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"3D Biometric Authentication Based on Finger Veins Almost Impossible to Fool"Biometric authentication methods rely on unique biological characteristics for identity verification. These methods are continuing to replace traditional passwords. A team of researchers developed a new biometric authentication method that is based on 3D…
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"Multiple Wireless Router Chipsets Affected by Authentication Bypass Vulnerability"Synopsys CyRC published an advisory detailing an authentication bypass vulnerability contained by various wireless router chipsets. This vulnerability impacts chipsets in different devices manufactured by Mediatek, Qualcomm, and Realtek. The exploitation…
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"Universal Health Services Ransomware Attack Impacts Hospitals Nationwide"
In the early hours of Monday morning, Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune-500 owner of a nationwide network of hospitals, was hit with a ransomware attack. UHS has not mentioned the kind of attack it has suffered, but information from…
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Cyber Scene #48 - From Digits to Global Cyber WarsCyber Scene #48 - From Digits to Global Cyber Wars
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #10 - Organizations Need to Take Bluetooth Security SeriouslyCybersecurity Snapshots #10 - Organizations Need to Take Bluetooth Security Seriously
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #10 - Model-Based Explanation for Human-in-the-Loop Security
Spotlight on Lablet Research #10 - Model-Based Explanation for Human-in-the-Loop Security Lablet: Carnegie Mellon University
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Pub Crawl #42Pub 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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"Critical Instagram Flaw Could Let Attackers Spy on Victims"
Instagram contained a critical security flaw that could have allowed malicious actors to perform remote code execution. According to Check Point researchers, the exploitation of this flaw involves sending a specially sized image file to a victim's device…
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"Phishers Are Targeting Employees With Fake GDPR Compliance Reminders"Adversaries are starting to use bogus General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance reminders to trick employees of businesses across several industries into giving out their email login credentials. If a user clicks on the link in the…
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"Researchers Discover Cyber Vulnerabilities Affecting Bluetooth Based Medical Devices"
Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) discovered SweynTooth, a set of 11 critical cyber vulnerabilities that affect Bluetooth-based medical devices. These security lapses…
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