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Feb 26, 2024
Apple Adds Post-Quantum Encryption to iMessage
Apple on Wednesday unveiled PQ3, a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage that is designed to protect encrypted communications even against future quantum computing attacks.
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Feb 22, 2024
QR Code 'Quishing' Attacks on Execs Surge, Evading Email Security
Email attacks relying on QR codes surged in the last quarter, with attackers specifically targeting corporate executives and managers, reinforcing recommendations that companies place additional digital protections around their business leadership.
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Feb 21, 2024
Ransomware actors hit zero-day exploits hard in 2023
Ransomware operators were especially successful targeting critical zero-day vulnerabilities in widely used IT products.
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Feb 16, 2024
Ethical Hackers Reported 835 Vulnerabilities, Earned $450K in 2023
A study by Surfshark, a VPN service provider, has revealed that ethical hackers, or white hat hackers, played a vital role in improving cybersecurity in 2023 by identifying 835 vulnerabilities across 105 websites.
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Feb 14, 2024
Ransomware payments reached record $1.1 billion in 2023​
Ransomware payments in 2023 soared above $1.1 billion for the first time, shattering previous records and reversing the decline seen in 2022, marking the year as an exceptionally profitable period for ransomware gangs. The previous record-high figure was set in 2021, with ransomware payments amounting to $983 million, surpassing the preceding record of $905 million in 2020 by approximately 10%.
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Feb 12, 2024
Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses.
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Feb 7, 2024
US data compromises surged to record high in 2023
Data compromises were more abundant and organizations were less forthright about the root cause of cyberattacks throughout 2023, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s annual data breach report. The number of data compromises reported in the U.S. last year jumped 78% to a record high of 3,205 incidents, the non-profit organization said Thursday. These compromises ultimately impacted more than 353 million victims, including individuals affected multiple times.
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Feb 4, 2024
Telegram Marketplaces Fuel Phishing Attacks with Easy-to-Use Kits and Malware
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to the "democratization" of the phishing ecosystem owing to the emergence of Telegram as an epicenter for cybercrime, enabling threat actors to mount a mass attack for as little as $230.
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Feb 2, 2024
Apple Issues Patch for Critical Zero-Day in iPhones, Macs - Update Now
Apple on Monday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari web browser to address a zero-day flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild.
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