Cyber Security Research
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Security researchers around the globe are constantly publishing new findings on techniques, malware, and other trends. In this series, our experts sift through the noise and buzzwords to deliver original analysis on the top security research you need to know.
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The No More Ransomware Project
The No More Ransom project includes 188 partners worldwide, including some well-known companies: Amazon Web Services, Barracuda Networks, CheckPoint, Cisco, Emsisoft, Bitdefender, ESET, Interpol, and other law enforcement, public and private entities.
Space X’s Starlink Dish Hacked
At BlackHat 2022 a Belgian security researcher stunned the crowd by hacking Starlink Dish with a $25 device, gaining major notoriety worldwide.
PACMAN M1 Chip Attack Explained
The team at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have discovered a way to attack the pointer authentication in Apple’s M1 chip to execute arbitrary code on Macintosh systems.
Hertzbleed Attack Impacting Intel & AMD CPUs
In June, a group of researchers from the University of Texas, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Washington, have published an article on their website about a new attack they developed called Hertzbleed.
Follina Windows Zero-Day
Just before the end of May this year, a new vulnerability appeared on Windows systems called “Follina”, which was reported by the nao_sec team and identified under the identifier CVE-2022-30190.
FluBot Android Malware
Known as FluBot, this Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details, and other sensitive information from infected smartphones across the world.
Avoslocker Ransomware As A Service
AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States.
Nimbuspwn Vulnerability Discovered
In April 2022, Microsoft 365 Defender Research team discovered a vulnerability named Nimbuspwn, where an attack can gain escalation of privilege from local users on Linux environments.
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