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"Dahua IP Camera Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Take Full Control Over Devices"Information has been released on a security flaw in Dahua's implementation of the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) standard that, if abused, might result in the takeover of IP cameras. According to a report released by Nozomi Networks, the CVE-…
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"Akamai Thwarted The Biggest DDoS Attack in Europe"The largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack to ever affect Europe was launched this month and was directed at a corporation in Eastern Europe. The target, an Akamai customer who receives cybersecurity and cloud services, has been subjected to…
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"APT-Like Phishing Threat Mirrors Landing Pages"A phishing campaign is tricking users into providing login information by using mirror versions of landing pages from target companies. The malicious actors can then use these stolen credentials to access a wealth of private or business files, as well as…
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"Virginia Tech, International Partners Debut First-Of-Its Kind Testbed for Resiliency, Security in Space-Based Internet Networks"Elon Musk's Starlink and other satellite Internet projects aim to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet around the world. However, some major questions remain unanswered, such as how to build a resilient, secure network in space. Therefore,…
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Pub Crawl #64Pub 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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"House Passes Cybersecurity Bills Focusing on Energy Sector, Information Sharing"The US House of Representatives recently passed two cybersecurity bills, the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act and the RANSOMWARE Act. RANSOMWARE is an acronym for "Reporting Attacks from Nations Selected for Oversight and Monitoring Web…
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"Ransomware Gang LockBit Claims to Have Gained Access to Italian Revenue Agency"The Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) has been added to the list of victims listed on the ransomware gang LockBit's dark web leak website. The gang claims to have stolen 78GB of data, which included contracts, financial reports, and…
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"US Expands Cybersecurity Partnership With Ukraine"The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently signed an agreement with its Ukrainian counterpart to work more closely together on cybersecurity. CISA stated that it signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the…
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"Ransomware Group Demands 500,000 Pounds From School"Ransomware thieves are demanding 500,000 pounds after a ransomware attack against Wooton Upper School in Bedfordshire. The ransomware attack was the work of the Hive ransomware group and also affected the Kimberley college for 16-19-year-olds.…
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"U.S. Justice Department Probing Cyber Breach of Federal Court Records System"The U.S. Justice Department is currently investigating a recent cyber breach involving the federal court records management system. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in January 2021 stated that it was adding new security procedures to…
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"Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard"State and local governments are now required by insurance companies to have updated software and firewall protections, a backup system, cyber training for staff, vulnerability testing, and multi-factor authentication (MFA), including for remote work.…
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"How Big Is the Risk That Someone Will Hack an EV Charging Network?"As the number of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations grows, so does the number of vulnerabilities. Hackers have been focusing their efforts on electrical system vulnerabilities for several years. Some of these soft spots are inside charging stations…