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“Why These Cybersecurity Researchers Are Automating Vulnerability Assessments”Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed the Online Cyber Security System (OCYSS) support service, which aims to support organizations in the maintenance of adequate cybersecurity. OCYSS has been designed to quickly collect information…
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"DHS S&T Awards $194K to NexiTech for Defense against Cyber-Threats"NexiTech, Inc. of Woodland Park, Colorado, has been awarded with a $194,000 contract by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) in support of the advancement of defense technologies used against cyberthreats…
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"Small Companies Often in the Dark About Cyberattacks"A survey conducted by Nationwide in which 1,069 businesses with less than 299 employees participated, indicates that most small businesses still lack awareness and preparedness in dealing with cyberattacks. According to the survey, a majority of small…
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"'Crypto Anchors' Might Stop the Next Equifax-Style Megabreach"The implementation of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and traditional encryption were still insufficient in the protection of sensitive user data as indicated by the disastrous breaches of Equifax and Yahoo. Therefore, some Silicon…
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“Website Attacks Surge: Report”SiteLock’s Website Security Insider report reveals the average number in which websites have been targeted by cyberattacks each day in the second quarter of 2017. The average number of attacks aimed toward websites have increased significantly from 2016…
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“Data Breach Exposed Medical Records, Including Blood Test Results, of Over 100 Thousand Patients”Researchers at Kromtech Security Center have discovered the exposure of patient files containing sensitive medical information belonging to an estimated 150,000 Americans. These medical records contain sensitive information, such as names, diagnoses,…
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“Rise in Insider Threats Drives Shift to Training, Data-Level Security”Challenges faced by organizations in the prevention of data breaches continue to arise due to the growing amount of managed data as well as the increasing threats posed by insiders. According to recent cybersecurity reports and research, internal actors…
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"Cyber Ransom Group Hits Soft Targets: US Schools"A hacking group by the name of “The Dark Overlord” has recently began targeting U.S. school districts in an attempt to demonstrate the impacts of its attacks in order to pressure high-tech companies to succumb to their demands for ransom payments.…
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"Hijacking Computers to Mine Cryptocurrency Is All the Rage"Security researchers have observed a significant increase in the launch of cyberattacks with the purpose of hijacking computers to perform the computationally demanding process that is mining cryptocurrency. Recently, a cryptocurrency mining tool…
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"Hundreds of Printers Expose Backend Panels and Password Reset Functions Online"Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security, has discovered that around 700 Brother printers have been left exposed as attackers can access the administration panels of these printers via the Internet. The absence of an administrator password…
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"ONR Awards GrammaTech $9 Million for Cyber-Hardening Security Research"The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded GrammaTech, Inc. with a $9 million, three-year contract in support of protecting software from cyberattacks through the research and development of advanced methods. With this funding, GrammaTech will…
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"New Data Structure Allows Rapid Tracking and Policing of Network Data"A team of A*STAR researchers have developed a new data structure by the name of REX, which stands for Resilient and Efficient Data Structure. This new data structure improves upon the commonly-used data structure, hash table, to defend networks from…