Just two months ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that cybercriminals had managed to scam $2.3 billion from 17,642 victims in at least 79 countries through business email compromise (BEC) from October 2013 through February 2016.
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Islamic State-Linked Hacker Pleads Guilty in U.S. Court
Ardit Ferizi, arrested in Malaysia in October last year over alleged connections with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), admitted in a United States court on Wednesday to providing material support to the terrorist organization, the Department of Justice announced.
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Huge US Facial Recognition Database Flawed: Audit
The FBI's facial recognition database has more than 400 million pictures to help its criminal investigations, but lacks adequate safeguards for accuracy and privacy protection, a congressional audit shows.
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Drupal Security Updates Patch Two Vulnerabilities
Security updates released on Wednesday for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 patch a couple of access bypass and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
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JavaScript-Based RAA Ransomware Drops Pony Info-Stealer
Malware authors have been long using JavaScript to distribute their malicious applications, but none of them has created a piece of ransomware using exclusively JavaScript until now.
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The Confidence to Excel in the Digital Economy
There’s nothing more exciting than a team that seems to overcome the odds to win a championship. Is it the coaching, the training, or determination of the players? Whatever the reason, their confidence builds and allows them to push forward and excel.
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No Patch for Critical RCE Flaw in Cisco Routers
Cisco is working on developing patches for several vulnerabilities affecting its RV series routers, including a critical flaw that can be exploited by a remote attacker for arbitrary code execution.
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Incident Response Plans Reduce Cost of Data Breach: Study
The 2016 Ponemon 'Cost of Data Breach Study' shows that breach-related costs are continuing to rise: a 29% increase in the total cost since 2013, and a 15% increase in the per capita cost over the same period. The average cost per lost or stolen record within the scope of the study is now $158.
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Sofacy Threat Group Targets US Government
The Sofacy threat group has been spotted sending a spear phishing email to a United States government agency from an apparently compromised email account belonging to a government organization in a different country.
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45 Million Potentially Impacted by VerticalScope Hack
VerticalScope, which hosts 1,100 websites and forums, was hacked earlier this year, with the details of around 45 million users later leaked online.
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