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  • "Fewer Fall Victim to Data Breaches as Attackers Switch to Business in 2022"

    According to new research condcuted by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a US-based non-profit that provides identity crime advice, the number of people falling victim to data breaches has fallen back from last year’s record high.  They put…

  • "CIA Coder Convicted of Massive Leak of US Hacking Tools"

    A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) programmer was recently found guilty in New York federal court of the 2017 leak of the US spy agency's most valuable hacking tools to WikiLeaks two years after his initial prosecution ended in a mistrial.  …

  • "PayPal-Themed Phishing Kit Allows Complete Identity Theft"

    Akamai researchers analyzed a phishing kit that leads users through a series of pages and forms intended to gather information that can later be used to steal the victims' identities, commit money laundering, open cryptocurrency accounts, make false tax…

  • "MacOS Bug Could Let Malicious Code Break Out of Application Sandbox"

    Microsoft has disclosed a now-fixed vulnerability in Apple's macOS that would have allowed attackers to elevate device privileges and install additional malicious payloads by enabling certain types of code to circumvent the operating system's App Sandbox…

  • "New Lilith Ransomware Emerges With Extortion Site, Lists First Victim"

    A new ransomware operation called 'Lilith' has been launched, and its first victim has already been posted on a data leak site designed to support double-extortion attacks. JAMESWT discovered Lilith, a C/C++ console-based ransomware designed for 64-bit…

  • "State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns"

    Since early 2021, many campaigns have been carried out by nation-state hacking groups affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey that target journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware. According to Proofpoint, phishing attempts aimed…

  • "'Luna Moth' Cybercriminals Breach Orgs Through Phony Subscription Renew"

    To steal confidential information from businesses, a new data extortion gang called Luna Moth has broken into their systems and threatened to release the files to the public unless the victims pay a ransom. Since March, the group has been involved in…

  • "Browser Bug Exposes User Data in Top Websites, NJIT Researchers Find"

    Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) discovered an unpatched security bug in most web browsers that allows hackers to monitor specific site visitors while leaving little evidence of a digital trail. The bug can be exploited using…

  • "UF Partners With CIA on Improving Cybersecurity"

    The University of Florida (UF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have partnered up to study the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to detect and prevent malicious agents that infiltrate computer networks. The…

  • "Identifying Key Risks Is Top Cybersecurity Challenge"

    According to a new Skybox Security study, risk-based strategies are the most effective in preventing security breaches. Of the companies taking a risk-based approach, 48 percent suffered no breaches, and 50 percent are top performers in TTM (Time To…

  • "Ransomware Activity Resurges in Q2"

    Security researchers at Digital Shadows have discovered that ransomware activity rose by a fifth in the last quarter.  The researchers monitored almost 90 data leak sites on the dark web and observed ransomware groups named 705 victims in Q2 2022,…

  • "Critical Industries Failing at IIoT/OT Security"

    Security researchers found that most critical services companies are struggling to secure their industrial internet of things (IIoT)/operational technology (OT) systems and acknowledge the need to invest more heavily in these areas.  The researchers…