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"Pro-Russia Hackers Targeted More than 400 US Hospitals in 2020"Plans of Russian-affiliated hackers to disable and hold over 400 US hospitals hostage were discussed in 2020 in an online chatroom. However, these plans were successfully disrupted by the Department of Homeland Security and the US Cyber Command. A…
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"New Research Claims Biden's Disclosure Deadlines Are Unrealistic"According to new research by cyber-risk rating firm BitSight, organizations in the United States are ill-prepared to meet the strict new cyber incident disclosure requirements imposed by the Biden administration. Earlier this month, President Biden…
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"Personal Data of 820,000 NYC Students Exposed"A widely used online grading and attendance system has been hacked, causing what could be the largest ever exposure of students’ personal data in American history. Adversaries broke into the IT systems of Illuminate Education in January, gaining…
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"Security Tool Guarantees Privacy in Surveillance Footage"Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), in collaboration with other institutions, developed a system called Privid to better guarantee the privacy of video…
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"Researchers Protecting Solar Technologies From Cyberattack"A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) proposes the use of a novel approach to protecting the nation's solar farms from cyberattacks. A team at UGA's College of Engineering developed a sensor system capable of monitoring…
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SoS Musings #59 - Cyber Threats Facing the Video Game IndustrySoS Musings #59 - Cyber Threats Facing the Video Game Industry
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #28 - Designing for PrivacySpotlight on Lablet Research #28 - Designing for Privacy
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #28 - Implementing Zero Trust Models is Easier Said Than DoneCybersecurity Snapshots #28 - Implementing Zero Trust Models is Easier Said Than Done
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"CISA Warns of Attacks Against Internet-Connected UPS Devices"According to a new advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), hackers have begun to attack internet-connected universal power supply devices, targeting their control interfaces via multiple remote code execution…
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"Attackers Steal $618m From Crypto Firm"A cryptocurrency firm used by gamers to transfer virtual coins has found that hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of currency from it. Vietnamese blockchain game developer Sky Mavis created the Ronin Network to function as an…
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"Hackers Are Getting Faster at Exploiting Zero Day Flaws. That's Going to Be a Problem for Everyone"Rapid7's new 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report reveals a 71 percent decrease in 'time to known exploitation' (TTKE) due to the surge in widespread zero-day attacks, most of which were launched by ransomware gangs. Hackers were found to be faster in…