The US Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has released a damning report[pdf] exposing structural shortcomings in the cybersecurity and data protection practices of …
Second US town pays up to ransomware hackers
For the second time in a week, a Florida city has paid a massive ransom to threat actors that infected the city's systems with file-encrypting malware. While Riviera Beach recently paid $600,000 in …
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Malicious URL attacks using HTTPS surge across the enterprise
The latest Email Threat report by FireEye shows that threat actors are increasingly using HTTPS in order to make malicious URLs to seem legitimate. Between Q4 of 2018 and Q1 of this year, the number …
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US Tech Companies Sidestep a Trump Ban, to Keep Selling to Huawei
US tech firms including Intel and Micron are evading a US executive order barring them from selling American technology to Huawei, industry insiders claim. The US companies sidestep sanctions on …
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Companies on Watch After US, Iran Claim Cyberattacks
Against a background of mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran, both the US and Iran have started targeting each other in cyberspace. As result, experts are warning critical infrastructure …
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Eurojust and Europol Lift the Blanket off A 24 Million Euro Crypto Hack
A joint operation by Europol, Eurojust and law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands and the UK has uncovered a major cryptocurrency heist. Threat actors stole €24 million (over $27 million) in …
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Cybercriminals leverage malicious Office docs, Mac malware, web app exploits
A new Watchguard report shows that malware detections rose by 62% between Q4 of 2018 and Q1 of this year. The study also found that macOS malware is a growing threat, with two strains making the top …
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Recipe for Disaster as Tech Support Scammers Use Paid Search
Tech support scammers are purchasing ads on Google and Bing in order to lure people to websites that will display a fake warning page and urge visitors to contact 'technicians' using a provided …
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New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices, has scary plans
A researcher with Akamai has uncovered a highly destructive campaign that is rendering thousands of Internet-of-things (IoT) devices useless by wiping their firmware. The malware used to "brick" IoT …
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China Blamed for APT Attacks on Global Telcos
Cybereason has published a new report on a massive cyber espionage campaign that has targeted telcos around the globe since 2017. The researchers believe "Operation Soft Cell," is the work of APT10, a …
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