Researchers working with a deep learning model have trained it to identify keystrokes from recordings and discovered that it can replicate typed text with upwards of 90% accuracy. When the keystrokes were recorded from a smartphone, the accuracy of the sound classification algorithm was 95%, and dropped to 93% when recording through a Zoom call. This study began with researchers recording 36 different keystrokes on a late-model MacBook Pro, repeatedly, and programming each keystroke into the deep learning model for processing.
Cyberattack compromises the UK’s Electoral Commission
Officials for the UK’s Electoral Commission have recently confirmed that their systems had been compromised in an extensive cyberattack, which wasn’t identified for 15 months from the initial intrusion. During that time, the unknown attackers had access to the electoral registers that contain a significant amount of personally identifiable information (PII) on all registered voters in the UK from 2014 to 2022. More worrying, the Commission did not start informing the public of the breach for an additional 10 months after they became aware of the incident.
Multiple US hospitals suffer cyberattack
Multiple hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings have fallen victim to a cyberattack that forced many of their IT systems offline, with staff resorting to paper and pen for tracking new medical records and in-patients. While the investigation into this incident is still on-going, it is believed that an unnamed ransomware group is responsible and may have exfiltrated data from hospitals in numerous different states.
Ransomware targets Colorado Education Department
Officials for the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) have released a statement regarding a ransomware attack on June 19th, that could have compromised sensitive student and staff information from 2004 to 2020. While the CDHE has worked diligently to restore all systems to normal operation, they haven’t been able to determine exactly how many individuals have been affected by this incident but are sure that the compromised information was extensive and could easily lead to further phishing or identity fraud campaigns.
Stolen MOVEit data becomes available via torrent sites
The Clop ransomware group has recently switched their data leak tactics from publishing stolen data to a dark web leak site to making those data troves available from multiple torrent sites, in order to improve download speeds. Researchers have spotted data dumps belonging to 20 of the known victims of the MOVEit data transfer attacks, and alongside them are instructions on how to use torrent clients and access the leaked data.
