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"17 Billion Personal Records Exposed in Data Breaches in 2023"According to security researchers at Flashpoint, reported data breach incidents rose by 34.5% in 2023, with over 17 billion personal records compromised throughout the year.
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"'SAFE'" Technology Protects Data From Theft and Accidental Distribution"Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory developed a new technology to improve data security in various areas. The Secure, Automatic, Failsafe Eraser (SAFE) technology can erase the memory of devices and prevent data disclosures.
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"Is Q-Day Closer Than We Think? IBM Researchers Say Hybrid Quantum-AI May Poses Near-Term Threats"A team of IBM researchers reported in a study that combining Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing (HQCC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies could bring us closer to the day quantum computing undermines current encryption methods.
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"Microsoft Edge Bug Could Have Allowed Attackers to Silently Install Malicious Extensions"A now-patched security flaw in the Microsoft Edge web browser could have been exploited to install arbitrary extensions on users' systems and perform malicious activities.
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"Code Execution Flaws Haunt NVIDIA ChatRTX for Windows"NVIDIA, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing giant, has patched two software flaws in its ChatRTX for Windows app, warning that users are vulnerable to code execution and data tampering attacks.
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"INC Ransom Threatens to Leak 3TB of NHS Scotland Stolen Data"The INC Ransom extortion gang has threatened that it is going to publish three terabytes of data allegedly stolen after breaching the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland.
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"$700 Cybercrime Software Turns Raspberry Pi Into an Evasive Fraud Tool"Cybercriminals have been selling custom Raspberry Pi software called "GEOBOX" on Telegram that allows inexperienced hackers to turn the mini-computers into anonymous cyberattack tools.
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"Only 3% of Businesses Resilient Against Modern Cyber Threats"Cisco's 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index reveals that only 3 percent of organizations are resilient against cybersecurity threats, representing a significant drop in the proportion of global organizations with a mature level of readiness.
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"VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies"Security researchers at Human Security discovered that dozens of VPN applications that turn Android devices into residential proxies were being offered on the Google Play store.
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"'Darcula' Phishing-as-a-Service Operation Bleeds Victims Worldwide"According to researchers at Netcraft, the Chinese-language Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform "Darcula" created 19,000 phishing domains in cyberattacks against over 100 countries.
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"Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Surged by Over 50% Annually, Says Google"According to Google, the volume of zero-day vulnerabilities it detected increased by over 50% from 2022 to 2023, with bugs in third-party components on the rise.