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New Decryption Key Available for Babuk Tortilla Ransomware Victims
Cisco Talos announced that a decryption key for the Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant is available for victims to download Read More
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PIN-Stealing Android Malware
This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the PIN: The second notable new feature is the ability to interrupt biometric operations on the device, like fingerprint and face unlock, by using the Accessibility service to force a fallback to PIN or password authentication.…
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Midwives clinic takes nine months to deliver news of data breach
Clients of a pregnancy care clinic in Ontario have had their personal information exposed to hackers. I’m sure I don’t need to tell anyone who has made use of the services of a midwife, that a lot can happen in nine months… Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Stories from the SOC: Something smells phishy
Executive summary In the current cyber landscape, adversaries commonly employ phishing as the leading technique to compromise enterprise security. The susceptibility of human behavior makes individuals the weakest link in the security chain. Consequently, there is an urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures. Phishing, which capitalizes on exploiting human behavior and vulnerabilities, remains the adversary’s…
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Nigerian Gets 10 Years For Laundering Scam Funds
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for his role in romance and BEC scam Read More
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LoanDepot Confirms Ransomware Attack in SEC Filing
Mortgage lender LoanDepot has revealed a ransomware breach resulting in stolen and encrypted data Read More
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New Year, New Tech at CES — The Latest Protection for the Latest Tech
New year, new tech. That’s what hits the floor at the CES show each January in Las Vegas. Whether it’s striking, strange, or just pretty cool, plenty of this year’s tech is connected — and that means it needs to get protected. Already we’ve seen a personal health scanner that works like a tricorder from…
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Staying Safe in the Age of AI
We’ve seen how AI can create — and how it can transform our lives. What gets talked about less is how AI protects us too. Certainly, it’s tough to miss how generative AI has turned sci-fi dreams of the past into today’s reality. From AI apps that help ease loneliness thanks to their human-like conversations,…
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Sexual assault in the metaverse investigated by British police
British police say that they are investigating reports that a girl under the age of 16 was sexually assaulted… in an online virtual reality game. Read More
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6 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2024 – Staying Ahead of the Latest Hacks and Attacks
AI and major elections, deepfakes and the Olympics — they all feature prominently in our cybersecurity predictions for 2024. That’s quite the mix. And that mix reflects the nature of cybersecurity. Just as changing technology shapes cybersecurity, it gets further shaped by the changing world we live in. The bad actors out there exploit new…