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New online threats emerge every day, putting our personal information, money and devices at risk. In its 2024 Internet Crime Report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime—including ransomware, viruses and malware, data breaches, denials of service, and other forms of cyberattack—resulted in losses of over $16 billion—a 33% increase from 2023. That’s why it is essential to stay ahead of these threats. One way to combat these is by conducting virus scans using proven software tools that constantly monitor and check your devices while safeguarding your sensitive information. In this article, we’ll go…

Healthcare services company Episource data breach impacts 5.4 Million people Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2025 Data breach at Healthcare services company Episource exposes personal and health data of over 5.4 million people in major cyberattack. A cyberattack on healthcare firm Episource led to a data breach exposing personal and health data of over 5.4 million individuals. Episource is a U.S.-based healthcare services and technology company that provides risk adjustment services, clinical data analytics, and medical record review solutions to health plans and healthcare organizations, particularly those operating in Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and ACA markets. On February 6, 2025, the company…

Beau Bullock // TL;DR MailSniper is a penetration testing tool for searching through email in a Microsoft Exchange environment for specific terms (passwords, insider intel, network architecture information, etc.). It can be used as a non-administrative user to search their own email, or by an Exchange administrator to search the mailboxes of every user in a domain. MailSniper is available for download here: https://github.com/dafthack/MailSniper Overview Oftentimes, on penetration tests we find ourselves having elevated access (Domain Admin) within an organization. Some firms stop there thinking that DA is the end goal. But it’s not. “Getting DA” means nothing to most…

scientist inevitably means working on multiple layers of abstraction, foremost abstractions of code and math. This is great, because this allows you to get astonishing results quickly. But sometimes it is well-advised to pause for a second and ponder what actually happens behind a neat interface. This process of pondering is often assisted by visualizations. In this article, I want to present how animated quiver plots can help to ponder about linear transformations, which often toil away reliably in the obscurity of machine learning algorithms and associated interfaces. In the end, we will be able to visualize concepts like Singular…

Coinbase officially launched Coinbase Payments on June 18, a three-layer platform that enables commerce providers to add USDC checkout without running their blockchain infrastructure.The stack begins with Stablecoin Checkout, a wallet-native interface that supports hundreds of wallets, delivers gas-free transactions, and records payments in USDC. Beneath it, an E-commerce Engine exposes application programming interfaces for authorization, capture, refunds, ledgering, and subscriptions, allowing payment service providers to integrate stablecoin flows into existing merchant dashboards. At the base, the Commerce Payments Protocol executes smart contract escrow and settlement on Base, Coinbase’s layer-2 network, in sub-second blocks. The company stated that the modular design eliminates the…

Online threats are everywhere, and no organization is safe from them. Whether it’s stolen data, ransomware, or phishing, attacks are becoming more frequent and severe. That’s why having a clear cyber risk management strategy matters.  This guide walks you through planning and carrying out a security approach that protects your business, keeps you in line with rules, and helps you avoid potential problems. Key Highlights: Cyber risk management is a continuous process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats. Core components of cybersecurity risk management include asset identification, risk assessment, mitigation planning, monitoring, and communication. Benefits of a solid strategy for…

The North Korean BlueNoroff hacking group is deepfaking company executives during Zoom calls to trick employees into installing custom malware on their macOS devices. BlueNoroff (aka Sapphire Sleet or TA444) is a North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group known for conducting cryptocurrency theft attacks using Windows and Mac malware. Huntress researchers uncovered a new BlueNoroff attack on June 11, 2025, when they were called to investigate a potential intrusion on a partner’s network. Like previous attacks, the primary goal was most likely cryptocurrency theft, which aligns with other recent reports about the threat actors from SentinelLabs, Microsoft, Jamf, and Kaspersky. Zoom…

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued four new industrial control system (ICS) advisories, warning of critical hardware vulnerabilities affecting infrastructure equipment from Siemens, LS Electric, Fuji Electric, and Dover Fueling. The advisories outline exploitable flaws and ongoing security risks, urging system owners and administrators to review the technical details and apply recommended mitigations without delay. In an advisory published Tuesday, the CISA disclosed the presence of ‘path traversal’ vulnerability in Siemens’ Mendix Studio Pro equipment used in the global critical manufacturing sector. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to write or modify arbitrary…

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