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Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line. EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) are notifying over 2.5 million loanees that ...
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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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Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account
Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account. Cisco Systems revealed details of a May hack by the Yanluowang ransomware ...
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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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Kazakh Govt. Used Spyware Against Protesters
Researchers have discovered that a Kazakhstan government entity deployed sophisticated Italian spyware within its borders. An agent of the Kazakhstan government has been using enterprise-grade ...
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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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Browser-in-the-Browser Attack Makes Phishing Nearly Invisible
We’ve had it beaten into our brains: Before you go wily-nily clicking on a page, check the URL. First things first, the tried-and-usually-but-not-always-true advice goes, check that the site’s ...