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Facial recognition technology used to secure airports and process payments has been fooled by photographs and 3D masks. According to Fortune, multiple facial recognition systems in several countries were tricked in a series of tests carried out by San Diego

Louisiana has suffered another ransomware attack just weeks after threat actors used this pernicious strain of malware to disrupt state IT infrastructure. Cyber-criminals struck at the beleaguered southern state for a second time on Wednesday, launching a ransomware against Baton

North America’s largest wire and cable manufacturer is reeling after falling victim to a cyber-attack on Monday. Manufacturing and shipping were disrupted at Southwire Co. after the discovery of suspicious activity on the organization’s computer network prompted a company-wide shut

Scores of domains and over 120 phishing sites have been detected as part of a major global campaign targeting government procurement services, according to Anomali. The security vendor said the credential harvesting campaign featured spoofed sites for multiple international government

The security of smart home equipment has come under scrutiny again after a hacker compromised a US family’s connected camera system to spy on and talk to its 8-year-old daughter. The Ring camera was only installed for four days in

Cyberespionage group known as BlackTech who behind the Waterbear malware campaign that has been targeted at various industries several years return to attack Government and technology companies. Researchers recently uncovered a brand new piece of Waterbear payload with sophisticated hiding

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group

Girls in America are being invited to register for a free national cybersecurity training program that starts next year. The 2020 Girls Go CyberStart challenge is being run in partnership with SANS Institute to encourage more young women to explore

Guests at a historic New York hotel will soon be offered a new way to stay cyber-safe away from home. The Martinique New York on Broadway, which has been welcoming guests since 1897, is to pilot a new Cyber Safe

Researchers discovered a new Trojan family called “Venus” resides in the Google play store infected at least 285,000 Android users around the world. There are 8 apps involved with the malicious activities in Android user’s device and it is mainly

For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between the TrickBot gang and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. Security experts Sentinelone have published a report that for the first time sheds the light on the link

Billions of email addresses and plain text passwords have been leaked online by an unnamed party, putting countless internet users at risk from credential stuffing and other attacks. Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered the unsecured Elasticsearch database on December 4,

Internationally renowned security software company Emsisoft has declared a ransomware crisis and called on governments to take immediate action to improve their security and mitigate risks. So serious is the threat posed by ransomware that the New Zealand company has

North Korea’s infamous Lazarus Group has been using a new stealth module developed by the group behind TrickBot for covert data theft, according to new research. The Anchor module is a framework of tools designed “for targeted data extraction from

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to protect its supply chain from threat actors by introducing a cybersecurity certification program for its contractors. Undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, Ellen Lord, said the new cybersecurity maturity model

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