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Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support.

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Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit.

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Scary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service.

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The United States, the UK, and other countries this week accused a state-sponsored Chinese threat group of running a massive global hacking campaign for more than a decade that targeted political figures, journalists, businesses, political dissidents, and elections officials to steal information and spy on targets. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace called the work of the..

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In decades past, cybercriminals were a diverse bunch. 

From hacktivists and hobbyists to grudge-bearing employees and opportunists, organizations suffered at the hands of a broad range of threat actors with a full spectrum of interests, motivations, and rationalizations. However, as we explored in last year's report, today's threat actors are, by and large, unified in their desire for money.

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Audit committees consider cybersecurity their primary oversight focus as the SEC enforces tougher cyberattack disclosure regulations.

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UNC5174 ❤ UNC302: CVSS 10 and 9.8 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese threat actor for People’s Republic.

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With the IRS deadline only weeks away, businesses and individuals are racing to get their taxes filed, and bad actors are doing what they can to keep pace with them. Both Microsoft and Malwarebytes in recent days have outlined various scams being used to steal sensitive information, drop malicious payloads, or make payments to fake..

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The effects of the recent high-profile disruptions of LockBit’s and BlackCat ransomware operations by law enforcement agencies are rippling through the dark web, with smaller threat gangs looking to scoop up the larger groups’ disaffected affiliates. Law enforcement agencies in the United States, the UK, and elsewhere in recent years have aggressively targeted the most..

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