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Patient names, addresses, dates of birth, payment information and, in some cases, Social Security numbers were swiped in the ransomware attack.

The notorious Royal ransomware gang might be behind the QUT system attack. The Queensland University of Technology was recently the target of a cyberattack, and the Royal ransomware gang has taken credit for it.

According to a recent report, a bug in Google Home smart speakers allowed for the installation of a backdoor account that could be used to control the device and access its microphone feed. In short, hackers could take over Google's devices to spy on users by listening in on their conversations.

A researcher experimenting with their Google Nest Mini found an unnerving flaw within it.

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for Friday, December 23rd, 2022. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.

A ransomware gang has found a new way to publicly embarrass corporate victims who think they can quietly refuse to pay for the return of their data. Often gangs create data leak sites on the dark web that list organizations they've hit, first listing the firm with a few teaser files as proof the gang

The clock has started ticking for lawmakers to reauthorize one of U.S. spy agencies’ most important — and newly controversial — surveillance tools.

Another cyberattack has been claimed by the LockBit ransomware gang. The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a hack that occurred on Christmas day against the Port of Lisbon Administration (APL), the third-largest port in Portugal.

Will the Canadian mining firm enter 2023 with an issue in mind? A Canadian mining firm may be greeting 2023 with an issue from 2022. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) in British Columbia recently revealed it has shut down its mill following a ransomware attack earlier this week.

Python developers who spent some time coding over the holiday break may want to check out an advisory regarding a malicious PyTorch package that was being fetched from PyPI last week.