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"SideWinder APT Using New WarHawk Backdoor to Target Entities in Pakistan"SideWinder, a prolific nation-state actor best known for targeting Pakistani military entities, compromised the official website of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) in order to deliver WarHawk, a tailored malware. According to…
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"Confidential Computing Provides Revolutionary Data Encryption, UC Berkeley Professor Says"Confidential computing focuses on potentially game-changing technology regarding data security. Data remains encrypted in confidential computing not only at rest and in transit, but also in use, thus enabling analytics and Machine Learning (ML) to be…
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"British Company Interserve Fined £4.4 Million Over Ransomware Attack"The UK's data protection regulator fined a British construction company around $5 million after a ransomware group accessed sensitive data on 113,000 employees. According to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Interserve Group failed to…
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"The University of Texas Hacked Starlink's Signal So It Can Be Used as a GPS Alternative"In addition to providing high-speed internet connectivity to the most remote corners of the globe, the Starlink network's over 3,000 satellites have the potential to do more, such as replace the two dozen satellites that power the Global Positioning…
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"White House Proposes IoT Security Labeling"The White House called a meeting with representatives from the private sector, technology associations, and government to discuss the creation of an Internet of Things (IoT) security label. The label would be similar to the Energy Star label, a joint…
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"DHL Replaces LinkedIn As Most Imitated Brand in Phishing Attempts"Security researchers at Check Point have discovered that shipping company DHL has knocked LinkedIn off the top spot as the number one brand being imitated in phishing attempts between July and September. According to the researchers, DHL now…
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"Multiple RCE Vulnerabilities Discovered in Veeam Backup & Replication App"Several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities have been discovered by researchers at CloudSEK. The vulnerabilities affect the Veeam Backup & Replication application and "can be exploited by advertising fully weaponized tools for remote…
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"CyLab Proposes Improved, Consumer-Friendly Broadband 'Nutrition' Labels"Researchers at Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute have been advocating for consumers for nearly 20 years, leading the charge by gathering insights and developing tools to better inform users about the technology they use and bring into…
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"Cyberattack Causes Disruptions at Wholesale Giant Metro"International wholesale chain Metro has recently confirmed service outages after being targeted by a cyberattack. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, the company operates more than 680 Metro and Makro stores in 24 countries and has over 95,000…
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"6G Cybersecurity Will Transform How We Deal With Cyberattacks"The move toward 6G technology further makes cybersecurity critical in reducing the risk of future digital threats. To realize the 6G vision, researchers are developing some novel approaches for areas such as spectrum regulation, antennas, Machine…
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"Researchers Uncover More Than 167,000 Stolen Credit Card Numbers, Primarily From The US"According to researchers with Group-IB, cybercriminals used a pair of point-of-sale malware variants to steal more than 167,000 payment records from 212 infected devices, mostly in the US. It is unclear who is behind the attack or whether they sold…
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"US and Switzerland Enter Quantum Partnership"The State Department announced a new international partnership aimed at developing new technologies in the field of quantum information sciences, with the help of researchers from both the US and Switzerland. Both countries' representatives signed a…