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"Gamers' Data Exposed in RPG Platform Roll20 Breach"
Roll20, a popular online tabletop platform for role-playing games (RPGs), recently revealed that its systems had been breached.
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"Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy User Phone Numbers"
Twilio recently confirmed that it had suffered a data breach after hackers leaked 33 million phone numbers associated with the Authy application.
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"10 Billion Passwords Leaked on Hacking Forum"
According to security researchers at Cybernews, nearly 10 billion unique passwords have been leaked on a cybercrime forum, putting online users worldwide at risk of account compromise.
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"Over $1bn in Cryptocurrency Lost to Web3 Cyber Incidents in 2024"
Security researchers at blockchain monitoring firm Certik recently discovered that more than $1.1bn worth of cryptocurrency has been lost from Web3 cybersecurity incidents in the first half of 2024.
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"New Open-Source Software Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts"
Norbert Lutkenhaus, executive director of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, has been working with his research group to develop accurate software models for
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"CAREER Award Recipient Seeks to Secure Web Addresses"
Through a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, Taejoong "Tijay" Chung, a researcher at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, is conducting a project aimed at improving the security of today's Domain Name
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"OVHcloud Sees Record 840 Mpps DDoS Attack"
The cloud provider OVHcloud mitigated the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack in terms of packet rate.
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"To Guard Against Cyberattacks in Space, Researchers Ask 'What If?'"
Patrick Lin and his colleagues at California Polytechnic State University's Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group recently released a US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded report to highlight the threat posed by space cyberattacks and help predict nov
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"Ransomware Eruption: Novel Locker Malware Flows From 'Volcano Demon'"
According to Halcyon researchers, "Volcano Demon" is a double-extortion ransomware player that uses "LukaLocker," a new locker malware, to encrypt victim files with the .nba extension.
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"FakeBat Loader Malware Spreads Widely Through Drive-by Download Attacks"
Researchers at Sekoia found that "FakeBat," a Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS), has become one of the most widely spread loader malware families distributed using the drive-by download technique.
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"New RUSI Report Exposes Psychological Toll of Ransomware, Urges Action"
A Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) research paper titled "Your Data is Stolen and Encrypted: The Ransomware Victim Experience" brings attention to ransomware victims' mental health.
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"Europol Takes Down 593 Cobalt Strike Servers Used by Cybercriminals"
Europol coordinated a joint law enforcement effort called "Operation Morpheus," which took down nearly 600 Cobalt Strike servers used by cybercriminals to infiltrate victims' networks.
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