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Cyber Security Headlines

Cyber Security Headlines

Cybersecurity News – May 6, 2021

Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump suspension The board upheld Facebook's decision to suspend former US President Donald Trump, saying his posts ahead of the January...

Cybersecurity News – May 5, 2021

A new set of vulnerabilities may affect 60 percent of the world’s public email servers The Qualys Research Team has discovered 21 vulnerabilities in the...

Cybersecurity News – May 4, 2021

A look at the Project Signal ransomware campaign Security researchers at Flashpoint identified the ransomware campaign, seemingly organized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps using...

Cybersecurity News – May 3, 2021

New Spectre exploits beat AMD and Intel mitigations Researchers from the University of Virginia and University of California San Diego discovered several new variants of...

Cybersecurity News – April 30, 2021

Babuk ransomware operators announce shutdown In a forum post titled “Hello World 2,” the operators said they intend to close up shop. Often when ransomware...

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – April 26-30, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, April 26-30, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Jerich Beason (@blanketSec),...

Cybersecurity News – April 29, 2021

Linux malware used to backdoor systems for years Security researchers at Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Lab discovered the  RotaJakiro malware, which first had samples...

Cybersecurity News – April 28, 2021

Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ransom is not paid The Babuk Locker gang claims it has downloaded more than 250 GB of...

Cybersecurity News – April 27, 2021

Software bug opened macOS to malware Security researcher Cedric Owens discovered a bug that bypasses many of the checks macOS uses to thwart malware, allowing...

Cybersecurity News – April 26, 2021

Emotet malware officially removed from all infected devices globally The infamous botnet that once empowered over 70% of global infections was apparently successfully uninstalled from...

Cybersecurity News – April 23, 2021

Prometei botnet exploits Exchange server bugs  Security researchers have discovered that a persistent cryptocurrency mining botnet is exploiting still-unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers in order to...

Cybersecurity News – Week in Review – April 19-23, 2021

This week’s Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review, April 19-23, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, George Finney, CISO,...

Cybersecurity News – April 22, 2021

EU weighs regulations on “high-risk” AI The European Commission proposed a bill that would establish a list of high-risk uses of AI, which would be...

Cybersecurity News – April 21, 2021

Hundreds of networks reportedly hacked in Codecov supply-chain attack Following on with a story we have been covering this week, new reporting from Reuters shows...

Cybersecurity News – April 20, 2021

Security conferences set for in-person return Organizers for both Def Con and Black Hat security conferences announced that they will hold hybrid events this year,...