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Breaches are up, budgets are too, so why isn’t healthcare safer?

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Breaches are up, budgets are too, so why isn’t healthcare safer? 2025-08-11 at 07:11 By Sinisa Markovic A new report from Resilience outlines a growing cyber crisis in the U.S. healthcare sector, where ransomware attacks, vendor compromise, and human error continue to cause widespread disruption. In 2023, breaches exposed 168 million records, and the first […]

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CoinMarketCap, Cointelegraph compromised to serve pop-ups to drain crypto wallets

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CoinMarketCap, Cointelegraph compromised to serve pop-ups to drain crypto wallets 2025-06-23 at 16:38 By Zeljka Zorz The CoinMarketCap and CoinTelegraph websites have been compromised over the weekend to serve clever phishing pop-ups to visitors, asking them to verify/connect their crypto wallets. The CoinMarketCap compromise CoinMarketCap (aka CMC) is a website popular with crypto investors as

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What is a supply chain attack in crypto and how to prevent it?

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What is a supply chain attack in crypto and how to prevent it? 2025-06-11 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Supply chain attacks in crypto exploit trusted dependencies, emerging as a major threat to crypto projects, which now have to stay vigilant on such threats. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Securing the invisible: Supply chain security trends

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Securing the invisible: Supply chain security trends 2025-04-30 at 07:34 By Anamarija Pogorelec Adversaries are infiltrating upstream software, hardware, and vendor relationships to quietly compromise downstream targets. Whether it’s a malicious update injected into a CI/CD pipeline, a rogue dependency hidden in open-source code, or tampered hardware components, these attacks bypass traditional defenses by weaponizing

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Top 5 threats keeping CISOs up at night in 2025

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Top 5 threats keeping CISOs up at night in 2025 2025-03-14 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Cyber threats in 2025 require a proactive, adaptive approach. To stay ahead, CISOs must balance technical defenses, regulatory expectations, and human factors. By prioritizing AI-driven security, ransomware resilience, supply chain risk management, insider threat mitigation, and compliance preparedness,

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Malicious ML models found on Hugging Face Hub

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Malicious ML models found on Hugging Face Hub 2025-02-10 at 15:52 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have spotted two machine learning (ML) models containing malicious code on Hugging Face Hub, the popular online repository for datasets and pre-trained models. Once one of them is downloaded and executed on the developer’s machine, the malicious payload checks if

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Middle East Cybersecurity in 2024: From Zero-Day Exploits to Supply Chain Attacks

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Middle East Cybersecurity in 2024: From Zero-Day Exploits to Supply Chain Attacks 2024-11-19 at 15:49 By Cyble Overview In 2024, the Middle East faces an escalating wave of cyberattacks amid its rapid digital transformation, with zero-day exploits and advanced attack techniques targeting critical infrastructure, government entities, and supply chains. Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities like

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Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32

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Observations from Black Hat USA 2024, BSidesLV, and DEF CON 32 2024-08-16 at 12:46 By Help Net Security I recently spent six days in Las Vegas attending DEF CON, BsidesLV, and Black Hat USA 2024, where I had the opportunity to engage with and learn from some of the top security experts in the world.

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Key metrics for monitoring and improving ZTNA implementations

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Key metrics for monitoring and improving ZTNA implementations 2024-08-13 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dean Hamilton, CTO at Wilson Perumal & Company, discusses the complexities of zero trust network access (ZTNA) implementation, focusing on balancing security with operational efficiency. Hamilton highlights strategic planning, collaboration between IT and business leaders,

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New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

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New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied 2024-04-16 at 16:16 By Zeljka Zorz The OpenJS Foundation has headed off a “credible takeover attempt” similar to the one that resulted in a backdoor getting included in the open-source XZ Utils package by someone who called themselves “Jia Tan”. This malicious maintainer achieved that coveted position after

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XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do?

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XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do? 2024-03-31 at 21:01 By Zeljka Zorz The news that XZ Utils, a compression utility present in most Linux distributions, has been backdoored by a supposedly trusted maintainer has rattled the open-source software community on Friday, mere hours until the beginning of

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Outsmarting cybercriminal innovation with strategies for enterprise resilience

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Outsmarting cybercriminal innovation with strategies for enterprise resilience 2024-03-19 at 07:19 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Pedro Cameirão, Head of Cyber Defense Center at Nokia, discusses emerging cybersecurity trends for 2024 and advises enterprises on preparation strategies. Cameirão will speak at GISEC Global 2024 in Dubai, a conference and exhibition bringing

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Ransomware recap 2023 highlights cybersecurity crisis

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Ransomware recap 2023 highlights cybersecurity crisis 2024-01-30 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Yochai Corem, CEO of Cyberint, explores the ransomware environment’s development, effects, and emerging patterns throughout the previous year. 2023 marked a historic high for ransomware groups, with a 55.5% increase in attacks, reaching 4,368 victims globally,

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Cybercriminals embrace smarter strategies, less effort

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Cybercriminals embrace smarter strategies, less effort 2024-01-29 at 06:33 By Help Net Security 2024 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for data breaches, according to Experian. Despite 2023 being labeled as a ‘successful’ year for malicious actors, the upcoming months may bring forth developments that could further disrupt the cybersecurity landscape. Supply chain

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Software supply chain attacks are getting easier

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Software supply chain attacks are getting easier 2024-01-24 at 06:03 By Help Net Security ReversingLabs identified close to 11,200 unique malicious packages across three major open-source software platforms in 2023: npm, PyPI, and RubyGems. These findings mark an astounding 1,300% increase in malicious packages from 2020 and an increase of 28% over 2022 when a

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Public exposure of data breaches is becoming inevitable

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Public exposure of data breaches is becoming inevitable 01/11/2023 at 09:01 By Help Net Security Ransomware incidents rising again as criminals use data exfiltration and supply chain attacks to maximize their leverage, according to Allianz. Allianz Commercial analysis of large cyber losses shows the number of cases in which data is exfiltrated is soaring, as

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Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations affect patient care

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Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations affect patient care 17/10/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security 88% of organizations experienced an average of 40 attacks in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by the Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute. Supply chain attacks: Leading patient care risk The average total cost of a cyberattack experienced by

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Rising OT/ICS cybersecurity incidents reveal alarming trend

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Rising OT/ICS cybersecurity incidents reveal alarming trend 14/09/2023 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 60% of cyberattacks against the industrial sector are led by state-affiliated actors and often unintentionally enabled by internal personnel (about 33% of the time), according to Rockwell Automation. This corroborates other industry research showing OT/ICS (Industrial Control Systems) cybersecurity incidents are

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The rise and evolution of supply chain attacks

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The rise and evolution of supply chain attacks 13/09/2023 at 07:03 By Help Net Security A supply chain attack is a cyberattack that focuses on a third-party supplier providing essential services or software to the supply chain. In this Help Net Security video, Dick O’Brien, Principal Intelligence Analyst in the Symantec Threat Hunter team, discusses

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CISOs under pressure: Protecting sensitive information in the age of high employee turnover

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CISOs under pressure: Protecting sensitive information in the age of high employee turnover 17/07/2023 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Charles Brooks, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Applied Intelligence Program and graduate Cybersecurity Programs, talks about how zero trust principles, identity access management, and managed security services are crucial for

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