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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data ...
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras ...
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk. A recently surfaced ...
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Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account
Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account. Cisco Systems revealed details of a May hack by the Yanluowang ransomware ...
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Microsoft Patches ‘Dogwalk’ Zero-Day and 17 Critical Flaws
August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild. Microsoft is urging users to patch a zero-day vulnerability dubbed Dogwalk that is actively ...
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Securing Your Move to the Hybrid Cloud
Infosec expert Rani Osnat lays out security challenges and offers hope for organizations migrating their IT stack to the private and public cloud environments. The combination of private and ...
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Malicious Npm Packages Tapped Again to Target Discord Users
Recent LofyLife campaign steals tokens and infects client files to monitor various user actions, such as log-ins, password changes and payment methods. Threat actors once again are using the node ...
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Messaging Apps Tapped as Platform for Cybercriminal Activity
Built-in Telegram and Discord services are fertile ground for storing stolen data, hosting malware and using bots for nefarious purposes. Cybercriminals are tapping the built-in services of ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands
Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake ...
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Patchable and Preventable Security Issues Lead Causes of Q1 Attacks
Attacks against U.S. companies spike in Q1 2022 with patchable and preventable external vulnerabilities responsible for bulk of attacks. Eighty-two percent of attacks on organizations in Q1 2022 ...
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Being Prepared for Adversarial Attacks – Podcast
Jeff Esposito: Hello and welcome to this edition of the Thrreatpost podcast. I’m your host Jeff Esposito:, the publisher of the publication. And with me today is Derek Manky: chief security ...
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Zero-Day ‘Follina’ Bug Lays Microsoft Office Open to Attack
Malware loads itself from remote servers and bypasses Microsoft’s Defender AV scanner, according to reports. A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office allows adversaries to run malicious code ...