FBI Director Wray Issues Dire Warning on China’s Cybersecurity Threat

Chinese actors are ready and poised to do “devastating” damage to key US infrastructure services if needed, he said.

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UNDP, City of Copenhagen Targeted in Data-Extortion Cyberattack

A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, though it is unknown if a ransom was demanded or paid.

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Breakthrough in Quantum Cloud Computing Ensures its Security and Privacy

Oxford University researchers used an approach dubbed “blind quantum computing” to connect two quantum computing entities in a way that is completely secure.

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BreachRx Raises $6.5M to Revamp Incident Response Reporting Systems

Investors make an early-stage $6.5 million bet on BreachRx, a startup promising to shield cybersecurity executives from personal liability.

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Rethinking How You Work With Detection and Response Metrics

Airbnb’s Allyn Stott recommends adding the Human Maturity Model (HMM) and the SABRE framework to complement MITRE ATT&CK to improve security metrics analysis.

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Multiple LastPass Users Lose Master Passwords to Ultra-Convincing Scam

CryptoChameleon attackers trade quantity for quality, dedicating time and resources to trick even the most diligent user into handing over their high-value credentials.

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The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The world’s most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.

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Fake Cheat Lures Gamers Into Spreading Infostealer Malware

A new info-stealing malware linked to Redline poses as a game cheat called ‘Cheat Lab,’ promising downloaders a free copy if they convince their friends to install it too.

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BlackTech Targets Tech, Research, and Gov Sectors New ‘Deuterbear’ Tool

Technology, research, and government sectors in the Asia-Pacific region have been targeted by a threat actor called BlackTech as part of a recent cyber attack wave.
The intrusions pave the way for an updated version of modular backdoor dubbed Waterbear as well as its enhanced successor referred to as Deuterbear.
“Waterbear is known for its complexity, as it

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