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Data Leak Hits Thousands of NHS Workers
PRIVACY PRIVACY Email snafu affects staff at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust Read More
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Hackers Fake Emsisoft Certificate to Hide Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY Attempt to trick network defenders into allow-listing remote access app Read More
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Malware authors leverage more attack techniques that enable lateral movement
PRIVACY PRIVACY A new study of over a half-million malware samples collected from various sources in 2022 revealed that attackers put a high value on lateral movement, incorporating more techniques that would allow them to spread through corporate networks. Several of the most prevalent tactics, as defined by the MITRE ATT&CK framework, that were identified…
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Scandinavian Airlines website hit by cyber attack, customer details exposed
PRIVACY PRIVACY A group calling itself “Anonymous Sudan” has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack which knocked the website of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) offline earlier this week, and left customer data exposed. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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BEC Groups Target Firms With Multilingual Impersonation Attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY Combined, the two groups have launched BEC campaigns in at least 13 different languages Read More
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City of Oakland Declares State of Emergency After Ransomware Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY Core functions are intact, but the city has taken certain non-emergency systems offline Read More
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Hackers Leverage PayPal to Send Malicious Invoices
PRIVACY PRIVACY The phishing email warned users that there had been fraud on the account Read More
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Russian cybersecurity firm owner convicted of $90 million SEC earning reports hack
PRIVACY PRIVACY The owner of a Russian penetration-testing company has been found guilty of being part of an elaborate scheme that netted $90 million after stealing SEC earning reports. For nearly three years, 42-year-old Vladislav Klyushin – the owner of Moscow-based cybersecurity firm M-13 – and his co-conspirators had hacked into two US-based filing agents…
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Evolving cyberattacks, alert fatigue creating DFIR burnout, regulatory risk
PRIVACY PRIVACY The evolution of cybercrime is weighing heavily on digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) teams, leading to significant burnout and potential regulatory risk. That’s according to the 2023 State of Enterprise DFIR survey by Magnet Forensics, a developer of digital investigation solutions. The firm surveyed 492 DFIR professionals in North America and Europe,…
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Quarter of Crypto Tokens Linked to Pump-and-Dump
PRIVACY PRIVACY Scammers made an estimated $30m in profits in 2022 Read More