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"Cybercriminals Use Proxies to Legitimize Fraudulent Requests"According to HUMAN, a global leader in protecting enterprises by disrupting digital fraud and abuse with modern defense, bot attacks were viewed as a relatively insignificant type of online fraud, and that thinking has remained even as threat actors can…
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"Firmware Looms as the Next Frontier for Cybersecurity"Researchers found five vulnerabilities in servers run by over a dozen major companies, including Huawei, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD, Dell, and HP, in December. The flaws had CVSS scores ranging from 5.3 (medium severity) to 9.8 (critical). The flaws reside in…
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"Generative AI Helps Spot Malicious Open-Source Code"One company is helping developers research open-source software packages to discover code components that are secure from attacks. Endor Labs, a startup that helps governments and businesses secure open-source software, has released its DroidGPT tool in…
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"Are Meta and Twitter Making Cybersecurity Less Accessible?"Experts are concerned about the overall impact that new fees for security features on social media accounts will have on overall cybersecurity. Many are questioning whether basic security should be available to all users, regardless of whether they pay…
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"CMU Hacking Team Defends Title at MITRE Cybersecurity Competition"Carnegie Mellon University's competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won the top prize at the MITRE Embedded Capture-the-Flag (eCTF) cybersecurity competition for the second year in a row. PPP and 79 other collegiate-level teams…
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"MIT and Stanford Researchers Develop Operating System With One Major Promise: Resisting Ransomware"A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University are working on an operating system that includes built-in cybersecurity protection. This new operating system will be resilient against common cyberattacks…
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"U.S. Senator Introduces Bill Targeting AI's Shortfalls"On Thursday, Senator Michael Bennet introduced a bill that would create a task force to look at U.S. policies on artificial intelligence and identify how best to reduce threats to privacy, civil liberties, and due process. The widespread use of…
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"DHS S&T Forms New Startup Cohort to Strengthen Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools"The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced seven awardees for the "Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools" topic call, which pursued innovative technologies to provide Software Bill of…
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"Ransomware Attack Disrupts IT Network at Hardenhuish School"A UK secondary school has recently revealed that it was hit by a cyberattack affecting its IT network. Hardenhuish School in Chippenham, Wiltshire, confirmed the attack on Thursday, saying hackers gained access to network infrastructure and then…
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"Texas Bank Breach Exposed Thousands of Social Security Numbers"HSB, a Texas-based financial institution, alerted customers about a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack that compromised the personal data of thousands of customers. The company notified the Maine Attorney General's Office that threat actors may have…
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"Cybersecurity Teams Are Overconfident of Their Ability to Deal With Threats"Immersive Labs' research found that while businesses are confident in their overall resilience against cyberattacks, security teams are inadequately prepared for cyber threats. The study surveyed 316 global cybersecurity training strategy decision-makers…
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"Vietnamese Hackers Linked to 'Malverposting' Campaign"According to security researchers at Guardio Labs, a recent "malverposting" campaign linked to a Vietnamese threat actor has been ongoing for months and is estimated to have infected over 500,000 devices worldwide in the past three months alone. …