This AI Software Company Just Raised $20 Million To Help Prevent Physician Burnout
Suki AI has raised over $20 million in its Series B round from Flare Capital Partners, First Round Capital, and Venrock, doubling its funding total to $40 million since its launch in 2017. Suki AI aims to change the medical industry by providing an AI-fueled virtual assistant app for clinicians,
J.Crew Disables User Accounts After Credential Stuffing Attack
J.Crew has disclosed that they suffered a credential stuffing attack in April of 2019 that has resulted in customers’ accounts and information being compromised. Credentials stuffing is when hackers use large collections of username/password combinations purchased on dark web markets that were previously leaked. This kind of attack relies on
Ryuk ransomware hits Fortune 500 company EMCOR
EMCOR, a US-based Fortune 500 company that specializes in engineering and industrial construction services has announced that they were attacked with Ryuk ransomware on February 15. Although details of the attack and the aftermath are not yet public, the message announcing the ransomware infection remains on EMCOR’s website. EMCOR stated
Tesco Issues 600,000 New Clubcards After Brute Force Attack
Tesco, a UK based supermarket, has been forced to issue 600,000 new loyalty cards after customers’ accounts were compromised by a malicious third party. Although the company’s IT systems were not compromised, hackers allegedly used a combo list of breached usernames and passwords to conduct a brute force attack. However,
Microsoft OneNote Used To Sidestep Phishing Detection
A phishing campaign was recently discovered by researchers at Cofense, who stated that Microsoft’s digital notebook OneNote was used to distribute the Agent Tesla keylogger. The attacker leveraged OneNote by experimenting with various lures that deliver the credential-stealing keylogger Agent Tesla or linked to a phishing page, starting with an
Let’s Encrypt to revoke 3 million certificates on March 4 due to software bug
On Wednesday, March 4, the Let’s Encrypt project plans to revoke more than 3 million TLS certificates after it discovered a bug hidden within its backend’s code. The bug impacted Let’s Encrypt server software, called Boulder, that the company uses to verify users and their domains before they issue a
MediaTek Bug Actively Exploited, Affects Millions of Android Devices
This week, Google addressed a high severity flaw that exists in MediaTek’s Command Queue driver. The bug has already been used to build malicious apps that compromise Andriod devices by gaining root access. Developers have claimed this bug affects millions of devices. Google also released its March 2020 Android Security
CIA Accused of Mounting 11-Year Cyber-Attack Against China
The CIA has been accused of carrying out an 11-year campaign of cyber espionage by Qihoo 360. Qihoo alleges that the CIA targeted critical industries in the People’s Republic of China, stating yesterday that they had discovered and revealed cyber-attacks by the CIA hacking group (APT-C-39). Qihoo claims that they
U.S. Is Only The 17th ‘Most Cyber-Secure’ Country, Study Shows
Cybersecurity research organization Comparitech has published a document that lists the US as 17th in terms of the most secure countries when it comes to cyber readiness. Of the 60 countries that were included in last year’s rankings, only 6 have a worse score, and one of them is the
Lockheed Martin, SpaceX And Tesla Caught In Cyber Attack Crossfire
In late February, the research firm Emsisoft alerted Forbes journalists that they believed that SpaceX and Tesla had been hacked due to the discovery of published non-disclosure agreement documents related to the companies by a cybercrime group. Cybercriminals targeted a precision parts manufacturer that supplies automotive and aeronautics parts to
