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  • "US Airports Taken Down in DDoS Attacks by Pro-Russian Hackers"

    The pro-Russian hacktivist group 'KillNet' claims to have carried out large-scale Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks on the websites of several major airports in the US, rendering them inoperable. DDoS attacks have flooded the servers that host…

  • "Heat From Fingertips Can be Used to Crack Passwords, Researchers Find"

    Researchers at the University of Glasgow have recently discovered that heat-detecting cameras can help crack passwords up to a minute after typing them.  The researchers noted that when thermal images were combined with the help of artificial…

  • "91% of Cyber Pros Experience Mental Health Challenges at Work"

    According to new research by Sekuro, more than nine in 10 (91%) cybersecurity professionals have experienced mental health challenges at work during the past two years.  The researchers found that over half (51%) of respondents said their mental…

  • "Sensors Can Tap Into Mobile Vibrations to Eavesdrop Remotely, Researchers Find"

    Penn State researchers have demonstrated that they could detect the vibrations of a cell phone's earpiece and decipher what the person on the other end of the call is saying with up to 83 percent accuracy using an off-the-shelf automotive radar sensor…

  • "Why Web Apps Are One of This Year's Leading Attack Vector"

    Cybercriminals being able to evade the latest web application firewalls made Internet apps the fastest-growing attack vector in 2022. Public-facing web apps are now the most common attack vector used to breach an organization's perimeter. Web app-based…

  • "Nokia Bell Labs Sponsors CyLab's Future Enterprise Security Initiative"

    The frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks on businesses continue to grow. Although attacks on large multinational corporations make headlines, they are not the only targets, as cybercriminals are also going after small and medium-sized businesses…

  • "Biden Signs Executive Order on US-EU Personal Data Privacy"

    US President Joe Biden signed an executive order today designed to protect the privacy of personal data transfers between the EU and the United States and address European concerns about US intelligence collection activities.   The white house noted…

  • "Ransomware-as-a-Service: The Cloud Model Escalates Ransomware Attacks"

    Cybercriminals are leveraging cloud services through ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). A recent Venafi report found that in addition to a wide range of ransomware at different price points, there are also various services and tools that help threat actors…

  • "IBM: Ransomware Attacks Take Psychological Toll on Incident Responders"

    According to a survey conducted by IBM and Morning Consult, hundreds of cybersecurity incident responders reported that ransomware attacks have had a significant impact on their mental health. In July, researchers interviewed over 1,100 cybersecurity…

  • "RCE on Log4j Among Top CVEs Exploited By Chinese-Backed Hackers"

    According to a new advisory published by the US National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Chinese state-sponsored threat actors continue to exploit known…

  • "Politically Motivated Ransomware Declines as Attackers Switch Back to Old Targets"

    Ransomware operators have shifted their focus away from politically motivated attacks against Russia and toward their usual targets, including the US, China, and Israel. According to the ESET T2 2022 Threat Report, the total number of Remote Desktop…

  • "COVID-19 Was an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet for Social Engineers"

    For years, researchers have known that the COVID-19 pandemic was exploited to set up effective phishing attacks and other social engineering schemes. Proofpoint's new research provides more insight into the use of the pandemic by cybercriminal groups,…