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Department of Defense's DISA Confessed Data Breach

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) holds significant importance owing to its sensitive operations. Perhaps, that is why itDepartment of Defense's DI…

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New Email Extortion Scam Threatens Banning of Google AdSense Accounts

Heads up all Google AdSense users. A new email extortion scam is in the wild that threatens website owners servingNew Email Extortion Scam Threatens Banning of…

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NextMotion Leaked Sensitive Plastic Surgery Images Online Via an Unsecured Database

Researchers from vpnMentor have discovered another unsecured database exposing sensitive details about users. As reported, they discovered an unprotected Amazo…

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US Department of Homeland Warns Of Ransomware Attacks After Pipeline Operations Affected

US Department of Homeland has issued an alert regarding the threat of ransomware attacks. DHS warns about it after aUS Department of Homeland Warns Of Ransomwa…

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PhotoSquared App Leaked Personal Data And Sensitive Photos Online

Once again, a popular photo-editing application has breached users' privacy, consequently exposing sensitive information online. This time, the guilty applicat…

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US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) earlier today issued a warning to allÂindustries operating c…

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Millions Of Windows And Linux Systems Are Vulnerable To This 'Hidden' Cyber Atta

What if I told you that there is an exploitable security risk hiding in plain sight that could result in the compromise of your Linux or Windows machine? What …

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Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, c…

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South African Nedbank Suffered Data Breach Affecting 1.7 Million Customers

Extending the trail of security breaches this year, now joins the South African bank Nedbank. As revealed, Nedbank suffered aSouth African Nedbank Suffered Dat…

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Global Cyber Threats on the Rise with No Respite

Across the world, almost every single country in the modern world has experienced data security threats and cyber-attacks on theirGlobal Cyber Threats on the R…

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Emotet Malware Now Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Infect New Victims

Emotet, the notorious trojan behind a number of botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, has found a new attack vector: using already infected devi…

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New Ransomware Attacks Install Malicious Gigabyte Drivers To Disable Antivirus

Another wave of ransomware attacks are targeting systems with a novel strategy. As discovered by researchers, the new ransomware campaignNew Ransomware Attacks…

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App Used by Israel's Ruling Party Leaked Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Voters

An election campaigning website operated by Likud'the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'inadvertently exposed personal inform…

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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Hackers Over Equifax Data Breach

The United States Department of Justice today announced charges against 4 Chinese military hackers who were allegedly behind the Equifax data breach that expos…

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Open-Source Security in 2020: Myths and Fac

Open-source software isn't a completely chaotic and breached wasteland of vulnerabilities. It's a global effort to make the development lifecycle faster.

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Exfiltrating Data from Air-Gapped Computers Using Screen Brightness

It may sound creepy and unreal, but hackers can also exfiltrate sensitive data from your computer by simply changing the brightness of the screen, new cybersec…

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This WhatsApp Bug Could Have Let Attackers Access Files On Your PCs

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if exploited, could ha…

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TVEyes News Monitoring Service Suffered Ransomware Attack

The news monitoring service TVEyes now joins the trail as the latest victim. Reportedly, the TV and radio broadcast searchTVEyes News Monitoring Service Suffer…

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Popular Indian Airline SpiceJet Exposed Easily Brute-Forceable Database Containing 1.2 Million Customers

SpiceJet, the second-largest airline in India, has now made it to the news. Reportedly, SpiceJet leaked data of around 1.2Popular Indian Airline SpiceJet Expos…

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Japanese Firm NEC Electronics Confirm Security Breach

Lately, we heard of the Mitsubishi data breach. Now, here is another Japanese firm making it to the news forJapanese Firm NEC Electronics Confirm Security Brea…

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Leaked Report Reveals United Nations Was Hacked Last Year

A new report has surfaced online revealing striking details of a cyber attack targeting the United Nations. Through this report,Leaked Report Reveals United Na…

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Wawa Card Breach Becomes Huge Problem Since 30M Stolen Cards Are Put Online For Sale

It hasn't been long since we heard of the Wawa card breach following a malware attack. Now, the attackers haveWawa Card Breach Becomes Huge Problem Since 30M S…

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Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale

Remember the recent payment card breach at Wawa convenience stores?If you're among those millions of customers who shopped at any of 850 Wawa stores last year …

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Ragnarok Ransomware Exploits Citrix Vulnerability To Target Vulnerable Servers

Here is another incident to reemphasize the need for patching the serious Citrix vulnerability (CVE-2019-19781). A new ransomware called RagnarokRagnarok Ranso…

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