A new variant of the Hive ransomware written using the Rust programming language is more evasive and provides attackers with flexibility, courtesy of support for command-line parameters.
Evasive Rust-Coded Hive Ransomware Variant Emerges
NIST Announces Post Quantum Encryption Competition Winners
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced July 5, 2022, the first group of four encryption tools designed to tackle the looming threat of quantum computer crypto cracking capabilities. Four more are still being evaluated, and finalists from these will be announced in the future.
Bias in Artificial Intelligence: Can AI be Trusted?
Alleged Chinese Police Database Hack Leaks Data of 1 Billion
Hackers claim to have obtained a trove of data on 1 billion Chinese from a Shanghai police database in a leak that, if confirmed, could be one of the largest data breaches in history.
US Senators Call for Close Look at TikTok
Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.
Data Breach at PFC USA Impacts Patients of 650 Healthcare Providers
Just ahead of the 4th of July weekend, accounts receivable management firm Professional Finance Company (PFC USA) started sending out data breach notification letters to patients of over 650 healthcare providers across the country.
UK Military Investigates Hacks on Army Social Media Accounts
British military authorities are trying to find out who hacked the army’s social media accounts over the weekend, flooding them with cryptocurrency videos and posts related to collectible electronic art.
Hacker Claims Major Chinese Citizens’ Data Theft
A hacker claiming to have stolen personal data from hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens is now selling the information online.
Emergency Chrome 103 Update Patches Actively Exploited Vulnerability
While many expected — or at least hoped — that the 4th of July would be quiet on the cybersecurity front, Google on Monday announced the release of an emergency Chrome update that patches an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability.
Experts: California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Info
Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.
