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"NC State to Lead Multi-Institution Software Supply Chain Security Grant from NSF"NC State University is the lead institution on a $9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to conduct research on technical challenges in software supply chain security and to assist in the development of a diverse workforce for the software…
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"Student Crashes Cloudflare Beta Party, Redirects Email, Bags a Bug Bounty"A Danish ethical hacker gained unauthorized access to a closed Cloudflare beta and discovered a vulnerability that a cybercriminal could have exploited to hijack and steal someone else's email. Albert Pedersen, the student who reported the critical…
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"New Hardware Offers Faster Computation For Artificial Intelligence, With Much Less Energy"As scientists push the boundaries of machine learning, the amount of money, energy, and time required to train increasingly complex neural network models are skyrocketing. A new area of artificial intelligence called analog deep learning promises…
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"A New Type of Cryptomining Attack Aims to Hijack Network Bandwidth"Researchers from Aqua Nautilus discovered a new type of cryptomining attack in the wild that is designed to hijack network bandwidth. They pointed out that until now, cryptominers attempted to generate cryptocurrency by performing extensive, complicated…
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"CREST and OWASP Partner on Verification Standard Program"Cybersecurity-focussed non-profit CREST has recently partnered with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) to release the OWASP Verification Standard (OVS). The OVS aims to provide mobile and web app developers with enhanced security…
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"Windows Support Scam Targets Users in a Google Ads Malvertising Campaign"Malwarebytes discovered a malvertising campaign that uses Google Ads to redirect users to Windows support scam sites. After searching specific popular keywords, the attackers display fake Windows Defender alerts requesting visitors to contact Microsoft…
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"NVIDIA Fixes High-Severity Flaws in Graphics Drivers for Windows, Linux"NVIDIA, which manufactures Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for gaming systems, high-end PCs, and handheld devices, has released patches for several high-severity vulnerabilities in its graphics drivers for Windows and Linux that could result in…
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"Experts Warn of Fake Football Ticket Scams"Soccer and football fans have been warned to exercise caution online after news emerged that fraudsters are increasingly taking to social media to sell non-existent tickets. Researchers at Lloyds Bank discovered that incidents surged by 68% between…
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"Ukraine Shutters Major Russian Bot Farm"The Secret Service of Ukraine (SSU) claims to have dismantled a large bot farm used by Russian special services to spread disinformation and propaganda in the country. The SSU stated that the million-strong bot farm was used to "spin destabilizing…
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"Gaming Sector Cyberattacks Up 167% in Last 12 Months"Security researchers at Akamai have discovered that cyberattacks in the gaming sector have increased by 167% in the last year. The researchers also found that the United States is the main target of attackers, followed by Switzerland, India, Japan…
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"Over 200,000 DrayTek Routers Vulnerable to Total Device Takeover"More than 200,000 DrayTek routers are vulnerable to a serious vulnerability, which could expose businesses to network breaches. The DrayTek Vigor 3910 is currently vulnerable to total compromise by threat actors, and it is especially vulnerable if it has…
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"84 Percent of Companies Have Only Basic Cloud Security Capability"According to a new study, the vast majority of businesses are only at the beginning of their cloud security capabilities. For the cloud infrastructure security company Ermetic, Osterman Research surveyed 326 organizations in North America with 500 or…