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  • "Can Tracking Hardware-Level Activity Protect Children's Online Privacy?"

    Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas created a tool that can be used to determine whether a mobile game or app meets the requirements under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). A study conducted at the university in which 72…

  • "Most Malware in Q1 2020 Was Delivered Via Encrypted HTTPS Connections"

    Researchers at WatchGuard discovered that 67 percent of all malware in Q1 of 2020 was delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections.  They also found that 72 percent of encrypted malware was classified as zero day, which means they would have evaded…

  • "Duration of Application DDoS Attacks Increasing, Some go on For Days"

    Researchers at Imperva have found that there have been seven major application DDoS attacks over the previous month.  Over 150,000 requests per second (RPS) were identified. Two of the seven attacks lasted five and six days consecutively, which is…

  • "Two-Year Data Breach at Florida Senior Care Provider"

    Cano Health, a Florida senior care provider, experienced a prolonged security breach that went unnoticed for two years. Further investigation of the breach revealed that threat actors compromised three employee email accounts. Patients' personal…

  • "Report Finds Two-Thirds of Malware Is Encrypted, Invisible Without HTTPS Inspection"

    According to WatchGuard Technologies' Internet Security Report for Q1 2020, 67% of all malware detected in the first three months of the year were delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections to bypass signature-based protections. The report also revealed…

  • "3 Key Ways to Bolster Healthcare Cybersecurity With MFA, Training"

    The healthcare sector continues to face a growing range of cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic as telework and telework increases. Security researchers and federal agencies have reported surges in cyberattacks against cloud services, remote…

  • "Sodinokibi Ransomware Gang Targets POS Software"

    Researchers at Symantec have discovered that the Sodinokibi ransomware gang is targeting point-of-sale payment device software after infecting networks with its crypto-locking malware.  The researchers identified three instances, and it is not clear…

  • "Twitter Apologises for Business Data Breach"

    Twitter, on May 20th, discovered that billing information of businesses who use Twitter's advertising and analytics platform was being stored in the browser's cache.  The personal data stored in the browser's cache included email addresses, phone…

  • "How Much Control Are People Willing to Grant to a Personal Privacy Assistant?"

    The Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data are making it increasingly difficult for people to keep up with the various ways their data could be collected and processed. Therefore, a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's security and…

  • "Adding Noise for Completely Secure Communication"

    The use of quantum computers by hackers poses a threat to the security of current communications systems. Quantum computers' quantum-mechanical properties will allow them to perform calculations much faster than today's computers. The speed at which…

  • "New WastedLocker Ransomware Demands Payments of Millions of USD"

    The cybercriminal organization, called "Evil Corp," also known as the Dridex gang, is back in action after the U.S. Department of Justice charged several of its members in December 2019. Fox-IT, a part of the NCC Group, has shared details on changes made…

  • "Scam Uses Elon Musk’s Name to Trick People Out of US$2 Million in Bitcoin"

      Cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been around for a few years now. Cybersecurity firm Adaptiv has discovered that fraudsters are now name-dropping Musk (the founder of Tesla and SpaceX) into the bitcoin address itself, which has tricked victims…