27 Jul

Time from vulnerability disclosures to exploits is shrinking

Palo Alto Networks’ annual Unit 42 incident response report is out, warning of an ever-decreasing gap between vulnerability disclosures and an increase in cybercrime. “The

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27 Jul

NIST’s Expanding International Engagement on Cybersecurity

In providing a foundation for cybersecurity advancements over the years, NIST has taken the global context into account when determining priorities and approaches. Our participation

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27 Jul

Weak data protection helped China attack US Federal Reserve, report says

China’s cyber espionage activities are extensive and sophisticated but when the Middle Kingdom tried to steal sensitive economic data from the US Fed, poor security

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27 Jul

IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe

IBM has started offering quantum-resistant crypto – using the quantum-resistant crypto recommended by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Quantum computers are

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27 Jul

Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware

Security vendor WithSecure, which was spun out in March 2022 as F-Secure’s enterprise security arm, claims it’s found malware that targets Facebook Business accounts. “The

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27 Jul

Charter told to pay $7.3b in damages after cable installer murders grandmother

Charter Communications must pay out $7 billion in damages after one of its Spectrum cable technicians robbed and killed an elderly woman, a jury decided

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26 Jul

Crypto exchange Kraken reportedly hunted by the Feds for alleged sanctions busting

The US government is reportedly investigating Kraken, a massive cryptocurrency exchange suspected of violating sanctions against Iran, and is expected to slap the crypto behemoth

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26 Jul

Culture shock: Ransomware gang sacks arts orgs’ email lists

A ransomware gang has not only taken down WordFly, a mailing list provider for top arts organizations among others, but also siphoned data belonging to

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26 Jul

Luca Stealer malware spreads rapidly after code handily appears on GitHub

A new info-stealer malware is spreading rapidly in the wild as the developer behind it continues to add capabilities and recently released the source code

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26 Jul

With ransomware, the road to recovery starts well before you’re attacked

Webinar Ensuring your data is protected is the first step in dealing with cyber-attacks and outages. But that’s only half the job.  Getting back to

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26 Jul

Ransomware less popular this year, but malware up: SonicWall cyber threat report

SonicWall has published its latest threat report, showing a drop in ransomware but an increase in malware attacks in the first half of 2022. The

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26 Jul

Cyber security training to fit your summer plans

Sponsored Post Keeping the world safe from cyber threats requires both passion and skills. And you can grow both with training that makes you battle-ready

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26 Jul

LockBit ransomware gang claims it ransacked Italy’s tax agency

The LockBit ransomware crew is claiming to have stolen 78GB of data from Italy’s tax agency and is threatening to leak it if a ransom

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25 Jul

Node.js prototype pollution is bad for your app environment

Back in March, security researchers reported a critical command injection vulnerability in Parse Server, an open-source backend for Node.js environments. Rated 10 out of 10

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25 Jul

T-Mobile US to cough up $550m after info stolen on 77m customers

T-Mobile US has agreed to pay about $550 million to end legal action against it and improve its security after crooks infiltrated the self-described Un-carrier

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25 Jul

Twitter launches probe after miscreants claim to have swiped 5.4m users’ details

Twitter is investigating claims that a near-seven-month-old vulnerability in its software has been exploited to obtain the phone numbers and email addresses of a reported

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25 Jul

Twitter launches probe after miscreants claims to have swiped 5.4m users’ details

Twitter is investigating claims that a near-seven-month-old vulnerability in its software has been exploited to obtain the phone numbers and email addresses of a reported

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25 Jul

Cyber-mercenaries for hire represent shifting criminal business model

An emerging and fast-growing threat group is using a unique business model to offer cybercriminals a broad range of services that span from leaked databases

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