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"TypoSwype: An Image Recognition Tool To Detect Typosquatting Attacks"TypoSwype, an alternative tool for detecting typosquatting attacks based on image analysis, was recently developed by researchers at Ensign InfoSecurity, an end-to-end cybersecurity service provider based in Singapore. This tool, which was detailed in a…
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"Airborne Drones Are Dropping Cyber-Spy Exploits in the Wild"Once limited to abstract academic conversation among cybersecurity enthusiasts, drones loaded with cyber-spying equipment are now being used in the real world to breach networks and steal information. Cybersecurity researcher Greg Linares recently…
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"Data of 380K Patients Compromised in Hack of 13 Anesthesia Practices"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) breach reporting tool recently added 13 separate filings from anesthesia practices across the US, resulting from a "data security incident" at the management company of the covered entities. In total, 380…
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"Automating The Detection Of Hardware Common Weakness Enumerations In Early Design"Researchers from NYU, Intel, Duke, and the University of Calgary have published a new technical paper titled "Don't CWEAT It: Toward CWE Analysis Techniques in Early Stages of Hardware Design." The paper emphasizes that it is critical to identify…
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"Dark Data: The Underestimated Cybersecurity Threat"According to Donnelley Financial Solutions' cybersecurity report "Understanding Risk: The Dark Side of Data," dark data poses a significant cybersecurity threat to businesses in the US and the UK. Dark data is defined as data that a company has collected…
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"Medibank Group Detects Cyberattack, Takes Several Services Offline as a Precaution"One of Australia's largest private health insurers has revealed it was the target of a possible cyberattack. Medibank Group recently detected "unusual activity" on its network. Specialized cybersecurity firms were called in as a result, and…
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"New Ransomware Groups Emerge but Overall Activity Slows"According to GuidePoint Security research, eight new ransomware groups emerged in the last quarter, and at least one new ransomware group has emerged each month since January 2021. The GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) report tracked 27…
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"New Chinese Cyberespionage Group WIP19 Targets Telcos, IT Service Providers"According to researchers at SentinelOne, a newly identified cyberespionage group operating out of China has been targeting IT services providers and telecommunications companies with signed malware. The activities of this advanced persistent threat…
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"Lessons from China's Cyberattack Strategy Can Help CISOs Better Manage Threats, Report Says"A new Booz Allen Hamilton report examined more than a dozen Chinese-sponsored cyberattacks over the last decade. According to Booz Allen Hamilton, Chinese government-sponsored cyberattacks present a challenge to US national security interests both at…
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"Cyber Resilience Melds Data Security and Protection"Ransomware attacks are taking on new dimensions. As people's work habits, daily routines, geographic locations, and trust in institutions changed in the face of global political shifts and the COVID-19 pandemic, ransomware attacks took advantage of the…
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"Chinese Cyberspies Targeting US State Legislature"Security researchers at Symantec have warned that a China-linked cyberespionage group was recently observed targeting a state legislature in the United States. Active since at least 2010, the group is tracked as APT27, Bronze Union, Budworm,…
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"N.C. A&T Researchers Awarded $9M DOD Grant for Cybersecurity, AI"The US Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded $9 million to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University researchers to investigate how to create trustworthy, reconfigurable, and secure Artificial…