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January 09, 2023

14 UK schools suffer cyberattack, highly confidential documents leaked

Documents reportedly including passport scans, staff pay scales, and contract details stolen by cybercrime group Vice Society, which has targeted education in multiple countries. Read more ▶

Image: LockBit apologizes for ransomware attack on hospital, offers decryptor

LockBit apologizes for ransomware attack on hospital, offers decryptor

The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation said it is against its rules to attack medical institutions, but the ransomware gang's affiliates do not always adhere to this policy.

Why it might be time to consider using FIDO-based authentication devices

Access codes sent by SMS or authenticator apps can be bypassed by clever phishing. Hardware-based tokens make that harder to do.

PyTorch suffers supply chain attack via dependency confusion

A rogue packet on the machine learning framework allowed the attacker to exfiltrate data, including SSH keys.

Image: Twitter's mushrooming data breach crisis could prove costly

Twitter's mushrooming data breach crisis could prove costly

An apparent data breach potentially impacting hundreds of millions of users could damage Twitter's finances and operations. EU regulators pose the biggest threat to the Elon Musk-owned company.

Attackers use stolen banking data as phishing lure to deploy BitRAT

Data from an older breach lends credibility to this newer sophisticated attack that delivers a highly obfuscated payload.

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