A new research paper by two University of Illinois students and their assistant professor proposes a new approach to tackling ransomware attacks that takes advantage of "properties of flash-based …
The potential human cost of cyber operations
A newly released report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) looks at the potential human cost of cyber attacks. The study is based on discussions by academics and cybersecurity …
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Many are seeing the damage of cybercrime and identity theft firsthand
The vast majority of people are afraid it's only a matter of time before they (71%) or their children (73%) will fall victim to identity theft or another cybercrime, a new F-Secure survey found. The …
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Impersonation Attacks Up 67% for Corporate Inboxes
More than six out of ten (61%) IT decision makers are anticipating impactful email-based cyberattacks on their organization in the coming year, a new Mimecast report shows. Looking at the threat …
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Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East
Researchers with Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new campaign by Chinese hackers that targets governments in the Middle East. The actor behind the attacks has been identified as Chinese cyber …
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How WannaCry is still launching 3,500 successful attacks per hour
More than two years after the WannaCry ransomware worm encrypted files on hundreds of thousands of computers across the globe, the malware developed by the North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group …
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Emotet Botnet Behind Most Email-Based Threats in Q1 2019
The latest threat report by Proofpoint points to Emotet as the top email-based threat in Q1 of this year. While Emotet was initially designed a banking Trojan, the malware has become a highly …
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NZ Treasury says systems ‘hacked’ ahead of Budget
The systems of the New Zealand Treasury were "deliberately and systematically hacked," Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf said in a statement on Tuesday. The Treasury has asked the New Zealand police …
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IoT cyberattacks are the new normal, the security mindset isn’t
New research by Irdeto sheds light on the growing threat to the machines and gadgets that make up the Internet of things (IoT). It shows that in the past 12 months, around eight out of ten firms …
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Flipboard Confirms It Was Hacked Twice: 150M Users At Risk As Passwords Stolen
News aggregation app Flipboard has acknowledged that threat actors obtained authorized access to its databases on two separate occasions earlier this year. A first breach occurred between June 2, 2018 …