Web Security
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Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records
- By ThreatPost
- . August 31, 2022
EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) are notifying over 2.5 million loanees that their personal data was exposed in a data breach. The
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Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger
- By ThreatPost
- . August 30, 2022
A China-based threat actor has ramped up efforts to distribute the ScanBox reconnaissance framework to victims that include domestic Australian organizations and offshore energy firms
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Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms
- By ThreatPost
- . August 29, 2022
Targeted attacks on Twilio and Cloudflare employees are tied to a massive phishing campaign that resulted in 9,931 accounts at over 130 organizations being compromised.
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Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
- By ThreatPost
- . August 26, 2022
After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data released by NCC Group, the resurgence is being led by old
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Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
- By ThreatPost
- . August 25, 2022
New research indicates that over 80,000 Hikvision surveillance cameras in the world today are vulnerable to an 11 month-old command injection flaw. Hikvision – short
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Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
- By ThreatPost
- . August 24, 2022
A recently surfaced 84-page whistleblower report filed with the US government by Twitter’s former head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko last month blasts his former
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Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning
- By ThreatPost
- . August 23, 2022
Software running Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls is under attack, prompting U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a warning to public and federal
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Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers
- By ThreatPost
- . August 22, 2022
A longtime threat group identified as TA558 has ramped up efforts to target the travel and hospitality industries. After a lull in activity, believed tied
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iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days Under Attack
- By ThreatPost
- . August 19, 2022
Apple is urging macOS, iPhone and iPad users immediately to install respective updates this week that includes fixes for two zero-days under active attack. The
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Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year
- By ThreatPost
- . August 18, 2022
Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability discovered in Chrome this year as one in a series of fixes included in a stable