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"Cyber Security Experts Identify New Threat to Blockchain Technology"A team of researchers from Charles Darwin University (CDU) and the University of Tehran in Iran discovered a new cyber threat that brings blockchain security in critical infrastructure into question. The study labeled the new cyber threat a misleading…
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"Future-Proofing Cybersecurity in the Indo-Pacific Region"The Post-Quantum Cryptography in the Indo-Pacific Program (PQCIP) is a new project led by Monash University researchers in collaboration with the Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC) that aims to train organizations across the Indo-Pacific region in…
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"Why Deepfake Phishing Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen"People have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to distort reality as it has advanced. They have made fake images and videos of Tom Cruise, Mark Zuckerberg, and other high-profile individuals. While many of these applications are harmless,…
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"Budget and Momentum Are Key to Cybersecurity Automation Maturity -- And CISOs Are Feeling Left Behind"As cyber threats become more sophisticated and the human and financial resources available to combat them become scarce, there is an increasing demand for cybersecurity automation. By reducing reliance on manual processes, intelligent automation of key…
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"Over a Quarter of UK Manufacturers Experienced Substantial Financial Loss From Cyber Attacks in Last 12 Months"Almost half of Britain's manufacturers (42 percent) have fallen victim to cybercrime over the last 12 months, according to a new survey report titled "Cyber Security: UK manufacturing," published by Make UK. 26 percent reported a considerable financial…
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"HSE Cyberattack Costs Ireland $83m So Far"
The cost of the cyberattack that hit the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) last year has officially reached $83.75m. The cyberattack, believed to have been conducted by Russia-based state actors, was reportedly caused by a malicious Microsoft…
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"PERSPECTIVE: Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Cybersecurity in the Transportation Sector"
The number of weekly ransomware attacks against the US transportation sector increased by 186 percent between June 2020 and June 2021. Other types of cyberattacks are increasing at a similar rate. For example, pro-Russian hackers targeted public-facing…
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"PLAY Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for Antwerp Attack as Second Belgian City Confirms New Incident"The PLAY ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a recent ransomware attack on Antwerp, Belgium, just as the city of Diest has confirmed that a cyberattack has targeted it. On December 19, the PLAY group threatened to start leaking Antwerp's…
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"Ransomware Gang Hacks Belgian Police Unit While Targeting Municipality, Leaks Investigation Reports"The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang exposed sensitive data from a Belgian police unit after mistaking it for the municipality of Zwijndrecht. Belgian media outlets called the data leak one of the biggest public service exposures in the country's history,…
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"Attackers Lure Victims to Click on Fake Invoice to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Email Security"
Armorblox researchers detailed an attack in which the threat actor tricked victims with a fake invoice before bypassing Microsoft Office 365 email security, potentially compromising over 100,000 users. The researchers discovered and stopped this…
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"Users Warned of New Aerst, ScareCrow, and Vohuk Ransomware Families"
Security researchers at Fortinet have shared information on three new ransomware families named Aerst, ScareCrow, and Vohuk. The researchers noted that the new ransomware targets Windows computers encrypts victim files, and demands a ransom payment…
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"Telstra Blames IT Blunder for Leak of 130,000 Customer Records"Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company, has stated that an internal Information Technology (IT) error caused a data leak affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. On December 9, the company announced that it had discovered an error that…
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