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"How To Deal With the Vagueness in New Cyber Regulations"This year, regulatory bodies at all levels of government have issued stricter privacy and disclosure requirements and penalties, crafted with ambiguous language and vague guidelines, leaving cybersecurity teams buried in liability and without a clear…
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"New 'Deep Learning Attack' Deciphers Laptop Keystrokes with 95% Accuracy"A group of researchers has developed a "deep learning-based acoustic side-channel attack" that is 95 percent accurate in classifying laptop keystrokes recorded by a nearby phone. According to the researchers Joshua Harrison, Ehsan Toreini, and Maryam…
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"Vanderbilt Computer Scientists Develop Community-Based App for Managing Mobile Privacy and Security"Mamtaj Akter, a graduate student in computer science at Vanderbilt University working in the lab of Pamela Wisniewski, Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering and associate professor of computer science, co-authored a study evaluating how technology can…
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"Decommissioned Medical Infusion Pumps Sold on Secondary Market Could Reveal Wi-Fi Configuration Settings"Rapid7 researchers warn that the secondary market sale of decommissioned medical infusion pumps may result in the exposure of Wi-Fi configuration settings. Most medical infusion pumps purchased from secondary market services such as eBay contained…
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"Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform"Travel rewards programs, such as those offered by airlines and hotels, highlight the benefits of joining their club as opposed to others. The digital infrastructure of many of these programs, including Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, Hilton Honors,…
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"Many Tech Experts Fail a Test of Their Cybersecurity Knowledge"A survey of over 2,300 self-identified technologists from 90 countries reveals a lack of cybersecurity knowledge. In April and May, on behalf of RSA Security, a series of fact-based questions were posed, such as the most common cause of data breaches and…
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"Google, Microsoft Take Refuge in Rust Language's Better Security"When Fortanix launched in 2016, the company decided to commit to the one-year-old Rust's programming language to benefit from its security strengths and performance. Seven years later, Fortanix's commitment to Rust has proved to be a success.…
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"Google, Microsoft Take Refuge in Rust Language's Better Security"When Fortanix launched in 2016, the company decided to commit to the one-year-old Rust's programming language to benefit from its security strengths and performance. Seven years later, Fortanix's commitment to Rust has proved to be a success.…
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"Russia-Based Hackers Building New Attack Infrastructure to Stay Ahead of Public Reporting"Due to increased public reporting by security researchers and technology companies such as Microsoft and Google, a Russia-based hacking group connected to previous attacks on governments is shifting tactics. According to a report from Recorded Future,…
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"Threat of Cyber Attacks to National Security Compared to That of Chemical Weapons"According to the UK government's latest National Risk Register (NRR) report for 2023, the risk of cyberattacks is now considered to be more severe than that posed by small-scale chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) attacks, such as the…
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"Report Reveals 'Sudden Surge' in Cyberattacks Targeting Government Agencies"According to a new report, cyberattacks against government agencies and the public sector have increased alarmingly over the past few months, as threat actors deployed various novel malware campaigns targeting financial institutions, healthcare services…
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"A Cyberattack Has Disrupted Hospitals and Health Care in Five States"A recent cyberattack has disrupted hospital computer systems in several states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted, and many primary care services remained closed on Friday as security experts worked to determine the…