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Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. As of April 28, the website offers to download data for free from 9 mainly US companies from the aviation, financial, education, manufacturing, and logistics companies which refused to pay the ransom.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Education In education and training , AI can tailor educational materials to each individual student’s needs. Pharmaceuticals For the life sciences industry, drug discovery and production require an immense amount of data collection, collation, processing and analysis.

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Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Educating employees on mobile threats. Following cybersecurity best practices is a business necessity since it reflects positively on companies and could lead to new customers. A 2020 report showed how three out of four phishing attempts targeting pharmaceutical employees also delivered malware to victims. Comodo Cybersecurity.

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

“The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has consistently observed Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS)-affiliated cyber threat actors using publicly available information sources and common, well-known tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to target U.S. 1 ] continues the advisory.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches.

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How To Solve The Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

Cyber Info Veritas

We’ve all read and heard somewhere about the cybersecurity skills shortage. For me, this brings up the question of how to solve the cybersecurity skills shortage. Solving the cybersecurity skills shortage should be no different. In my life, I’ve learned that every problem has a solution. Again, it won’t work.