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"Protecting Industrial Robots From Cyberattack"Artificially Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (AIMS) lab researchers at the Ohio State University (OSU) are studying how to prevent cyber threats from impacting industrial automation robots. The team, led by OSU's director of cybersecurity Vimal Buck,…
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"Hackers Steal Power Utility Customer Data"Sargent & Lundy, a Chicago-based construction and engineering firm that develops power grids, has informed customers that "unauthorized activity" has resulted in the theft of names and Social Security numbers. According to the company's website,…
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"Canada's Largest Children's Hospital Struggles to Recover From Pre-Christmas Ransomware Attack"The largest pediatric hospital in Canada, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, is still recovering from a ransomware attack that was executed on December 18. The hospital, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto, first reported that the…
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"Chinese EV Maker Nio Suffers Alleged Data Leakage and Extortion"China-based EV maker Nio recently announced that it had suffered a data breach. Hackers obtained the personal information of Nio vehicle owners and employees, demanding the company to pay US$2.25 million worth of bitcoin. The hackers behind…
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"Zurich Chief Warned That Cyber Attacks Will Become Uninsurable"Mario Greco, the chief executive of the insurance giant Zurich, has warned that cyberattacks would soon be deemed "uninsurable." Critical infrastructures, such as hospitals, pipelines, and electric grids, could be rendered inoperable and severely damaged…
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"Toy Maker JAKKS Pacific Victimized by a Second Cybergang"The toy manufacturer JAKKS Pacific, based in the US, has joined a growing list of corporations that have suffered ransomware attacks. In early December, threat actors hacked the manufacturer of Super Mario, Sonic, Disney Princess, and other toys. On…
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"Cornell Tech Faculty Win Test of Time Award at CCS 2022"Cornell Tech Faculty members Professor Ari Juels and Associate Professor of Computer Science Thomas Ristenpart won the Test of Time Award at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) for their 2012 paper, "Cross-VM side channels…
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"IT Student Built Online Games to Help Young People Become Cyber Smart"In an effort to help educate high school kids about the cyber world, a student from RMIT Vietnam's School of Science, Engineering, and Technology (SSET) created cybersecurity games. Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's most popular phishing targets. In the…
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"North Korean Hackers Created 70 Fake Bank, Venture Capital Firm Domains"Security researchers at Kasperksy discovered that North Korea's BlueNoroff hackers have updated their arsenal and delivery techniques in a new wave of attacks targeting banks and venture capital firms. Part of Lazarus, a hacking group linked to the…
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"US House of Representatives Bans TikTok on Its Devices"TikTok has recently become banned on any device owned and managed by the US House of Representatives. The House's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) reportedly told all lawmakers and their staff in an email that they must delete the app from their…
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"EarSpy Attack Eavesdrops on Android Phones via Motion Sensors"Researchers have developed an eavesdropping attack for Android devices that can, to varying degrees, determine the caller's gender and identity, as well as discern private speech. The EarSpy side-channel attack explores new eavesdropping opportunities by…
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"Internet AppSec Remains Abysmal & Requires Sustained Action in 2023"Experts call on improving the security of the Internet and the cloud applications it serves. Beginning in 2022, corporations frantically hunted for and mitigated a severe vulnerability in the Log4j library, a widely used component of numerous systems.…