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"Hackers Target Real Estate Deals, with Devastating Impact"According to a report released by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of those that have fallen victim to email fraud involving real estate transactions. Losses have also been reported to be…
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"Meet EyeTell, the Next Threat to Touch-Screen Passwords"Researchers at Arizona State University have demonstrated a tactic that could be used by hackers to figure out a user’s passcode, PIN, or lock pattern. The technique has been demonstrated through the use of a digital tool called EyeTell, which could…
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"Computer Scientist Working to Test Security of IoT Systems, Blockchains"Researchers have been awarded a grant by NIST to develop a new way in which software systems can be securely tested. The new method to security testing being developed by researchers aims to prevent vulnerabilities deriving from errors made in the…
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SoS Musings #18 - Get Smart About Smart City CybersecuritySoS Musings #18 Get Smart About Smart City Cybersecurity
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"Mirai Creators Helping FBI Crack Cybercrime Cases"Creators of the infamous Mirai botnet are now completing their community service by assisting the FBI in the investigation of cybercrimes and performance of other cybersecurity-related tasks. The skills that these offenders used in their performance of…
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New Whitehouse National Cyber StrategyWhitehouse has released a National Cyber Strategy. The strategy is to "strength our defense against cyber threats." Highlights include: Defend the homeland by protecting networks, systems, functions, and data; Promote American prosperity by…
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"Someone Watching? Tenable Says Hackers Can Access, Alter Surveillance Footage"A zero-day vulnerability called Peekaboo has been discovered in NUUO software used by thousands of web-based surveillance cameras. The exploitation of this vulnerability could allow hackers to remotely execute code in the NUUO software,…
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"Secure Encrypted Virtualization: How Is This Technology Exploited?"A new attack targeting virtual machines has been discovered by security researchers. The attack dubbed SEVered targets virtual machines that use AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) for encrypted protection. This article continues to discuss the…
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“Hackers Mined a Fortune from Indian Websites”Researchers discovered that various government websites from India were being used for the cryptojacking. As of September 16, according to the article, the websites involved were still running the infecting script, even after officials were notified.…
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"Researchers Observe Threat Actor Using Varied Tools and Payloads to Distribute Monero Miners"Rocke is a new threat actor that has been observed by researchers at Cisco Talos be making use of a wide variety of tools and payloads in order to deliver Monero-based cryptomining malware. According to researchers, Rocke has been using an array of Git…