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"New Framework Harnesses Multiple Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Critical Infrastructure"The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and tasked the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) with developing a low-cost cybersecurity solution that could analyze network traffic and…
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"UC3M Study Finds a Mathematical Link Between Sociopolitical Event and Advanced Cyberattacks"An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed a mathematical model that can help explain certain advanced state-sponsored cyberattacks based on various sociopolitical variables. This development is…
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"UWF Cybersecurity Expert Shares Research on Connected Vehicle Security; Warns of Vulnerabilities in Modern Vehicles"Dr. Guillermo Francia, III, director of research and innovation for the University of West Florida's (UWF) Center for Cybersecurity, was chosen to present his research on connected vehicle security at the Transatlantic (US-Ireland-Northern Ireland)…
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"Phish Tank: Avoiding Cyberattacks in the Lab"Research laboratories are not immune to cyberattacks. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems have become a greater threat, as attacks on these institutions have increased. Cybercrime is becoming a bigger issue…
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"Major German Energy Supplier Hit by Cyberattack"Enercity, one of Germany's largest municipal energy suppliers, confirmed that it had been the target of a cyberattack. The Hannover-based company said its security systems reacted immediately, preventing greater damage. Enercity confirmed that it would…
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"54% of Staff Would Reconsider Working for a Firm That Had Experienced a Cyber Breach, Research Finds"According to researchers at Encore, over half (54%) of office workers would reconsider working for a company that had recently experienced a cyber breach. The researchers surveyed 100 C-level executives, 100 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs),…
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"These Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Are Most Popular With Hackers Right Now - Have You Patched Them?"One of the most common security flaws exploited by cybercriminals in recent months is a software flaw in Microsoft Office that is more than five years old, and it continues to be exploited because many businesses have yet to apply the available security…
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"NSA Mentors Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts at Annual HackGT Hackathon"A team from the National Security Agency (NSA) Georgia mentored and guided students through NSA-sponsored challenge problems at Georgia Tech's annual hackathon called HackGT. Hackathons are creative marathons where students interested in cybersecurity…
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"Japan, US, EU Conduct Joint Cybersecurity Exercise"Intelligence authorities from Japan, the US, and the EU recently conducted a joint exercise to better prepare measures against cyberattacks. The drill comes amid mounting tension in the Indo-Pacific region. Issues related to Taiwan and North…
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"Credit Card Numbers, Medical Records Leaked on Dark Web Amid Australian Clinical Labs Cyberattack"Leading pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) recently admitted that sensitive customer information, including medical records and credit card numbers, were stolen in a cyberattack and shared on the dark web. The company stated…
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"Google Trumpets US Federal Open Source Security Initiative"The Securing Open Source Software Act introduced in the Senate last month is a bipartisan bill that would create a security and risk-mitigation blueprint for the federal government's use of open source software. Google is urging the private sector…
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"Thomson Reuters Collected and Leaked at Least 3TB of Sensitive Data"The multinational media conglomerate, Thomson Reuters, left an open database containing sensitive customer and corporate data, including plaintext third-party server passwords. Attackers could use the information to launch a supply chain attack.…