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"Making Emergency Calls More Secure"The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a team of Michigan State University (MSU) researchers to continue enhancing the security of cellular 911 calls. Customers benefit from improved coverage and faster service as the…
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Cyber Scene #79 - Tech Driving Geopolitics; Cyber at the WheelCyber Scene #79 - Tech Driving Geopolitics; Cyber at the Wheel
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"Charming Kitten's New BellaCiao Malware Discovered in Multi-Country Attacks"
Charming Kitten is an Iranian nation-state group that has targeted multiple victims in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and India with a novel malware called BellaCiao. BellaCiao, discovered by Bitdefender Labs, is a "personalized dropper" capable of…
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"Chinese Hackers Use New Linux Malware Variants for Espionage"In cyberespionage attacks, hackers are deploying new Linux malware variants, such as a new PingPull variant and a previously undocumented backdoor known as Sword2033. PingPull is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) first identified by Unit 42 in espionage…
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"New Coercive Tactics Used to Extort Ransomware Payments"According to GuidePoint Security, the increase in reported ransomware victims during the first quarter of 2023 reflects the continued prevalence of ransomware as a global, industry-agnostic threat. The report is based on data from publicly available…
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"Attackers Abuse PaperCut RCE Flaws to Take Over Enterprise Print Servers"
Researchers have disclosed new information about how attackers are circumventing authentication and executing remote code by exploiting two vulnerabilities in the PaperCut enterprise print management system used by more than 100 million customers…
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"A New Mirai Botnet Variant Targets TP-Link Archer A21"The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) threat-hunting team observed the Mirai botnet attempting to exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-1389 with a CVSS score of 8.8, also known as ZDI-CAN-19557/ZDI-23-451 in TP-Link Archer AX21 Wi-Fi routers. The flaw is…
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"MedCrypt Funds Medical Device Usable Security Research at the School of Engineering at Tufts University"MedCrypt, a provider of proactive cybersecurity solutions for medical device manufacturers, has announced its financial support for a fellowship program at Tufts University's School of Engineering that will fund research into medical device security and…
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"The Car Thieves Using Tech Disguised Inside Old Nokia Phones and Bluetooth Speakers"Researchers have further explored the world of car hacking. A new type of vehicle theft is spreading across the US. To gain access to a vehicle's control system, criminals can use small devices, which are sometimes hidden within seemingly harmless…
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"AI-Generated Spam May Soon Be Flooding Your Inbox – And It Will Be Personalized to Be Especially Persuasive"The battle between spam blockers and spammers will intensify as generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges as a new weapon. Recent AI advancements made by ChatGPT could provide spammers with new tools to evade filters, capture people's attention,…
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"Google Audit Finds Vulnerabilities in Intel TDX"
Google recently published the results of a nine-month audit of Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), which resulted in the discovery of ten security defects. Providing hardware isolated virtual machines, TDX has been added to some Intel Xeon…
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"Data Security Breach May Have Left Jewel-Osco Employees' Information Exposed"Thousands of Jewel-Osco employees might have had their personal information exposed in a data breach. In a letter sent to employees by Jewel-Osco parent company Albertsons last week, the letter said hackers were able to infiltrate Albertsons…
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