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"Rilide Browser Extension Steals MFA Codes"Cryptocurrency thieves are targeting users of Chromium-based browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave Browser, and Opera, with an extension that can steal credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. The extension, dubbed…
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"CISA Warns of Critical ICS Flaws in Hitachi, mySCADA, ICL, and Nexx Products"The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released eight advisories regarding critical vulnerabilities in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) products from Hitachi Energy, mySCADA Technologies,…
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"Researchers Fight Cybercrime With New Digital Forensic Tools and Techniques"Irfan Ahmed, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, equips the good guys fighting the never-ending cybersecurity conflict with digital forensic tools and the knowledge to use them. Ahmed is the director of the Security and Forensics Engineering…
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"Security Made Simple With NCSA's CILogon"Almost everyone in the digital age has likely, at some point, needed to access cloud-stored documents and data but forgot their password and had to create a new identity. For researchers with allocations for high-performance computing and services across…
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"Hackers Using Log4j Bug to Profit From Victim IP Addresses Through 'Proxyjacking' Scheme"Dozens of companies charge customers to use a different Internet Protocol (IP) address for activities such as watching YouTube videos unavailable in their region, conducting unrestricted web scraping and browsing, or visiting websites without attributing…
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"Growing Challenges For Increasingly Connected Vehicles"As cars become more connected, they will face more security challenges. Connectivity involves all vehicle components, encompassing everything from autonomous driving to connected infotainment and in-cabin monitoring. In addition, it includes external…
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"Organizations Struggle to Manage OT Security Risks"According to a new survey conducted by OTORIO and ServiceNow, 58 percent of organizations consider their Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity risk as high or critical. However, according to the survey of 200 Information Technology (IT) and OT…
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"Uber Drivers' Data Exposed in Breach of Law Firm's Servers"A mid-sized law firm representing Uber has recently notified an unknown number of its drivers that sensitive data has been exposed and stolen due to a cyberattack. New Jersey-based Genova Burns disclosed the breach in an email to customers. …
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"New Cyber Software Can Verify How Much Knowledge AI Really Knows"As a result of the developing global interest in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, University of Surrey researchers have developed software that can verify how much information an AI gathered from an organization's digital database. As…
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"Simulating a Secure Future"According to Rajat Kumar, a Ph.D. student in Yehia Massoud's lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), it is not inconceivable for a malicious employee of a company that implants chips in about 50 percent of the world's computers…
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"Android’s April 2023 Updates Patch Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities"Google recently announced the April 2023 security updates for Android devices, with patches for over 65 vulnerabilities, including two critical bugs leading to remote code execution (RCE). Google’s Android security bulletin for April 2023 describes…
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"Chrome 112 Patches 16 Security Flaws"Google recently announced the release of Chrome 112 in the stable channel with patches for 16 vulnerabilities, including 14 reported by external researchers. Of the externally reported flaws, two are rated high severity, nine have a medium severity…