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Feb 2, 2024
Online ransomware decryptor helps recover partially encrypted files
CyberArk has created an online version of 'White Phoenix,' an open-source ransomware decryptor targeting operations using intermittent encryption.
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Jan 31, 2024
Mother of all breaches – a historic data leak reveals 26 billion records: check what’s exposed​
The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak is almost certainly the largest ever discovered. The supermassive MOAB (Mother of all breaches) does not appear to be made up of newly stolen data only and is most likely the largest compilation of multiple breaches (COMB).
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Jan 29, 2024
Apple's Anti-Theft Security Slows Down iPhone Crooks​
Apple pushed out a security update for iPhone this week featuring a brand-new Stolen Device Protection for iPhone feature. Stolen Device Protection restricts the user's ability to make critical changes to the device settings when the device is not in a familiar location such as the user's home.
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Jan 24, 2024
Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023​
Email security remained top of mind for cybersecurity professionals in 2023 as over nine in ten (94%) cyber decision-makers had to deal with a phishing attack, according to email security provider Egress. This is up 2% from the previous year, Egress’ Email Security Risk Report 2024 found.
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Jan 23, 2024
OpenAI Announces Plans to Combat Misinformation Amid 2024 Elections​
With elections expected to occur in over 50 countries in 2024, the misinformation threat will be top of mind. OpenAI, the developer of the AI chatbot ChatGPT and the image generator DALL-E, has announced new measures to prevent abuse and misinformation ahead of big elections this year.
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Jan 22, 2024
New Tool Identifies Pegasus and Other iOS Spyware​
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has unveiled a new, lightweight method to detect sophisticated iOS spyware, including notorious threats like Pegasus, Reign and Predator.
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Jan 12, 2024
China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses​
A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content. China has a long history of censoring its people, requesting Apple block access to mobile apps, blocking encrypted messaging apps, such as Signal, and creating the Great Firewall of China to control what sites can be visited in the country.
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Jan 12, 2024
DDoS attack traffic surged in 2023, Cloudflare finds​
Distributed denial of service attacks hit an all-time high in 2023, more than doubling year over year in the fourth quarter, Cloudflare said Tuesday in a threat report. The record high year for DDoS attacks coincided with mass exploits of the novel zero-day vulnerability HTTP/2 Rapid Reset, which threat actors used to launch DDoS attacks that broke records during the third quarter of 2023.
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Jan 5, 2024
Unveiling Zeppelin2 Ransomware: A New Threat Emerges on Dark Web​
In a recent development on an underground forum, a user is actively promoting the sale of Zeppelin2 ransomware, offering both its source code and a cracked version of its builder tool. This malicious software, known for its destructive capabilities, has caught the attention of cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies worldwide.
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