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Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. A China-based threat actor has ramped up ...
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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data ...
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras ...
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Microsoft Patches ‘Dogwalk’ Zero-Day and 17 Critical Flaws
August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild. Microsoft is urging users to patch a zero-day vulnerability dubbed Dogwalk that is actively ...
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Universities Put Email Users at Cyber Risk
DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest protections to prevent domain spoofing and lack protections to block fraudulent emails. Top U.S ...
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Threat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in Office
Cybercriminals turn to container files and other tactics to get around the company’s attempt to thwart a popular way to deliver malicious phishing payloads. Threat actors are finding their way ...
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Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused Brands
Instances of phishing attacks leveraging the Microsoft brand increased 266 percent in Q1 compared to the year prior. The bloom is back on phishing attacks with criminals doubling down on fake ...
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Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via ‘ExpressLRS’ Protocol
A radio control system for drones is vulnerable to remote takeover, thanks to a weakness in the mechanism that binds transmitter and receiver. The popular protocol for radio controlled (RC ...
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Patchable and Preventable Security Issues Lead Causes of Q1 Attacks
Attacks against U.S. companies spike in Q1 2022 with patchable and preventable external vulnerabilities responsible for bulk of attacks. Eighty-two percent of attacks on organizations in Q1 2022 ...
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iPhones Vulnerable to Attack Even When Turned Off
Wireless features Bluetooth, NFC and UWB stay on even when the device is powered down, which could allow attackers to execute pre-loaded malware. Attackers can target iPhones even when they are ...
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VHD Ransomware Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group
Source code and Bitcoin transactions point to the malware, which emerged in March 2020, being the work of APT38, researchers at Trellix said. Cryptocurrency thief Lazarus Group appears to be ...
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Most Email Security Approaches Fail to Block Common Threats
A full 89 percent of organizations experienced one or more successful email breaches during the previous 12 months, translating into big-time costs. On overwhelming number of security teams ...