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"The Risks Of Attacks That Involve Poisoning Training Data For Machine Learning Models"Machine Learning (ML) algorithms can leak information contained by the data used to train them using their model parameters and predictions. Therefore, it is possible for malicious users with general access to the algorithm to reconstruct and infer…
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"New Bumblebee Malware Loader in Active Development"Three threat groups have been observed delivering a new sophisticated malware loader dubbed Bumblebee. According to researchers with Proofpoint, the loader, written in C++, is in active development and applies complex detection evasion techniques. The…
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"AI, Machine Learning to Help Defend Against Cyberattacks"Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are two tools helping cybersecurity professionals deal with the growing volume of threats and cyberattacks. Cybersecurity professionals are using AI and ML to detect new malware, fraudulent credit…
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"Can Your Mobile Phone Get a Virus? Yes – And You'll Have To Look Carefully To See the Signs"Smartphones have become an increasingly attractive target for hackers as their use and the dependence on them continue to grow. Nearly 84 percent of the world's population now owns a smartphone, and there were 3.5 million detected malicious attacks on…
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"Ransomware Demands Are Growing, but Life Is Getting Tougher for Malware Gangs"According to cybersecurity researchers at Sophos, the average ransom payment made by ransomware attack victims has increased to $812,260, which is a significant increase compared to the 2020 average of $170,000. The proportion of victims who give in to…
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"Over 300,000 Internet-Exposed Databases Identified in 2021"Group-IB discovered over 91,000 publicly-exposed databases in the first quarter of 2022, which is significantly more than that of 2021. In 2021, the cybersecurity firm identified a total of 308,000 exposed databases, with over 165,000 discovered in the…
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Pub Crawl #61Pub 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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"North Korean Hackers Targeting Journalists with Novel Malware"Ricochet Chollima is a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group, also known as APT37, that has been targeting journalists covering the country. The group has been delivering a novel malware strain called Goldbackdoor to journalists through phishing…
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"Report: Four Cybercrime Statistics To Watch"The security platform Atlas VP recently released a report highlighting different types of cybercrime that intensified over the past year. Romance scams made a bigger impact than ever before as they cost Americans nearly $350 million in 2021. This type of…
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SoS Musings #60 - Nature-Inspired Cybersecurity EnhancementsSoS Musings #60 - Nature-Inspired Cybersecurity Enhancements
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #29 - Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems Cybersecurity (archived)Spotlight on Lablet Research #29 - Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems Cybersecurity