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Apple finally adds encryption to iCloud backups

Apple has rolled out a number of security features that will now offer end-to-end encryption to protect data, including backups, contacts,…

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Iranian Hackers Strike Diamond Industry with Data-Wiping Malware in Supply-Chain Attack

An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Agrius has been attributed as behind a set of data wiper attacks aimed at…

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Google Warns of Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by ScarCruft Hackers

An Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was actively exploited by a North Korean threat actor to target South Korean users by…

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Microsoft Warns Cryptocurrency Firms Against Complex Cyber-Attacks

Attacks included fraud, vulnerability exploitation, fake applications and info stealer deployments

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NZ Privacy Commissioner Investigates Mercury IT Ransomware Attack

The watchdog also confirmed it plans on opening a compliance investigation into the incident

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Vice Society Ransomware Attackers Targeted Dozens of Schools in 2022

The Vice Society cybercrime group has disproportionately targeted educational institutions, accounting for 33 victims in 2022 and…

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FFT and Ransomware Represent Over Half of Cyber Insurance Claims in 2022

While average ransomware claims are much higher, the report warned that vectors like BEC could deliver “death by a thousand cuts”

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The Decoupling Principle

This is a really interesting paper that discusses what the authors call the Decoupling Principle: The idea is simple, yet previously not…

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UK Government Department Using Unsupported Applications, Reveals Watchdog

Almost a third (30%) of applications used by Defra are unsupported, a report from the National Audit Office has revealed

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Russia’s VTB Bank Suffers its Biggest Ever DDoS

Ukraine suspected of attack on state-owned lender

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Cracking the Code to Security Resilience: Lessons from the Latest Cisco Security Outcomes Report

“There’s so much left to know, and I’m on the road to find out.” –Cat Stevens (Yusuf) Two years ago, we asked the question: What actually…

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Ransomware attack knocks Rackspace’s Exchange servers offline

Rackspace’s hosting for Exchange servers remained offline Tuesday after an outage Friday that the company now ascribes to a ransomware…

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New Go-based Zerobot Botnet Exploiting Dozen of IoT Vulnerabilities to Expand its Network

A novel Go-based botnet called Zerobot has been observed in the wild proliferating by taking advantage of nearly two dozen security…

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China-Based Hackers Target Amnesty International Canada

Results suggest the attack was executed using tools and techniques associated with Chinese APTs.

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Swiss Government Wants to Implement Mandatory Duty to Report Cyber-Attacks

The move would shed light on hackers and sound the alarm more widely on cyber-threats in the country.

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Threat Actors Use Malicious File Systems to Scale Crypto-Mining Operations

The hackers used PRoot to increase the scope of their operations to several Linux distributions

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Modernizing the Security of Australia’s Largest Fuel Network

Ampol has been Australia’s leading transport fuel company since 1900. What began over 125 years ago is now an organization that powers a…

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CryWiper Data Wiper Targeting Russian Sites

Kaspersky is reporting on a data wiper masquerading as ransomware that is targeting local Russian government networks.

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Employee onboarding needs to be engaging – But how can security be preserved?

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or…

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Hacking cars remotely with just their VIN

Your car’s mobile app might have allowed hackers to remotely unlock your vehicle, turn on or off its engine, and even honk its horn.

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Prolific Chinese Hackers Stole US COVID funds

Secret Service says discovery may be the tip of the iceberg

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Russian courts attacked by CryWiper malware that poses as ransomware

Russian courts and government agencies have been hit by a previously-undocumented strain of data-wiping malware known as CryWiper.

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Russian Hackers Use Western Networks to Attack Ukraine

Lupovis used decoys to find out more about threat actors

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Open Source Ransomware Toolkit Cryptonite Turns Into Accidental Wiper Malware

A version of an open source ransomware toolkit called Cryptonite has been observed in the wild with wiper capabilities due to its “weak…

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