Business email compromise (BEC) scams have resulted in over $26 billion in global ‘exposed dollar losses’ over the past three years, the The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime …
More than 99% of attacks in the past year relied on human error to gain access
A new Proofpoint report underscores the need for organizations to address the human factor in their cybersecurity programs. According to the study, over 99% of cyberattacks last year relied on user …
70% of educational orgs don’t have an appropriate cloud security budget
A new report by Netwrix shows that even though one in three educational organizations suffered a cloud breach last year, only 12% increased their security budgets this year. According to IT …
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Public Exposure Does Little to Slow China-Based Thrip APT
Symantec warns that in the past year, Chinese cyber-espionage group Thrip has launched successful campaigns against no less than 12 military, telecom and satellite organizations across Southeast Asia. …
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Stealth Falcon Targets Middle East with Windows BITS Feature
New ESET research reveals that Stealth Falcon, a cyber espionage group targeting political activists and journalists in the Middle East, has changed tactics and is currently using a backdoor relying …
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Cyber-security incident at US power grid entity linked to unpatched firewalls
In March of this year, a cyber incident affected firewalls at multiple power generation sites across the US. According to a recent report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), …
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Telnet Backdoor Opens More Than 1M IoT Radios to Hijack
Cybersecurity researchers with Vulnerability Lab have uncovered two security vulnerabilities in Imperial Dabman IoT radios that could enable attackers to gain control over more than a million devices …
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US Cyber Command Adds North Korean Malware Samples to VirusTotal
US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) this week shared 11 malware samples linked to the notorious North Korean state-backed APT known as Lazarus group or Hidden Cobra, by uploading the samples to malware …
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European police arrest Dark Web counterfeit currency traders
European law enforcement agencies have taken down the second-largest known counterfeit currency network operating on the dark web, Europol announced on Monday. Five individuals suspected of …
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Thousands Of Linux Servers Infected By Lilu (Lilocked) Ransomware
Threat actors are targeting thousands of Linux-based servers across the globe with a new ransomware strain dubbed Lilocked or Lilu. The campaign began in the middle of July, but infections have spiked …
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