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"Data Breach of Missile Maker MBDA May Have Been Real: CloudSEK"Back in July, the Adrastea threat actor group announced a data breach affecting MBDA, a European missile manufacturer having ties to NATO. At the time, the company promptly refuted the claims, saying that while some files were stolen, MBDA was not…
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Pub Crawl #67Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
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"Why a Hardware Bill of Materials Is a Critical Component for Securing Electronic Products"The ability of an organization to protect its most sensitive data comes down to ensuring that all of its bases are covered, which is difficult to do when the foundation is weak. Traditionally, the cybersecurity industry has focused on identifying and…
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"Niche-Filling New Course Meets Aircraft and Spacecraft Industries' Workforce Need"The new Purdue Aviation and Space Cybersecurity course provides engineering students with valuable cyber-domain security knowledge while also providing computer science and cybersecurity majors with aeronautical and astronautical engineering knowledge.…
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"5G Communications Security"Keith Gremban, an aerospace research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, is leading a military-oriented research project aimed at enabling the secure use of 5G networks that could be controlled by an adversary. Gremban has received a $749,…
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"Why Are There So Many Data Breaches? A Growing Industry of Criminals Is Brokering in Stolen Data"Researchers at Deakin University discuss the rise in cybercrime and who is responsible for the latest surge in cyberattacks. According to Deakin University's James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, and Chad Whelan, Professor of Criminology, the…
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"Ukraine Cybersecurity Head Says Cyberwar Affects Us All"In a keynote talk at the BlackBerry Security Summit, Ukraine's state cybersecurity officer, Victor Zhora, stressed that no country or company can protect itself and that now is not the time to isolate oneself. According to Zhora, the best way to combat…
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"Indiana University Building a Medical Device Security Lab With TriMedX"Indiana University Health is collaborating with TriMedX to establish a new cybersecurity lab that will assess and test the security of medical devices in the hopes of reducing cybersecurity threats during the device development process. TriMedX,…
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"Indianapolis Low-Income Housing Agency Hit by Ransomware"The federal agency that provides low-income housing in Indianapolis is currently facing a ransomware attack that’s delayed its ability to send out rent payments to landlords. It was noted that all employees of the Indianapolis Housing Agency lost…
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"Phishing Scammer Monkey Drainer Has Pilfered as Much as $1M in ETH"A phishing scammer using the alias Monkey Drainer allegedly stole around $1 million in ETH through copycat Non-Fungible Token (NFT) minting websites. ZachXBT, a well-known blockchain detective, was among the first to track and highlight the activity. The…
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"DARPA Accepting Proposals for CASTLE Program to Fortify Computer Networks"When defending critical computing assets, an everchanging cyberattack surface, infrequent computer vulnerability scans, and burdensome security procedures create an uneven battle. When those factors are combined with the high cost of cybersecurity…
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"Cloud and Hybrid Working Security Concerns Surge"According to a new paper from the IEEE, concerns among global technology leaders about the security of the cloud, data center, and hybrid working environments have increased significantly over the past year. The IEEE polled 350 CIOs, CTOs, IT…