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Is Cloud-Based Ransomware the Future of Cyber Crime?

Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new opportunities to exploit and even though the majority of…Is Cloud-Based Ransomware the Future of Cyber Crime? on …

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2022 Cybersecurity Predictions from Lookout: Work From Anywhere Ends On-Premises Security

Lookout, an endpoint-to-cloud cyber security company, have put together their cyber security predictions for 2022.1—Cloud connectivity and cloud-to-cloud conne…

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UScellular Discloses Data Breach Following A Cyber Attack

The communication giant has recently reported a data breach incident to the Attorney General. As…UScellular Discloses Data Breach Following A Cyber Attack on L…

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Beware of Fake Telegram Messenger App Hacking PCs with Purple Fox Malware

Trojanized installers of the Telegram messaging application are being used to distribute the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor on compromised systems.That's ac…

Windows

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Ongoing Autom Cryptomining Malware Attacks Using Upgraded Evasion Tactics

An ongoing crypto mining campaign has upgraded its arsenal while evolving its defense evasion tactics that enable the threat actors to conceal the intrusions a…

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Are Medical Devices at Risk of Ransomware Attacks?

In May 2017, the first documented ransomware assault on networked medical equipment happened. The worldwide ransomware assault WannaCry compromised radiologica…

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LastPass Master Passwords Seemingly Hacked Through Credential Stuffing

The popular password manager LastPass has left users baffled after their master passwords were seemingly…LastPass Master Passwords Seemingly Hacked Through Cre…

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New AvosLocker Ransomware Exploits AnyDesk, Reboots System In Safe Mode

A new addition to the ransomware gang has surfaced online targeting systems with a distinct…New AvosLocker Ransomware Exploits AnyDesk, Reboots System In Safe …

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Pirated Downloads Contain Crypto-Mining Malware

Peter Parker might not be a mastermind cryptocurrency criminal, but the name Spiderman is quickly becoming more associated with the mining landscape.ReasonLabs…

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New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions

Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics and techniques to deploy file-encrypting malware on compromised systems, notwithstanding law enforcement's d…

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New BLISTER Malware Using Code Signing Certificates to Evade Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an evasive malware campaign that makes use of valid code signing certificates to sneak past security defens…

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CISA Compliance for 2022

The last several years have seen an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks, and while the frequency of such attacks has increased, so too has the resulting da…

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How to see if cybersecurity of your organization is in check for the New Year

The last several years have seen an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks, and while the frequency of such attacks has increased, so too has the resulting da…

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Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded a New Joker Malware App from Play Store

A malicious Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from the Google Play app store has been found hosting malware that stealthily exfiltrates users' conta…

Android

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Security firm Blumira discovers major new Log4j attack vect

A basic Javascript WebSocket connection can trigger a local Log4j remote code attack via a drive-by compromise. Wonderful. Truly wonderful.

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Second Log4j Vulnerability (CVE-2021-45046) Discovered — New Patch Released

UPDATE— The severity score of CVE-2021-45046, originally classified as a DoS bug, has since been revised from 3.7 to 9.0, to reflect the fact that an attacker …

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The Guide to Automating Security Training for Lean Security Teams

Cyber threats used to be less threatening. While nobody wants their customers' credit card numbers stolen in a data breach, or to see a deranged manifesto plas…

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Hackers Exploit Log4j Vulnerability to Infect Computers with Khonsari Ransomware

Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender on Monday revealed that attempts are being made to target Windows machines with a novel ransomware family…

Windows

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Ransomware Affiliate Arrested in Romania; 51 Stolen Data Brokers Arrested in Ukraine

Europol, the European Union's premier law enforcement agency, hasannouncedthe arrest of a third Romanian national for his role as a ransomware affiliate suspec…

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Karakurt: A New Emerging Data Theft and Cyber Extortion Hacking Group

A previously undocumented, financially motivated threat group has been connected to a string of data theft and extortion attacks on over 40 entities between Se…

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BlackCat: A New Rust-based Ransomware Malware Spotted in the Wild

Details have emerged about what's the first Rust-language-based ransomware strain spotted in the wild that has already amassed "some victims from different cou…

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Vulnerability Scanning Frequency Best Practices

So you've decided to set up a vulnerability scanning programme, great. That's one of the best ways to avoid data breaches. How often you should run your scans,…

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Researches Detail 17 Malicious Frameworks Used to Attack Air-Gapped Networks

Four different malicious frameworks designed to attack air-gapped networks were detected in the first half of 2020 alone, bringing the total number of such too…

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New Malvertising Campaigns Spreading Backdoors, Malicious Chrome Extensions

A series of malicious campaigns have been leveraging fake installers of popular apps and games such as Viber, WeChat, NoxPlayer, and Battlefield as a lure to t…

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