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Explore practical insights into cybersecurity risk, from identifying threats and vulnerabilities to understanding their potential business impact. Learn how effective risk management helps organizations protect critical assets, reduce exposure, strengthen resilience, and make smarter security decisions.

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Bill Toulas

Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data

Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data
A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called "Hot Pixels," which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target's browser and infer the navigation history.
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Bill Toulas

IT employee impersonates ransomware gang to extort employer

IT employee impersonates ransomware gang to extort employer
A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer.
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Bill Toulas

Cuba ransomware claims cyberattack on Philadelphia Inquirer

Cuba ransomware claims cyberattack on Philadelphia Inquirer
The Cuba ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for this month's cyberattack on The Philadelphia Inquirer, which temporarily disrupted the newspaper's distribution and disrupted some business operations.
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Lawrence Abrams

New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts

New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts
Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google's new ZIP and MOV Internet domains, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing attacks and malware delivery.
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Bill Toulas

Hackers use Azure Serial Console for stealthy access to VMs

Hackers use Azure Serial Console for stealthy access to VMs
A financially motivated cybergang tracked by Mandiant as 'UNC3944' is using phishing and SIM swapping attacks to hijack Microsoft Azure admin accounts and gain access to virtual machines.
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Bill Toulas

Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients

Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients
Pharmacy services provider PharMerica has disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 5.8 million patients, exposing their medical data to hackers.
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Bill Toulas

Hackers use public exploit to attack vulnerable WordPress sites

Hackers use public exploit to attack vulnerable WordPress sites
Hackers are actively exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability in the WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin roughly 24 hours after a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was made public.
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Sergiu Gatlan

Capita warns customers they should assume data was stolen

Capita warns customers they should assume data was stolen
Business process outsourcing firm Capita is warning customers to assume that their data was stolen in a cyberattack that affected its systems in early April.
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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

HEALTHCARE
FINANCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024