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"Google Chrome Impacted by New Magellan 2.0 Vulnerabilities"Researchers have discovered a new set of SQLite vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to run malicious code inside Google Chrome remotely. There were 5 vulnerabilities found in total and were named Magellan 2.0. All apps that use an SQLite…
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"Interest in Cybersecurity Needs to Start at Top, New Research Argues"Despite the increase in cyberattacks against US towns, cities, and counties, local governments are still not prepared to address cyber threats. A new paper, titled Managing Cybersecurity at the Grassroots: Evidence from the First Nationwide Survey of…
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"Deepfakes Pose New Security Challenges"Security experts expect deepfakes to pose a greater threat to cybersecurity in 2020. This expectation derives from the increasing implementation of biometrics to identify and authenticate a person. Deepfakes are fake, realistic-looking images, text, and…
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"How AI and Cybersecurity Will Intersect in 2020"Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies (AI/ML) are expected to grow in sophistication and application in the cybersecurity field as well as in the realm of business. However, the growth of these advanced technologies will be…
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"267 Million Facebook Users Exposed in Accessible Database"Comparitech and security researcher, Bob Diachenko, discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch database online, which exposed sensitive information belonging to more than 267 million Facebook users, most of which reside in the US. The personal data exposed by…
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"Microsoft Seizes Network of 50 Domains From Hacker Group With Ties to North Korea"50 websites have been seized by Microsoft that were being used by North Korean hacker group Thallium to target government employees, universities, human rights organizations, and nuclear proliferation groups in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. The…
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"2019: The Year Ransomware Targeted State & Local Governments"In 2019, ransomware wreaked havoc on governments, hospitals, schools, and more, causing significant disruptions to operations and impacting finances. The most notable ansomware incidents of 2019 include those faced by Baltimore, Louisiana state…
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"The State of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation"It is important that federal organizations successfully implement continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) capabilities as hackers continue to execute increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks involving advanced technologies such as automation and…
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"Wyze: Data Leak Exposes 2.4 Million Customers"The company Wyze discovered that two databases between December 4th and December 27th were not appropriately secured. Information of 2.4 million customers with home security systems was exposed. User data relating to Wi-Fi service set identifiers,…
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"Maastricht University Ransomware Attack: All Systems Blacked-Out"Maastricht University in the Netherlands was recently hit by a major ransomware attack that took down almost all of its Windows systems and impacted the email services used by the University, inconveniencing both students and staff. The University…
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"Uninstall This Alleged Emirati Spy App From Your Phone Now"US intelligence officials urge those that downloaded the social messaging app, ToTok, to uninstall the app immediately as it is supposedly a surveillance tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to collect data. In response to this…
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"Closing a Critical Gap in Cybersecurity"The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was established as the nation's risk adviser to work with different entities within the realms of government and industry to strengthen the country's…