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"Major ChatGPT Outage Caused by DDoS Attack"OpenAI has confirmed that ChatGPT and its API experienced a major outage on Wednesday due to what appeared to be a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
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"Japan Aviation Electronics Targeted in Ransomware Attack"Japanese electronics manufacturer Japan Aviation Electronics is recovering from a cyberattack for which the Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility. The company was founded in 1953 and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.
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"UND Receives US Department of Energy Funding for Cybersecurity Initiative"Researchers at the University of North Dakota (UND) will use an award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop algorithms for a cybersecurity software tool that will help Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) securely participate in energy marke
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"Smart Speakers, Smarter Protection"Although smart speakers such as Alexa offer convenience, they have raised some privacy concerns.
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"Lack of Federal Data Privacy Law Seen Hurting IT Security"Experts at a recent virtual conference by R Street, a non-profit think tank, discussed the issues of data privacy and data security.
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"Microsoft Warns of Election Threats in 2024"A recent threat intelligence assessment released by Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) has warned of potential unprecedented challenges to the security of elections over the next year.
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"New Tool Automates the Formal Verification of Systems Software"Formal systems verification is a relatively new technology that mathematically proves code is secure. Traditional software testing techniques are becoming less effective as software becomes more complex.
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"Researchers Uncover Undetectable Crypto Mining Technique on Azure Automation"Cybersecurity researchers have developed the first fully undetectable cloud-based cryptocurrency miner that uses the Microsoft Azure Automation service.
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"Russian-Speaking Threat Actor 'Farnetwork' Linked to 5 Ransomware Gangs"Farnetwork, the threat actor behind the Nokoyawa Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), gained experience over the years by helping the JSWORM, Nefilim, Karma, and Nemty affiliate programs with malware development and operation management.
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"Three-Quarters of Retail Ransomware Attacks End in Encryption"According to security researchers at Sophos, the share of global retailers hit by a serious ransomware breach over the past 12 months fell nearly 10 percentage points year-on-year (YoY), but just 26% were able to disrupt an attack before data was encry
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"Silent Ransom Group Ramps up Callback Phishing Attacks, FBI Warns"The FBI warns of a callback phishing scam by the Silent Ransom Group to gain initial access to organizations targeted in a recent ransomware campaign.
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"Virtual Kidnapping: AI Tools Are Enabling IRL Extortion Scams"Cybercriminals have the resources to fake a real-life kidnapping and make it believable, thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and publicly available data.