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Key Cybersecurity Tools That Can Mitigate the Cost of a Breach IBM’s new data breach report shows that the average cost of a breach is rising once again. For the 12th year in a row, healthcare is the industry most impacted by data breaches. Additionally, 39% of breaches spanned multiple cloud environments, leading to a…

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New Python Variant of Chaes Malware Targets Banking and Logistics Industries A new version of a malware called Chaes has come out that’s specifically targeted e-commerce customers in Latin America. It even works better than the original version and Morphisec describes it this way: The malware uses Google’s DevTools Protocol to connect to the current…

What OpenAI Really Wants Everyone wants a piece of the show, says OpenAI’s principal investigator, Dall-E. Even the Prime Minister of Spain wants to see it. He arrives at the University College after the formal program, and then joins the scrum of people who have surged to the foot of the stage . That’s right,…

Meta Takes Down Thousands of Accounts Involved in Disinformation Ops from China and Russia Meta has disrupted two of the largest covert influence operations operated by China and Russia, blocking thousands of accounts and pages across its platform. In response to the findings, China says that some people and institutions have launched one rumor campaign…

Apple and Microsoft reportedly want iMessage and Bing off the EU’s tech ‘gatekeeper’ list The European Commission is expected to publish a list of designated gatekeepers on September 6th, naming companies and services that fall under the category. Microsoft and Apple are reportedly working on ways to keep Bing and iMessage off the list, as…

Survey Provides Takeaways for Security Pros to Operationalize their Remediation Life Cycle The report also highlights three key steps to improving risk reduction:Automating risk reduction workflows will allow security teams to focus on strategic security initiatives. A granular look at the end-to-end risk- reduction process shows remediation life cycles consistently measured in weeks, not days.…

DarkGate Malware Activity Spikes as Developer Rents Out Malware to Affiliates A new malspam campaign has been observed deploying an off-the-shelf malware called DarkGate. The current spike in DarkGate malware activity is plausible, given the fact that the developer of the malware has recently started to rent out the malware to a limited number of…

Chinese Hacking Group Exploits Barracuda Zero-Day to Target Government, Military, and Telecom A suspected Chinese-nexus hacking group exploited a recently disclosed zero-day flaw in Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to breach government, military, defense, aerospace, high-tech industry, and telecom sectors as part of a global espionage campaign. The group’s code name is FOXTROT…

FBI Dismantles QakBot Malware, Frees 700,000 Computers, Seizes $8.6 Million The dismantling of the QakBot botnet is hailed as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure leveraged by cybercriminals. The victim computers infected with the QAKBot malware are part of a Botnet (a network of compromised computers) meaning the perpetrators can…