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"Android Financial Apps Too Greedy for Permissions"Researchers at Cybernews have further revealed the intrusive nature of Android apps. According to Statista, Android dominates the global mobile operating system (OS) market with a 70.5 percent share.
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"Chrome 118 Patches 20 Vulnerabilities"Google recently announced the release of Chrome 118 to the stable channel with fixes for 20 vulnerabilities, including 14 reported by external researchers.
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"Microsoft, American Express Most Spoofed Brands in Financial Services Phishing Emails"According to the 2023 Financial Services Sector Threat Landscape report by Trustwave SpiderLabs, the most commonly spoofed companies in phishing emails aimed at the financial services industry are Microsoft and American Express.
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"LinkedIn Smart Links Attacks Return to Target Microsoft Accounts"In an attempt to steal Microsoft account credentials, hackers are using LinkedIn Smart Links in phishing attacks to circumvent security measures and avoid detection.
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"Microsoft Warns of Nation-State Hackers Exploiting Critical Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability"Microsoft has attributed the exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server to the nation-state actor Storm-0062, also known as DarkShadow or Oro0lxy.
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"Cyber Professionals Alarmed by Growing Attacker Use of AI"According to a recent survey conducted by Integrity360, IT security decision makers are concerned about the use of AI by cybercriminals, particularly surrounding deepfakes, and many believe AI is increasing the number of cybersecurity attacks.
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"Endpoint Malware Attacks Decline as Campaigns Spread Wider"According to WatchGuard, endpoint malware detections decreased by 8 percent in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter.
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"Exploitation Accounts For 29% of Education Sector Attacks"In a new report, security researchers at Critical Start claimed that the education sector is a prime target for threat actors, with 29% of attacks originating from vulnerability exploitation and 30% from phishing campaigns on K-12 schools in 2023.
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"One-Click 'GNOME' Exploit Is a Supply Chain Risk for Linux OSes"Researchers have discovered a security flaw in a library within the GNU Object Model Environment (GNOME) for Linux systems. If embedded in a malicious link, the vulnerability could allow instantaneous machine takeover by attackers.
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"It's Time to Treat Satellites as Critical Infrastructure"Satellite hacking could result in massive disruptions to communications, transportation, and weather forecasts, as well as the loss of sensitive data.
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"CMU's Synergy Lab Presents Multiple Papers on Ubiquitous Sensing at UbiComp"Researchers from the Systems, Networking, and Energy Efficiency (Synergy) Lab at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are presenting several multi-year studies on their work regarding ubiquitous sensing at the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasiv
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"Air Europa Data Breach: Customers Warned to Cancel Credit Cards"Spanish airline Air Europa, the country's third-largest airline and a member of the SkyTeam alliance, recently warned customers to cancel their credit cards after attackers accessed their card information in a recent data breach.