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11 Dec

New PlunderVolt Attack Targets Intel SGX Enclaves by Tweaking CPU Voltage

A team of cybersecurity researchers demonstrated a novel yet another technique to hijack Intel SGX, a hardware-isolated trusted space on modern Intel CPUs that encrypts extremely sensitive data to shield it from attackers even when a system gets compromised. Dubbed...
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11 Dec

Latest Microsoft Update Patches New Windows 0-Day Under Active Attack

With its latest and last Patch Tuesday for 2019, Microsoft is warning billions of its users of a new Windows zero-day vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild in combination with a Chrome exploit to take remote control...
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9 Dec

#infosec | Ransomware Attack on Minnesota Health Facility

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Minnesota healthcare facility specializing in treatments for the face, teeth, mouth, and jaw has been hit by a ransomware attack. Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (SEMOMS) announced the data...
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1 Dec

#school | #ransomware | New Jersey school district to delay opening due to ransomware attack – Shore News Network

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Share Tweet Share Share Email An entire school district in New Jersey announced it will have delayed openings on Monday due to a ransomware attack....
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30 Nov

#city | #ransomware | Senior Care Providers Scramble After $14M Ransomware Attack Hits Tech Firm VCPI

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Milwaukee-based technology company fell victim to a Russian ransomware attack, resulting in the data of most of its acute care and senior housing and care clients becoming inaccessible unless the...
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23 Nov

#cybersecurity | #hackerspace | 110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. The ongoing...
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23 Nov

#cybersecurity | #hackerspace | Lessons from the Louisiana Ransomware Attack

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When a ransomware attack hit the state of Louisiana this week, affecting some of the state’s server computers, the government responded by taking its servers down. The move was a pre-emptive...
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21 Nov

#cybersecurity | #hackerspace | Case Study: MixMode AI Detects Attack not Found on Threat Intel

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In October, 2019 a MixMode customer experienced an incident where an external entity attacked a web server located in their DMZ, compromised it, and then pivoted internally through the DMZ to...
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19 Nov

Louisiana State Government Hit by Ransomware Attack Forcing Server Shutdowns

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Targeted ransomware attacks on banking and finance, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure are on the rise, with the latest victim being the state government of Louisiana. The state government of Louisiana...
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18 Nov

Windows Hello for Business Opens Door to New Attack …

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researchers exploring Windows Hello for Business found an Active Directory backdoor and other attack vectors that could lead to privilege escalation. Researchers investigating Microsoft’s Windows Hello for Business have discovered new...
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