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"Many Popular Websites Still Cling to Password Creation Policies From 1985"According to a study conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, many popular websites still allow users to choose weak or even single-character passwords.
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"Microsoft Warns of Hackers Exploiting OAuth for Cryptocurrency Mining and Phishing"Microsoft has warned that attackers are deploying Virtual Machines (VMs) for cryptocurrency mining and launching phishing attacks using Open Authorization (OAuth) applications as an automation tool.
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"Boffins Fool AI Chatbot Into Revealing Harmful Content – With 98 Percent Success Rate"Purdue University researchers have developed a method for interrogating Large Language Models (LLMs) in a way that almost always breaks their etiquette training.
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"UCF Researcher Discovers New Technique for Photon Detection"Debashis Chanda, a University of Central Florida (UCF) researcher, has developed a new method for detecting photons, which are elementary particles spanning from visible light to radio frequencies and are used in cellular communication.
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"Spider-Man Game Creator Claimed by Ransom Gang"The ransomware group named Rhysida has targeted Insomniac Games, the American game developer behind Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and other popular video games.
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"The Hidden Challenges of Contractor Identity Management"Contractors present a significant Identity and Access Management (IAM) vulnerability. Although these third parties are necessary for business operations, they still pose a threat.
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"UTSA Establishes New Hub to Improve Management of Digital Assets"The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) a two-year grant to establish the National DigiFoundry (NDF).
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"Backup Migration WordPress Plugin Flaw Impacts 90,000 Sites"Security researchers at Wordfence are warning users of a popular WordPress plugin that they need to patch urgently or risk their site being remotely hijacked.
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"NSA Issues Recommendations to Protect Software Defined Networking Controllers"The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) titled "Managing Risk from Software Defined Networking Controllers." The CSI makes recommendations to help National Security Systems (NSS), Department of Defe
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"Ukraine’s Largest Telecom Operator Shut Down After Cyberattack"Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications operator, was recently targeted by a major cyberattack, leaving millions of people without cell service or Internet access.
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"Researchers Grapple With Bringing Quantum Security to the Cloud"Researchers in China have proposed and demonstrated a new protocol for cloud-computing-based information storage that combines quantum-level security with improved data-storage efficiency.
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"Google Patches Chromecast Vulnerabilities Exploited at Hacking Contest"Google recently announced patches for several high and moderate-severity Chromecast vulnerabilities that were exploited earlier this year at a hacking competition.