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We also released the2020 State of Malware Reportdescribing the threat landscape of the year in detail, including top threats for Mac, Windows, Android, and the web, as well as the state of data privacy in commerce and legislation.

Other cybersecurity news

  • Medical transportation vendor,GridWorksexperienced a burglary that resulted in a laptop stolen, which contained the personal identifiable information (PII) of 654,362 members. (Source: Security Boulevard)
  • Four members of China’s military were charged on with hacking intoEquifaxand stealing trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million Americans in 2017. (Source: The New York Times)
  • Critical vulnerabilities addressed in theAccusoftImageGear library could be exploited by remote attackers to execute code on a victim machine. (Source: Security Week)
  • Dellhas copped to a flaw in the pre-installed program SupportAssist that allows local hackers to load malicious files with admin privileges. (Source: TheRegister)
  • The owner of theHelixBitcoin Mixer was charged with laundering over $310 million in Bitcoin cryptocurrency while operating the dark web mixer between 2014 and 2017. (Source: BleepingComputer)
  • Emotethas found a new attack vector: using already infected devices to identify new potential victims that are connected to nearby Wi-Fi networks. (Source: The Hacker News)
  • A digitally signedGigabytedriver has been discovered to be in use by Ransom.RobbinHood to fully encrypt the files on a computer. (Source: Guru 3D)
  • 首席信息安全官(CISOs, or CSOs) across the industry are reporting high levels of stress resulting in an average tenure of only 26 months. (Source: ZDNet)
  • The Czech data protection authority announced an investigation into antivirus companyAvastfor harvesting the browsing history of over 100 million users. (Source: Vice.com)
  • Hackers are demandingnude photosto unlock files in a new ransomware scheme targeting women. (Source: FastCompany)

Stay safe, everyone!