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Vigilante Malware Rejects Software Pirates and Blocks Them

Between October 2020 – January 2021, Numerous Software Downloads Blocked Users from Visiting Websites That Host Pirated Versions of Video Games.

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A New Study Shows that Organizations Are Willing to Pay a Ransom Demand

More than 50% of Companies Have Declared They Would Make a Payment in the Event of a Successful Ransomware Attack.

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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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Eggfree Cake Box Data Breach: Hackers Steal Payment Info

2020 Cyberattacks Did Not Miss the Food Retail Industry. The Eggfree Cake Box Data Breach Led to Stealing of Credit Card Customer Information.

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The Stolen Data of Audi and Volkswagen Is Being Sold on a Hacking Forum

According to the Company, Over 95% of the Sensitive Data Consists of Driver’s License Numbers.

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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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South Korean Company HMM Reveals It Had Suffered a Cyberattack on Its Email Servers

The Organization Said the E-mail Server in All Areas Except for America and Europe Remains Impacted.

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Macquarie Uni’s Experts Reveal New Statistics: Increased Health Apps Data Oversharing

A Study Published by Australian Macquarie University’s Researchers Indicates a Raise in the Sharing of Private Data in the Health Apps on Google Play.

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Scammers Are Mailing Fake Ledger Devices to Steal Cryptocurrency

The Company Warns Users to Not Connect the Device to the Computer and Never Share the Recovery Phrase with Anyone.

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Fitness Machines, Cyberattack Victims Too: Peloton Bike Plus System Vulnerability Detected

McAfee Has Recently Reported the Discovery of a Peloton Bike Plus System Vulnerability by Simulating a Cyberattack.

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Microsoft Adds Support for Detecting Jailbroken iOS Devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

If it’s Detected that a Device is Jailbroken, a Warning is Surfaced to the Security Team in Microsoft 365 Defender.

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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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AmeriGas Discloses 8-Second Data Breach

Although the Attack Lasted Briefly, It Managed to Impact 123 Company Employees.

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Two Companies Have to Pay $43,000 Over Private Information Breaches Impacting SAF and Mindef Employees

Nothing Indicates that Any of the Affected Data Was Eventually Disclosed.

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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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Attackers Use SEO Poisoning to Infect Victims with SolarMarker Malware, Microsoft Warns

According to Microsoft, SolarMarker Is a Backdoor Virus that Steals Information and Credentials from Browsers.

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G7 Demands Russia to Hedge Against Domestic Ransomware Gangs

On Sunday, G7 Leaders Urged Russia Take Action Against Threat Actors Conducting Cyberattacks and Using Ransomware from Within Its Borders.

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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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Intuit Clients Warned of Hacked TurboTax Accounts

The TurboTax Accounts Have Been Hacked Employing Reused Credentials.

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Nuclear Contractor Sol Oriens Hit by REvil Ransomware Attack

The Company Refused to Say if It Paid a Ransom to the Cybercriminals.

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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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Business Closed and Decryption Keys Released: Avaddon Ransomware Group Is Gone

2934 Decryption Keys Were Released and Sent to Bleeping Computers by Avaddon Ransomware Group after Shutting Down Business.

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McDonald’s Suffers Security Breach

The Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from the Company’s Systems in Markets Including the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Network Security Organization COO Accused of Cyberattack on Medical Center

The Chief Operating Officer of a Network Security Company Organized a 2018 Cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center, According to the Prosecutors.

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Watch Out! Emerging Malware is Skulking in Steam Profile Pictures

Concealing Malware in a Picture File’s Metadata is Not a New Practice, but Using a Gaming Platform is Something Unique.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Foodservice Distributor Edward Don

The Attack Forced the Company to Shut Down Some of Its Operations to Prevent the Infection’s Spread.

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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.