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Dora Tudor

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Dora is a digital marketing specialist within Heimdal™ Security. She is a content creator at heart - always curious about technology and passionate about finding out everything there is to know about cybersecurity.

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Tracking Vulnerability Fixed on Tor Browser

Tor Browser 10.0.18 Was Released in Order to Fix Numerous Bugs, Including a Vulnerability That Allows Sites to Track Users by Fingerprinting Applications Installed on Their Devices.

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HBO Max Mistakenly Sends Out "Integration Test" Email

The Streaming Service Blamed an Intern for the Strange Situation.

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A Massive Data Breach Hit Carnival Cruise

The Largest Ship Operator Issued a Data Misuse Risk Warning.

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We Are Witnessing a Wave of Credential Stuffing Attacks

Travel and Retail Are the Industries Facing a Wave of Credential Stuffing Attacks.

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The Tyler Technology Ransomware Attack Overview

How the Tyler Technology Ransomware Attack Could’ve Affected a Large Number of Industries. Who Was Behind the Attack?

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The Source Code of Paradise Ransomware Released on a Hacking Forum

Paradise Ransomware Is a RaaS Typically Delivered Through a Malicious Zip Attachment in Phishing Emails.

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Western Australia Might Be Quarantining COVID Check-in Info

The Australian Hard Border State Began the Process of Protecting COVID Contact Tracing Information from Law Enforcement.

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Scammers Bypassed Office 365 MFA in BEC Attacks

Microsoft 365 Defender Researchers Disrupted Cloud-Based Infrastructure Used by Scammers in a Large-Scale BEC.

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Audi and Volkswagen Involved in a Massive Data Breach

Audi And Volkswagen Suffered a Data Breach that Affected 3.3 Million Customers After a Vendor Exposed Unsecured Data on the Internet.

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Codecov Changes the Bash Uploader for a NodeJS executable

Codecov Has Recently Introduced a Cross-Platform Uploader Meant to Replace Its Former Bash Uploader, Available as a Static Binary Executable.

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A Linux System Service Bug Allows the Root on Modern Distros

Malicious Attackers Are Now Able to Get a Root Shell by Exploiting an Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the Polkit Auth System Service.

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Was the RockYou2021 an Actual Data Breach?

RockYou2021 Is a List Revealed on a Hacker Forum That Allegedly Contains 8.4 Billion Password Entries.

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Gaming Giant Electronic Arts Got Breached

Hackers Breached the Network of Gaming Giant Electronic Arts (EA) and Claimed to Have Stolen Over 750 GB of Data, Which Includes Game Source Code and Debug Tools

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A New Ransomware Group Claims it Breached Over 30 Organizations

Prometheus Ransomware, An Emerging Ransomware Operation Declared to Have Breached a Large Number of Companies.

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A Series of Cryptomining Attacks Are Targeting Kubernetes clusters

Microsoft is Warning in Regards to an Ongoing Series of Attacks that are Compromising Kubernetes Clusters.

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The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy of Spain Became Victim of a Cyberattack

The Spanish Ministry of Labor and Social Economy Is Currently Trying to Restore Its Services After Recently Being Hit by a Cyberattack.

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Windows 10 Targeted by PuzzleMaker Hackers

A New Threat Actor Used a Chain of Google Chrome and Windows 10 Zero-Day Exploits in Attacks Targeted Against Multiple Companies Worldwide.

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Websites Around the World Were Affected by Fastly CDN Outage

Major Websites Around the World Were Completely Down or Not Loading Properly in What Seems to Have Been a Global Outage.

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What Is a Feature Pack?

How Important Are Feature Updates? Why Install a Feature Pack?

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New Kubernetes Malware Backdoors Windows Containers

The Malware’s End Goal Is to Backdoor the Windows Containers and Prepare Them for Attackers to Abuse Them in Other Malicious Activities.

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Brazilian Companies Are Lacking Much Needed Cybersecurity Teams

More Than Half of Brazilian Businesses Are Unprepared from a Cybersecurity Standpoint and Therefore Often Targeted by Cyberattacks.

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Australians Have Spent AU$26.5m to Pay Scammers in 2020

The ACCC’s Scamwatch Received in 2020 Reports Regarding 216,087 Scams, Losing a Total of AU$156 Million.

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Signal App Safety Numbers Remain Unchanged

When Reinstalling the Signal App or Switching Over to a New Device, the Signal SN May Not Always Change.

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Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Lures Are Used in Phishing Attacks

The Ransomware Attack on Colonial Pipeline Helped a Threat Actor to Create a New Phishing Lure Able to Trick Victims Into Downloading Malicious Files.

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Scripps Health Is Notifying Patients Regarding a Data Breach After a Ransomware Attack

The Nonprofit Healthcare Provider Suffered a Data Breach That Left Exposed Patient Information After Suffering a Ransomware Attack.

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SkinnyBoy Malware Is Used by Russian Hackers to Breach Sensitive Organisations

New Malware Called Skinnyboy Was Used in Spear-Phishing Campaigns Attributed to Russian-Speaking Hacking Group APT28.

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The Largest Ferry Service from Massachusetts Was Hit by a Ransomware Attack

The Steamship Authority Was hit by a Ransomware Attack Which Led to Ticketing and Reservation Disruptions.

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ARIN to Take Down Its RPKI for 30 Minutes to Test BGP Routes

The American Registry for Internet Numbers Will Perform an Unannounced Maintenance of Its RPKI to Check if Networks Are Adhering to BGP Best Practices.

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FUJIFILM Had Shut Down Its Network After a Suspected Ransomware Attack

The Company Is Investigating a Ransomware Attack and Decided to Shut Down Parts of Its Network in Order to Prevent the Attack’s Spread.

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Health Agency from Sweden Closes SmiNet after Multiple Hacking Attempts

The Swedish Public Health Agency – Folkhälsomyndigheten Shut Down SmiNet, the Country’s Infectious Diseases Database.

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