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"AI-Powered CryptoRom Scam Targets Mobile Users"According to security researchers at Sophos, CryptoRom, a notorious scam that combines fake cryptocurrency trading and romance scams, has taken a new twist by utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) chat tools to lure and interact with victims…
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Call for Papers: Journal of Cybersecurity Special CollectionCall for Papers Special Collection: The Philosophy of Information Security Editors: David Pym and Jonathan Spring For this special collection, we solicit papers at the intersection of philosophy, information security, and philosophy of science. There…
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"Allegheny County Issues Notice of Data Breach"Allegheny County recently released limited details on a data breach. According to the county, they were affected by a global cybersecurity incident impacting the popular file transfer tool, MOVEit. The county noted that the breach allowed a…
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"OT/IoT Malware Surges Tenfold in First Half of the Year"According to security researchers at Nozomi Networks, malware-related cyber threats in operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments jumped tenfold year-on-year in the first six months of 2023. The researchers noted that…
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"Firefox 116 Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities"Mozilla recently announced the release of Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, and Firefox ESR 102.14, which include patches for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities. Mozilla lists 14 CVEs in its advisory, nine of which are rated high severity. …
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"Managing Technological Security of Smart Environment Monitoring Systems"New research in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures presents guidance regarding securing water-related critical infrastructures and further emphasizes the need to protect environment monitoring technologies as cities evolve into smart…
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"Alleged NATO Data Theft Leaked Hundreds of Sensitive Documents and Thousands of User Records"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is investigating the alleged theft of data by the hacktivist group known as SiegedSec. The threat actor claims to have compromised the Communities of Interest (COI) Cooperation Portal and stolen hundreds of…
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"New Malware WikiLoader Targeting Italian Organizations"Researchers are warning about a malware downloader spoofing Italian organizations in order to deliver a banking Trojan to Italian companies. The downloader, dubbed WikiLoader by Proofpoint researchers, uses multiple methods to avoid detection. The…
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"False Claims Attacks on Infrastructure Focus of NSF-Funded Research"False claims and disinformation in a society highly influenced by social media have become significant problems with potentially severe consequences. Researchers at the University of Oklahoma and collaborating institutions have received funding from the…
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"Apple Users Open to Remote Control via Tricky macOS Malware"Researchers at Guardz have discovered Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware that infests Macs and silently executes complete takeovers without user permission. It also sports persistence through reboots. It's being sold at a…
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"Collide+Power Vulnerability Leaks Secrets Bit by Bit"Researchers in Austria and Germany have developed a power-monitoring side-channel attack that exposes sensitive data on modern computer chips. The Collide+Power attack analyzes the processor's power consumption to determine the contents of the CPU cache…
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"Researchers Claim US-Registered Cloud Host Facilitated State-Backed Cyberattacks"According to researchers at the cybersecurity company Halcyon, the US-registered cloud company Cloudzy provided web hosting and Internet services to over two dozen state-sponsored hacking groups and commercial spyware operators. In a recently published…