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Alicia Hope
Staff Correspondent at CPO Magazine
Alicia Hope has been a journalist for more than 5 years, reporting on technology, cyber security and data privacy news.


Close up of backlit hands using laptop with abstract glowing digital skull showing TrickBot malware
Cyber SecurityNews

New TrickBot Malware Variant Targets Customers of 60 Financial, Cryptocurrency and Technology Firms

February 24, 2022
Check Point Research team found that an updated TrickBot Malware selectively targets clients of 60 high-profile companies to steal credentials and sensitive data for maximum impact.
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Aerial view of coal power plant showing ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure expose OT information
Cyber SecurityNews

One in Seven Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Systems Expose Sensitive OT Information

February 22, 2022
Mandiant analyzed data published from ransomware attacks and discovered that they exposed sensitive OT information that could be used to analyze targets to craft sophisticated attacks.
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Man using laptop for online shopping showing Magecart attack on e-commerce sites
Cyber SecurityNews

Magecart Attackers Compromised 500 E-Commerce Sites Through Vulnerable Plugin and Planted Credit Card Skimmer and Backdoors

February 21, 2022
Magecart attackers compromised at least 374 e-commerce sites running end-of-life Magento in a day, including planting 19 backdoors on a single website through SQL injection on a vulnerable plugin.
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Bitcoins and handcuffs on table showing cryptocurrency theft
Cyber SecurityNews

DOJ Recovers $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin From Couple Implicated in the 2016 Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Theft

February 18, 2022
DOJ seized 94,000 Bitcoins from a New York couple accused of laundering 119,754 Bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency theft currently valued at $4.5 billion.
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Hacker hand stealing data from laptop showing data breach report on identity theft
Cyber SecurityNews

Number of Compromised Victims “Excessively High” and Lack of Transparency Hampers Identity Theft Protection, Says ITRC 2021 Data Breach Report

February 14, 2022
ITRC 2021 Data Breach Report says compromises increased by 68% from 2020 and 23% from 2017, the highest on record, and lack of transparency hampers identity theft protection.
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Instagram logo on a smartphone with a security padlock showing hacked Instagram accounts
Cyber SecurityNews

Attackers Publicly Demanding Ransom From Hacked Instagram Account Owners in a Brazen Phishing Campaign

February 14, 2022
Suspected Russian and Turkish attackers accuse account owners of copyright infringement, direct them to phishing pages to compromise accounts before demanding ransom from hacked Instagram account owners to restore access.
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Snack aisle of a grocery store showing ransomware attack impact on supply chain
Cyber SecurityNews

Conti Ransomware Attack on UK’s KP Snacks to Cause Major Supply Chain Problems for Popular Treats

February 10, 2022
KP Snacks notified its partners to expect supply chain problems after a ransomware attack encrypted its IT systems, preventing order placement and shipment of deliveries.
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Server room with computer racks showing local privilege escalation in Linux
Cyber SecurityNews

All Linux Distributions Affected by 12 Year-Old PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation Bug Allowing an Attacker to Execute Commands as Root

February 4, 2022
Qualys researchers said the 12-year-old memory corruption local privilege escalation vulnerability on polkit's Set User ID program pkexec is easily exploitable by novice attackers and affects every major Linux distribution.
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Tourist group having guided Segway city tour showing Magecart attack on online store
Cyber SecurityNews

Segway’s Online Store Infected With a Credit Card Skimmer Used in a Large-Scale Magecart Attack Campaign

February 4, 2022
Malwarebytes detected a credit card skimmer belonging to a potent Magecart attack threat actor on Segway's online store embedded within a favicon.ico image file.
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Digital padlock icon showing hackers exploited flaw on DeFi platform
Cyber SecurityNews

Hackers Exploited a Logical Flaw to Steal $80 Million From DeFi Platform Qubit Finance

February 3, 2022
DeFi platform Qubit finance lost $80 million after hackers leveraged a logical flow to deposit 0 ETH to withdraw 206,809 Binance coins. Platform implored the hackers to return the funds or transform the exploit into a bug bounty.
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