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"How Do People Really Feel About Electronic Health Records?"Since January 2021, patients with statutory health insurance in Germany have had the option to use an electronic health record. However, not many people have taken advantage of it. An interview study conducted by researchers at Ruhr University Bochum,…
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"A New Weapon in the War on Robocall Scams"A new weapon in the war against robocalls is an automated system capable of analyzing the content of these unsolicited bulk calls. It highlights the scope of the problem and the types of scams perpetrated by robocalls. SnorCall is a tool designed to help…
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"Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones"Just months after the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, cybercriminals and hackers claim to have developed their own versions of the text-generating Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. Theoretically, the systems could improve criminals' ability to…
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"Patch Tuesday: Adobe Patches 30 Acrobat, Reader Vulns"Adobe recently rolled out a big batch of security updates for its flagship Acrobat and Reader software, patching at least 30 vulnerabilities affecting Windows and macOS installations. Adobe warned that successful exploitation could lead to…
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"GDPR Compliance Is Not Cybersecurity, Says Analyst"General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines are forcing businesses to reconsider their cybersecurity strategies. However, experts are concerned that, despite compliance looking good on paper, it does not translate into better protection in…
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"NIST Drafts Major Update to Its Widely Used Cybersecurity Framework"Since its initial publication nearly a decade ago, the world's leading cybersecurity guidance is undergoing its first major update. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft version of the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF…
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"Identity-Based Attacks Soared in Past Year: Report"CrowdStrike recently released its 2023 Threat Hunting Report, warning that threat actors have doubled down on identity-based attacks over the past year. The new report is based on data collected over 12 months between July 1, 2022, and June 30,…
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"Over 200 Million Brits Have Data Compromised in Four Years"According to security researchers at Imperva, UK organizations lost billions in data breaches between 2019 and 2022, with hundreds of millions of their customers suffering compromise of their personal information. The researchers studied 99,490…
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"Protecting Your Self-Driving Car - And Your Privacy - From Cyberhackers in the Age of AI"As cars become increasingly equipped with computerized components, they become more vulnerable to cyberattacks and privacy leaks. Ethical hackers, also known as white hat hackers, have already demonstrated attacks on computerized car technology. The…
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"LOLBAS in the Wild: 11 Living-Off-The-Land Binaries That Could Be Used for Malicious Purposes"Researchers have found 11 living-off-the-land binaries and scripts (LOLBAS) that threat actors could exploit to conduct post-exploitation activities. Nir Chako, a security researcher at Pentera, describes LOLBAS as an attack technique involving using…
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"Hackers Increasingly Abuse Cloudflare Tunnels for Stealthy Connections"There has been a rise in the abuse of the legitimate Cloudflare Tunnels feature by hackers to establish stealthy HTTPS connections from compromised devices, circumvent firewalls, and maintain long-term persistence. In January 2023, Phylum reported that…
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"Managing Human Cyber Risks Matters Now More Than Ever"As Artificial Intelligence (AI) increases the sophistication and scope of phishing, vishing, and smishing attacks, understanding and managing human cyber risks have become increasingly important, according to a report by the SANS Institute. The report…