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"Google Pays Out $36,000 for Severe Chrome Vulnerability"Google recently announced a fresh Chrome browser update that addresses 17 vulnerabilities, including 13 security defects reported by external researchers.
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"Varsity Brands Data Breach Impacts 65,000 People"Apparel giant Varsity Brands recently disclosed a data breach impacting a significant number of individuals. Varsity provides uniforms, apparel, and services for sports teams, schools, and student-athletes.
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"Chinese Researchers Break RSA Encryption With a Quantum Computer"A research team led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University has presented a method involving the use of D-Wave's quantum annealing systems to crack classic encryption.
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"Attackers Deploying Red Teaming Tool for EDR Evasion"Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered that threat actors are using the open source "EDRSilencer" tool to evade Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems.
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"Most Organizations Unprepared for Post-Quantum Threat"The Entrust Cybersecurity Institute found that many organizations have not begun post-quantum threat preparations despite the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) recent publication of post-quantum standards.
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"Election Day is Close, the Threat of Cyber Disruption is Real"According to Fortinet's recent threat report, cybercriminals, hacktivists, and nation-state actors have threatened to disrupt or take advantage of the US election.
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"New ConfusedPilot Attack Targets AI Systems with Data Poisoning"Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin's SPARK Lab have identified "ConfusedPilot," a new cyberattack that targets Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems such as Microsoft 365 Copilot.
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"Researchers Uncover Hijack Loader Malware Using Stolen Code-Signing Certificates"A new malware campaign delivers "Hijack Loader" artifacts signed with legitimate code-signing certificates. Researchers at HarfangLab detected the activity, noting that the attack chains aim to deploy the "Lumma" infostealer.
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"New CounterSEVeillance and TDXDown Attacks Target AMD and Intel TEEs"Intel and AMD have responded to security researchers' discoveries of new attack methods called "TDXDown" and "CounterSEVeillance" that target Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) and Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology.
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"New FASTCash Malware Linux Variant Helps Steal Money From ATMs"North Korean hackers are infecting financial institutions' payment switch systems with a new Linux variant of "FASTCash" to withdraw cash.
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"Organizations Slow to Protect Doors Against Hackers: Researcher"Shawn Merdinger, a cybersecurity researcher, found that many organizations whose door access controllers he analyzed failed to protect them from hacker attacks.
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"Volkswagen Says IT Infrastructure Not Affected After Ransomware Gang Claims Data Theft"The Volkswagen Group has recently made a public statement after a known ransomware group claimed to have stolen valuable information from the carmaker's systems.