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"New Report Outlines IoT Security Vulnerabilities"A new Internet of Things (IoT) report released by consulting and research firm, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), details the presence of IoT security vulnerabilities in 13 popular small office/home office (SOHO) routers and network-attached storage… -
"Wireless Security Institute Established at Idaho National Laboratory to Improve 5G Technology"5G is the next generation of wireless technology that is expected to bring improvements in regard to bandwidth, capacity, and reliability. However, the arrival of 5G networks is also expected to introduce new security vulnerabilities. As the…
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"Phishing Attempts Increase 400%, Many Malicious URLs Found on Trusted Domains"In a news study, it has been discovered that nearly a quarter (24%) of malicious URLs are found to be hosted on trusted domains. This is done, because hackers know trusted domain URLs raise less suspicion among users and are more…
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"New Tech Aims to Tell Pilots When Their Plane Has Been Hacked"U.S. defense contractor, Raytheon, is developing new technology that would alert pilots in the event that their planes are being hacked. The U.S. military expects the act of hacking a plane to be a major tactic in warfare in the future. The Cyber Anomaly…
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"Hacking for the Public Good"A panel at the Black Hat USA 2019 conference highlighted the use of hacking skills for good as hacking is often perceived as bad. It was emphasized that white-hat hackers and IT security industry groups are applying their skills in a way that bolsters…
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"APT Groups Exploiting Flaws in Unpatched VPNs, Officials Warn"The National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Cyber Centre (NCSC) in the United Kingdom issued alerts pertaining to the exploitation of vulnerabilities in outdated VPN technologies from Pulse Secure, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks by state-…
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"Researcher Shows How Adversaries Can Gather Intel on U.S. Critical Infrastructure"A researcher known as Wojciech used open source intelligence (OSINT) and a tool that he developed, called Kamerka, to demonstrate the ease at which adversaries can collect intelligence on U.S. critical infrastructure. Through the use of the Kamerka tool…
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"218 million Words With Friends Players Lose Data to Hackers"It has been discovered that Words With Friends, Zynga’s popular multiplayer crossword-style game has been affected by a breach. The hacker/hacker group named GnosticPlayers had gotten access to details on more than 218 million users.…
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"Research Aims to Help Social Media Users Secure Their Information"Researchers at the University of North Georgia (UNG) are working on developing tools aimed at helping Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram users protect their sensitive data. Dr. Ahmad Ghafarian and three UNG students are performing experiments in which the…
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"Iranian Hackers Targeted a U.S. Presidential Campaign, Microsoft Says"Researchers from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center discovered more than 2,000 attempts supposedly made by Iranian hackers to compromise email accounts associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, government officials, journalists, and prominent…
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"Intel Proposes New SAPM Memory Type to Protect Against Spectre-Like Attacks"Intel recently published a paper in which details about a new type of computer memory were shared. The new type of CPU memory, called Speculative-Access Protected Memory (SAPM), was designed to protect against Spectre, Meltdown, Zombieload, and other…
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"Alabama Hospitals Pay Out in Ransomware Attack Amid FBI Warning of More to Come"It has been discovered that Alabama-based DCH Health System paid off the hackers behind a ransomware attack that severely disrupted operations at three hospitals. The specific ransomware variant involved in the attack is called Ryuk.…