Phishing Attacks Grows, Use of Banking Trojans Wanes"Group-IB's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB) observed a significant growth in the number of phishing attacks launched last year. CERT-GIB blocked 5,939 more phishing web resources in 2019 than in 2018. According to the response team, there has…
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"Attempted Cyberattack Highlights Vulnerability of Global Water Infrastructure"Recently there were assault attempts on control and control systems of wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, and sewers, according to Israel's National Cyber directorate. In the US alone, there are an estimated 70,000 water utilities.…