Malware, a portmanteau of “malicious software,” refers to any software, code, or computer program intentionally designed to cause harm to a computer system or its
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Mixin CyberAttack: Biggest Hack of 2023
Article for CSU CyberSecurity class on recent cyberattacks Continue reading on Medium »
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The simple answer: spear phishing is a special type of phishing attack. Phishing is any cyberattack that uses malicious email messages, text messages, or voice
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CoinEx exchange drained of $27M worth of crypto in suspected hack
A CoinEx hot wallet transferred $27 million of various tokens to a wallet with no previous history in what the exchange’s team has referred to
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In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to
Read moreHow to detect and patch a Log4J vulnerability
The Log4j vulnerability, or “Log4Shell,” is considered one of the most catastrophic software flaws ever. Apache patched the flaw in December 2021, yet it remains
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