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  • "Telegram for Mac Bug Lets You Save Self-Destructing Messages Forever"

    Reegun Richard Jayapaul, Trustwave SpiderLabs' Lead Threat Architect, discovered new vulnerabilities that could allow users on Telegram for Mac to save specific self-destructing messages and attachments forever or view them without the sender knowing.…

  • "Water Utilities Ill-Prepared to Deal with Cyber Threats"

    The cyberattack on a water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, in which a malicious actor compromised a control system and attempted to taint the municipal water supply, drew further attention to the importance of improving cybersecurity for water…

  • "Over 60 Million Americans Exposed Through Misconfigured Database"

    Security researchers at vpnMentor have discovered an online Elasticsearch database completely unsecured and exposed to the public internet, containing the personal details of at least 63 million Americans.  The researchers were able to trace the…

  • "Attackers Get Cannier; Found Targeting Non-C-Suite Employees via Spear Phishing"

    The cloud-enabled security solutions provider, Barracuda, released a new report on spear-phishing attacks. According to the report, an average organization faces more than 700 social engineering attacks each year, with 1 in 10 of these attacks being a…

  • "Decade-Old Router Bug Could Affect Millions of Devices"

    Security researchers have discovered a 12-year-old router vulnerability that they have warned may affect millions of devices globally.  Evan Grant, a researcher at Tenable, initially found the authentication bypass vulnerability in devices from…

  • "Security Researchers Warn of TCP/IP Stack Flaws in Operational Technology Devices"

    Cybersecurity researchers at Forescout Research Labs and JFrog Security Research have disclosed a set of 14 security vulnerabilities dubbed INFRA:HALT. These vulnerabilities were discovered in TCP/IP stacks commonly used in industrial infrastructure. The…

  • "REvil Most Popular Ransomware Variant in 2021 (So Far)"

    According to a midyear update from the Accenture Cyber Investigations, Forensics, and Response (CFIR) team, the volume of global cyberattack activity increased by 125 percent in the first half of 2021 compared to the same time frame in 2020. The team's…

  • "Chipotle Emails Serve Up Phishing Lures"

    Researchers at Inky have found that a breach of Chipotle's email marketing service last month lead to customers being served phishing lures and malicious links that redirected to credential harvesting sites.  Chipotle's email vendor Mailgun was…

  • "DHS Partners with Girl Scouts of the USA to Launch the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge"

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has launched the 2021 Girl Scout Cyber Awareness Challenge. This new initiative will encourage girls across the U.S. to learn about cybersecurity and raise awareness within their…

  • "Ransomware Volumes Hit Record Highs as 2021 Wears On"

    Researchers at SonicWall found that the second quarter of this year saw the highest volumes of ransomware attacks ever. Ransomware has seen a significant uptick so far in 2021. The FBI has warned that there are now 100 different ransomware strains…

  • "Phishing Campaign Uses Live Chat, Leverages PayPal Brand"

    The PayPal brand is being leveraged in a new phishing scam. The attackers behind the scam are compromising devices and bypassing secure email gateways by using automated scripts and live chat. These unusual techniques emphasize the need for organizations…

  • "Deploying Cloud Security Tools a Top Priority for 60% Of Study Respondents"

    Sixty percent of respondents in a new study by VMware said that the implementation of cloud security tools is their top priority. The study was a part of a larger study developed for the first day of Black Hat in Las Vegas, which found that attackers are…