A new 4IQ report found that 12,449 data breaches occurred in 2018, which is a staggering increase of 424% compared to the year before. However, the number of records exposed per breach was 4.7 times …
UN Aviation Agency Concealed Serious Hack: Media
According to Radio-Canada, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which is part of the United Nations (UN), experienced the the "most serious cyberattack in its history" in November of …
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28 Billion Credential Stuffing Attempts During Second Half of 2018
A new Akamai report sheds light on the immense popularity of credential stuffing attacks among cyber criminals. In a credential stuffing attack, a threat actor uses leaked or stolen login credentials …
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Why businesses fear cyberattacks from ex-employees more than nation states
According to a new AppRiver survey, 58% of cybersecurity decision makers at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are more concerned about their organization experiencing a data breach than about …
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Attackers Continue to Focus on Users, Well-Worn Techniques
Two new research reports indicate that threat actors mostly rely on traditional techniques, including phishing and credential stuffing, to target organizations. Trend Micro's yearly security report …
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ToRPEDO Privacy Attack on 4G/5G Networks Affects All U.S. Carriers
A team of researchers from the Purdue University and the University of Iowa have discovered major flaws in 4G and 5G mobile protocols that allow for three types of attacks with privacy-breaking …
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Iranian Hackers Drew Worryingly Close to Israel’s Missile Alarm
Noam Shaar, a key Israeli cyber defense official, has said that Iranian hackers almost gained access to Israel’s missile warning system in 2017. After detecting the intrusion and realizing the end …
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Warning Issued Over Attacks on Internet Infrastructure
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has issued a warning about "an ongoing and significant risk" to the Domain Name System (DNS), which plays a key role in determining that …
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DDoS Attacks Ranked As Highest Threat by Enterprises
According to a Neustar International Security Council (NISC) survey among security professionals from the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks currently …
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Formjacking Surpasses Ransomware and Cryptojacking as Top Threat of 2018
The latest installment of Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report shows that formjacking was the number one cyber threat in 2018, replacing cryptojacking, i.e. the distribution of malware …
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