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"LSU Cybersecurity Team Receives $600K Grant From NSF to Combat Malware"Louisiana State University (LSU) cybersecurity researcher and associate professor Elias Bou-Harb and University of South Carolina (USC) collaborators received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to combat malware.
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"Chinese Hackers Rely on Covert Proxy Networks to Evade Detection"Mandiant has found that Chinese-backed threat actors are increasingly using Operational Relay Boxes (ORBs) in cyber espionage activities.
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"GHOSTENGINE Exploits Vulnerable Drivers to Disable EDRs in Cryptojacking Attack"A new cryptocurrency jacking campaign uses vulnerable drivers to disable Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions and evade detection in Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks.
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"Chinese Hackers Hide on Military and Government Networks for 6 Years"Since 2018, a threat actor dubbed "Unfading Sea Haze" has targeted military and government entities in the South China Sea region without detection. According to Bitdefender researchers, the threat group's intelligence collection and es
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"Sounding the Alarm: UF Cybersecurity Expert Exposes Audio Deepfake"Patrick Traynor, a University of Florida (UF) professor, along with UF's Florida Institute for Cybersecurity team are researching robust ways to defend against deepfake technology. The research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF
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"US to Invest $50 Million in Securing Hospitals Against Cyber Threats"The US government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced a $50 million cybersecurity effort to help Information Technology (IT) teams protect hospital environments from cyberattacks.
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"Report Reveals 341% Rise in Advanced Phishing Attacks"Security researchers at SlashNext have reported a 341% increase in malicious phishing links, business email compromise (BEC), QR code, and attachment-based threats in the past six months. This data comes from SlashNext's mid-year
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"Microsoft's AI 'Recall' Feature Raises Security, Privacy Concerns"Microsoft has revealed its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-optimized "Copilot+ PCs" that is raising concerns among experts regarding security and privacy due to a new feature called "Recall." According to Microsoft, the Recall feature will feel like
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"Critical Netflix Genie Bug Opens Big Data Orchestration to RCE"A critical vulnerability in the open source version of Netflix's Genie job orchestration engine enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on systems running affected versions of the software.
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"UserPro Plugin Vulnerability Allows Account Takeover"Security researchers at Patchstack recently discovered a significant security vulnerability in the UserPro plugin, a popular community and user profile tool for WordPress developed by DeluxeThemes.
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"New Results in AI Research: Humans Barely Able to Recognize AI-Generated Media"A study with important takeaways for cybersecurity found that Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated images, text, and audio files are so convincing that people can no longer distinguish them from human-generated content.
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"Technological Complexity Drives New Wave of Identity Risks"ConductorOne reports that increased technological and organizational complexity is introducing new identity risks for security leaders.