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"How Ubiquitous Keyboard Software Puts Hundreds of Millions of Chinese Users at Risk"For millions of Chinese people, the first software they install on a new laptop or smartphone is a keyboard app. However, only some know this may make the text they type vulnerable to eavesdropping. The standard QWERTY keyboard by itself is inefficient…
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"Light Might Be the Answer to Our Data Security Issues, Quantum Researcher Says"In a world driven by data, protecting digitized lives and resources is crucial, especially as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies mature. Therefore, University of Calgary alum Jordan Smith and his team in the Faculty of…
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"Discord Starts Notifying Users Affected by March Data Breach"Discord has recently started reaching out to users affected by a data breach disclosed earlier this year to let them know what Personal Identifying Information (PII) was exposed in the incident. Discord noted that the breach stemmed from a security…
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"New Quantum Device Generates Single Photons and Encodes Information"A new approach to quantum light emitters generates a stream of circularly polarized single photons, or light particles, which may be useful for various quantum information and communication applications. To realize this chiral quantum light source, a…
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"Multi-Hospital Ransom Attack in US Claimed by Rhysida Gang"The Rhysida ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the early August ransomware attack on California-based Prospect Medical Holdings (PMH), a multi-state conglomerate with more than a dozen hospitals and over 150 outpatient facilities. In…
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"Nearly 1,000 Organizations, 60 Million Individuals Impacted by MOVEit Hack"According to security researchers at Emsisoft, as of August 24, 988 organizations and 59,200,000 individuals have been impacted by the recent MOVEit campaign conducted by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group. The researchers noted that these…
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"Google Workspace Introduces New AI-Powered Security Controls"Google recently introduced new AI-powered security controls for its Workspace customers, targeting zero trust, digital sovereignty, and threat defense. Google stated that the new AI-powered zero trust capabilities are meant to provide organizations…
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"VDP Platform 2022 Annual Report Showcases Platform's Success"Security researchers are always discovering and facilitating the mitigation of vulnerabilities in products and websites. They help vendors and defenders fix problems before adversaries exploit them to inflict harm. In 2019, the US Cybersecurity and…
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"China-Linked Flax Typhoon Cyber Espionage Targets Taiwan's Key Sectors"A China-based hacking group has been linked to cyberattacks on dozens of Taiwanese organizations as part of a suspected espionage campaign. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team tracks the activities under the name Flax Typhoon, also known as Ethereal…
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"Jupiter X Core WordPress Plugin Could Let Hackers Hijack Sites"Two vulnerabilities impacting Jupiter X Core, a premium plugin for configuring WordPress and WooCommerce websites, enable account hijacking and file uploading without authentication. Jupiter X Core is a simple but powerful visual editor, which is part of…
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"Cybersecurity Insurance Is Missing the Risk"Cybersecurity insurance is a rapidly developing market, expected to rise from around $13 billion in 2022 to $84 billion in 2030. However, insurers have difficulty quantifying the possible risks of this type of insurance. Traditional actuary models do not…
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"Ransomware With an Identity Crisis Targets Small Businesses, Individuals"Researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware dating back to 2019. It targets individuals and small organizations, demanding small ransoms from each victim. Researchers from the security and operations analytics company Netenrich recently…