Mideast, Turkey Cyber Threats Spike, Prompting Defense Changes
The vast majority of organizations in the region saw more attacks in the past year, but most don’t feel prepared for future incidents.
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Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin’s Birthday
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters.
The incident took place on the night of October 7, VGTRK confirmed, describing it as an “unprecedented hacker attack.” However, it said “no significant damage” was caused and that everything was working normally
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Qualcomm Urges OEMs to Patch Critical DSP and WLAN Flaws Amid Active Exploits
Qualcomm has rolled out security updates to address nearly two dozen flaws spanning proprietary and open-source components, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-43047 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a user-after-free bug in the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Service that could lead to “memory corruption
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Southeast Asian cyber-fraud industry ‘outpacing’ law enforcement with new tools: UN
Transnational criminal groups in Southeast Asia are incorporating new tools like artificial intelligence and deepfake technology to expand their cyber fraud capabilities, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said Monday.
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Cyberattack on American Water Shuts Down Customer Portal, Halts Billing
American Water faces a cyberattack, disrupting its customer portal and billing operations. The company assures that water services…
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MoneyGram says hackers stole customers’ personal information and transaction data
The money transfer giant said hackers also stole some customer Social Security numbers during the September cyberattack.
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GorillaBot Goes Ape With 300K Cyberattacks Worldwide
Among those affected by all this monkeying around with DDoS in September were some 4,000 organizations in the US.
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American Water Confirms Hack: Customer Portal and Billing Services Suspended
The largest U.S. water utility disconnects customer portal and suspends billing services following a cyberattack.
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Recently spotted Trinity ransomware spurs federal warning to healthcare industry
Trinity ransomware, which bears similarities to previously spotted strains known as 2023Lock and Venus, appears to be an immediate threat to healthcare entities, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ cyber coordination office.
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Timeline: Top 15 Notable Cyberattacks and Data Breaches
These 15 cyber attacks or data breaches impacted large swaths of users across the United States and changed what was possible in cybersecurity.
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