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Ransomware
Ransomware attack turns 2022 into 1977 for Somerset County
Somerset County in New Jersey has been sent back to 1977 after a ransomware attack shut down various historical record…
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Phishing
Attackers Exploited 4 Zero-Day Flaws in Chrome, Safari & IE
At least two government-backed actors — including one Russian group — used the now-patched flaws in separate campaigns, Google says.…
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Mobile
Google is indexing the phone numbers of WhatsApp Users
A researcher is warning that Google is indexing the phone numbers of WhatsApp users raising serious privacy concerns. Google is…
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IoT
New P2P Botnet Targeting IoT Devices
By: Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a new botnet hijacking Internet-connected smart devices in the wild…
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Threats
Ghostwriter Update: Cyber Espionage Group UNC1151 Likely Conducts Ghostwriter Influence Activity
In July 2020, Mandiant Threat Intelligence released a public report detailing an ongoing influence campaign we named “Ghostwriter.” Ghostwriter is…
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Threats
Zero-Day Exploits in SonicWall Email Security Lead to Enterprise Compromise
In March 2021, Mandiant Managed Defense identified three zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall’s Email Security (ES) product that were being exploited…
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Fraud
Fake SpaceX Youtube Channels Defraud 150,000 in Bitcoin
Journalists at Bleeping Computer warned that the scammers recently seized three YouTube channels, gave them new names associated with SpaceX, and then…
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Ransomware
Eerie GoodWill ransomware forces victims to publish videos of good deeds on social media
GoodWill ransomware has victims do something other than pay a ransom to recover their files. Ransomware does what the name…
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Ransomware
Chicago students lose data to ransomware attackers
A recent breach notification has revealed some 490,000+ students were impacted by a ransomware attack last December. Chicago Public Schools…