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"New Protocol Kills Dead Air for Quantum Communication - The Technique Can Boost Transmission Rates and Improve Security"Quantum communication transmission rates have been limited by the "dead time" of single-photon detectors. Researchers at LG Electronics in South Korea recently revealed a new protocol to improve transmission rates while also increasing security.
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"DHS Employees Jailed For Stealing Data of 200K U.S. Govt Workers"Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have recently been sentenced to prison for stealing proprietary U.S. government software and databases containing the personal data of 200,000 federal employees.
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"Energy Giant Schneider Electric Hit by Cactus Ransomware Attack"Schneider Electric, the energy management and automation giant, has been targeted in a Cactus ransomware attack, resulting in data theft. Researchers discovered that the ransomware attack targeted the company's Sustainability Business division.
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"Albabat, Kasseika, Kuiper: New Ransomware Gangs Rise with Rust and Golang"Researchers have discovered Faust, a new variant of the Phobos ransomware family, in the wild.
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"Global Critical Infrastructure Faces Relentless Cyber Activity"According to Forescout, Operational Technology (OT) is under constant attack, with key protocols facing many persistent attacks.
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"Pegasus Spyware Targets Togolese Journalists' Mobile Devices"Threat actors installed the Pegasus spyware on phones belonging to several journalists in Togo. Pegasus spyware, developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, enables the controller to access and extract information from an exploited mobile device.
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"Kansas City Public Transportation Authority Hit by Ransomware"The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) recently announced it was targeted by a ransomware attack on Tuesday, January 23.
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"Canadian Man Sentenced to Prison for Ransomware Attacks"A Canadian involved in numerous ransomware and other types of cyberattacks against businesses, government entities, and individuals in Canada was recently sentenced to two years in prison.
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"Researchers Develop Easy-To-Deploy Federated Learning System That Safeguards Patient Data"Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new, user-friendly method for hospitals to contribute to developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) models while protecting patient data.
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"Unlocking the Potential of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Blockchain"A Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is a cryptographic protocol that enables the prover to convince the verifier that a certain claim is true, without disclosing any details about the claim. This type of verification can be highly effective in situations
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"NIST Researchers Warn of Top AI Security Threats"Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, which rely on large amounts of data to execute tasks, can fail when exposed to untrustworthy data.
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"Large Mexican Companies Targeted by Financially Motivated Hacking Campaign"BlackBerry researchers urge Mexican companies with annual revenues of over $100 million to be on the lookout for a cybercrime campaign.