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"German Drug Development Company Says Cyberattack Causing Production Delays"Evotec is still recovering from a cyberattack that forced it to shut down its Information Technology (IT) systems. The cyberattack prompted the disconnection of their systems from the Internet to prevent data corruption or breaches. In a recent update,…
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"Microsoft: NSO Group-Like 'QuaDream' Actor Selling Mobile Spyware to Governments"Microsoft has identified another Israel-based threat group that is similar to NSO Group. The newly identified group sells cyber espionage tools and services to international governments for monitoring and eavesdropping on individuals. Microsoft Threat…
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"Hyundai Data Breach Exposes Owner Details in France and Italy"Hyundai has recently disclosed a data breach impacting Italian and French car owners and those who booked a test drive, warning that hackers gained access to personal data. HaveIBeenPwned said the incident has exposed: e-mail addresses, physical…
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"Kodi Forum Breach: User Data, Encrypted Passwords Grabbed"The developers of Kodi, the widely used open-source media player app, have recently revealed a data breach of its user forum. The breach did not happen due to a vulnerability. Instead, an unknown attacker used the account of a legitimate but…
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"Fortinet Patches Critical Vulnerability in Data Analytics Solution"Cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet recently announced the release of security updates across multiple products, including patches for a critical vulnerability in FortiPresence. Offering analytics, heat maps, and reporting, FortiPresence is a…
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"ACM Prize in Computing Recognizes Yael Tauman Kalai for Fundamental Contributions to Cryptography"Yael Tauman Kalai has been named the recipient of the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for advancements in verifiable delegation of computation and fundamental contributions to cryptography. Kalai's…
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"Ethical Hackers Could Earn up to $20,000 Uncovering ChatGPT Vulnerabilities"OpenAI recently announced that it is offering white hat hackers up to $20,000 to find security flaws as part of its bug bounty program launched on April 11, 2023. The ChatGPT developer announced the initiative as part of its commitment to secure…
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"Researchers Uncover 7000 Malicious Open Source Packages"Security vendor Sonatype recently detected 6933 malicious open-source packages in the month of March alone, bringing the total discovered since 2019 to 115,165. The company stated that info-stealers comprised a significant number of these malicious…
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"CyLab Icon Connects Users With Online Privacy Choices"Researchers from the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the University of Michigan, and Fordham University have made it easy for users to choose how websites use their personal information, all in a single spot. The…
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"Q&A With Danish Saleem: A 'Bottomless Cyber Enthusiast' Works To Secure US Power Grid Against Hackers"Danish Saleem is a senior energy systems cybersecurity researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) who has focused on distributed energy systems, such as rooftop solar panels, that typically serve local customers. These systems…
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"Education Sector Sees 34% Increase in IoT Attacks"According to Check Point Research, the education and research sector has experienced a significant increase in attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices, with 131 weekly attacks per organization, more than double the global average and a…
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"Browsing Threats Top List of CISO Concerns"When asked about the most serious cyber threats facing their organizations, 43 percent of CISOs placed browsing threats at the top of their list. A new RedAccess report, based on responses from 300 CISOs in the UK and the UK, highlights the impact of…