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  • "Chinese-Linked Hackers Stole Millions in COVID-19 Relief Benefits: Secret Service"

    Secret Service officials recently announced that hackers from a cybercriminal group linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million from the U.S. in COVID-19 relief benefits, the first known instance of foreign, state-sponsored actors tied to…

  • "The Largest Mobile Malware Marketplace Identified by Resecurity in the Dark Web"

    Resecurity, a cybersecurity firm that protects major Fortune 500 companies, has discovered a new underground dark web marketplace geared toward mobile malware developers and operators. The marketplace is known as "In The Box," and it has been available…

  • "How Companies Time Data Leak Disclosures"

    Millions of people's personal data, such as passwords, credit card information, or health information, fall into the hands of unauthorized individuals due to hacking or data processing errors by companies every year. From financial losses to identity…

  • "SOC Turns to Homegrown Machine Learning to Catch Cyber-Intruders"

    The information security team at a French bank discovered that an internally developed Machine Learning (ML) model trained on log data could detect three new types of data exfiltration undetectable by rules-based security appliances. The team extracted…

  • "BlackProxies Proxy Service Increasingly Popular Among Hackers"

    A new residential proxy market is gaining popularity among hackers, cybercriminals, phishers, scalpers, and scammers, with access to a million claimed proxy IP addresses being sold globally. DomainTools analysts who have been watching the emergence of…

  • "North Korean Hackers Spread AppleJeus Malware Disguised as Cryptocurrency Apps"

    Recent discoveries from Volexity reveal that the Lazarus Group threat actor has been seen using fake cryptocurrency apps as a lure to distribute a previously undocumented variant of the AppleJeus malware. According to researchers, this activity is…

  • "Cybersecurity Risks of Automotive OTA"

    Vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will contact vehicle owners remotely about Operating System (OS) updates that add new features and/or fixes, as well as software bugs and vulnerabilities, similar to how smartphones do. All of this must be…

  • "AI Tools Could Boost Social Media Users' Privacy"

    According to researchers at the University of Edinburgh, by fighting Artificial Intelligence (AI) with AI, digital assistants could help prevent users from unknowingly revealing their views on social, political, and religious issues. Their findings imply…

  • "Android Phone Makers' Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware"

    Although Google develops its open-source Android mobile Operating System (OS), the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that make Android smartphones, such as Samsung, play a significant role in customizing and securing the OS for their devices.…

  • "US Cyber Command, DARPA Initiate Rapid Cyber Capability Prototyping and Integration Pilot"

    A pilot program launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) aims to put new cyber capabilities in the hands of cyber operators more quickly. By developing a user-directed, incremental, and…

  • "Florida State Tax Website Bug Exposed Filers' Data"

    A researcher discovered that a security flaw on the Florida Department of Revenue website exposed the bank account and Social Security numbers of at least hundreds of taxpayers. By changing the portion of the website address that contains the taxpayers'…

  • "Vanuatu Struggles Back Online After Cyberattack"

    Vanuatu's government recently stated that it was slowly getting its communications back online following a cyberattack that knocked out emergency services, emails, and phone lines for weeks.  Chief information officer Gerard Metsan stated that 70…