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"'Inconsistent and Misleading' Password Meters Could Increase Risk of Cyber Attacks"A study conducted by Steve Furnell, Professor of Information Security and leader of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN) at the University of Plymouth, explored the effectiveness of password meters. Password meters are…
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"Brainwave Devices Can Leak Sensitive Medical Conditions and Personal Information"Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are devices that allow people to use their brain activity to control their computers. A study conducted by UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) researchers on the privacy of BCI devices found that these devices can…
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"Hacking and Malware Cause 75% of all Data Breaches in the Financial Services Industry"Financial services firms made up 6 percent of all the breaches in 2019. In total, more than 60% of all leaked records in 2019 were exposed by financial services organizations, partly due to the Capital One mega breach, which compromised more than 100…
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"Visa Warns Against New PoS Attacks, Fin8 Fingered As the Culprit"Visa's Payment Fraud Disruption department identified three separate attacks on point-of-sale (PoS) systems used by gas stations and hospitality merchants. According to the credit card company, these attacks began last summer. These attacks aimed to…
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"Your Car May Be Vulnerable to Cyberattacks – Even the Smartest of Smart Cars Have Issues"While smart cars offer unique benefits, they also introduce significant security risks that have the potential to lead to loss of life. As vehicles increase in connectivity to the internet, they become more vulnerable to being hacked, manipulated, and…
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"Manhattan Hotel to Pilot Cyber-Safe Travel Program"A historic New York hotel will be implementing a program to protect its guests from cybercriminals. The Martinique New York on Broadway will pilot a program, called Cyber Safe Travel, designed to protect guests' mobile devices through the use of…
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"Researchers Bypass Airport and Payment Facial Recognition Systems Using Masks"The implementation of biometrics technology such as facial recognition continues to grow. However, researchers from the artificial intelligence company, Kneron, have proved that facial recognition biometrics is not as strong or foolproof as one would…
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"Major Vulnerabilities Found in Popular Wireless Presentation System"During new research F-Secure consultants, discovered several exploitable vulnerabilities in Barco’s ClickShare wireless presentation system. The vulnerabilities discovered would allow attackers to intercept and manipulate information during presentations…
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"Organizations Moving Toward More Rigorous Security Testing to Ensure Compliance"The 2020 State of Compliance and Security Testing Report released by Synack highlights results from a survey in which 311 North American organizations shared information about their security compliance testing. The results gave insight into the…
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"The Race for Quantum-Proof Cryptography"There needs to be an increase in mathematical research aimed at developing quantum-proof cryptography as the era of fully developed quantum computers approaches. Such research is needed because quantum computers are expected to be capable of breaking…
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"Snatch Ransomware Reboots Machines In Safe Mode to Bypass Endpoint Protection"The Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) team discovered a sample of Snatch ransomware when they were investigating an organization's network for a ransomware infection. Further analysis of the new strain of Snatch ransomware revealed that it evades…
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"Most Security Pros Admit to Accidental Internal Breaches at Their Organization"A survey conducted by Egress to which 500 IT security decision-makers in the U.S. responded. Findings from the survey reveal that inadvertent internal breaches are becoming a greater threat to organizations. In addition to accidental employee breaches,…