These are the most-read cybersecurity articles that have been published by SecurtiyAffairs in 2022. 1 – Russia-linked actors may be behind an explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at…
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PyTorch compromised to demonstrate dependency confusion attack on Python environments
Threat actors compromised the PyTorch Machine Learning Framework by adding a malicious dependency. The maintainers of the PyTorch package warn of a supply chain attack. Users who have installed PyTorch-nightly on Linux via pip between December 25, 2022 and December…
Pro-Russia cyberattacks aim at destabilizing Poland, security agency warns
Poland security agency warns pro-Russian hackers that are continuously targeting the state since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been a constant target of cyber attacks conducted by pro-Russian…
Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices
Google will pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits in the US over its deceptive location tracking practices. Google decided to pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits brought by the states of Indiana and Washington, D.C., over…
Lockbit apologized for the attack on the SickKids pediatric hospital and releases a free decryptor
The LockBit ransomware group formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and gave to the victim a decryptor for free. The LockBit ransomware gang formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 400 by Pierluigi Paganini
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Personal…
Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021
Crooks have had access to the medical records of 42 million Americans since 2016 as the number of hacks on healthcare organizations doubled. Medical records of 42 million Americans are being sold on the dark web since 2016, this information…
Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google Ads
Experts warn of a new Malvertising Campaign abusing Google Ads that targets users searching for popular software. Guardio Labs researchers uncovered a malvertising campaign, tracked as MasquerAds and attributed to a threat actor known as Vermux, that is abusing Google…