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"New R Programming Vulnerability Exposes Projects to Supply Chain Attacks"A threat actor could exploit a security flaw in the R programming language to create a malicious R Data Serialization (RDS) file that results in the execution of code when loaded and referenced.
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"Okta Warns Customers of Credential Stuffing Barrage"Okta customers have recently experienced an "unprecedented" rise in credential stuffing attacks supposedly due to anonymizing services and residential proxies.
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"Britain Bans Simple Passwords for Smart Devices"UK law will require Internet-connected smart devices to meet minimum security standards. On April 29, the law came into force, banning manufacturers from using weak default passwords like "123456" or "admin" for Internet-connected devices.
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"Voter Registration System Taken Offline in Coffee County Cyber-Incident"Coffee County in Georgia has been hit by a cyberattack, reportedly leading to its connection to the state's voter registration system being severed.
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"Threat Actor Uses Multiple Infostealers in Global Campaign"Cisco's Talos is warning that a threat actor has been using multiple information stealers to harvest credentials and financial data from users worldwide. The threat actor is called CoralRaider and has been active since at least 2023.
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"This AI-Controlled Jet Fighter Has Now Flown Against Human Pilots"DARPA recently announced that an AI test pilot has successfully flown a jet fighter in dogfights against human opponents.
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"Computer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity"A multi-university and industry research team led by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, discovered two novel attacks targeting the conditional branch predictor in high-end Intel processors that could compromise billio
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"FTC Sending $5.6 Million in Refunds to Ring Customers Over Security Failures"The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it will send a total of $5.6m in refunds to customers of Ring, a home camera provider, due to a settlement with Ring over security and privacy failings.
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"Cybersecurity Researchers Spotlight a New Ransomware Threat – Be Careful Where You Upload Files"A team of researchers from Florida International University's (FIU) Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab, in collaboration with Google Senior Research Scientist Guliz Seray Tuncay, delved into how hackers can gain access to a user's computer files
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"HelloKitty Ransomware Rebranded and Back in Business, Looking for Employees"As reported by security researcher "3xp0rt," a hacker claiming to be the creator of "HelloKitty" ransomware has rebranded the gang as "HelloGookie." HelloKitty is known for hacking the game company CD Project Red in 2021 and stealing th
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"Why Banks Should be Taking Quantum Security Very Seriously"According to Elshan Kashefi, UK's National Quantum Computing Centre Chief Scientist, banks should be concerned about quantum security. Kashefi warned of the immense threat quantum computers pose before they are even fully functional.
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"Godfather Banking Trojan Spawns 1.2K Samples Across 57 Countries"Over 1,000 "Godfather" mobile banking Trojan samples are circulating in dozens of countries, targeting hundreds of banking apps.