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  • "Only Half of Organizations Have an Adequate Cyber Security Budget"
    According to a recent survey by the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), only 49 percent of firms have a sufficient budget to fully satisfy their present cybersecurity needs, and 11 percent can protect only their most critical assets. Despite…
  • "Open-Source Skills Continue to Be in High Demand"
    Perforce Software and the Open-Source Initiative report that 80 percent of organizations have increased their use of open-source software over the past year. Four out of five organizations rely on open-source software for various mission-critical…
  • "UCHealth, UCLA Health Report Healthcare Data Breaches"
    UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado, recently reported a third-party data breach to HHS that impacted 48,879 individuals.  According to its notice to patients, UCHealth was informed by software company Diligent that some patient, provider, and employee…
  • "Cloud Security and Video Forensics Software Have Been Transitioned to End Users"
    Keylime and the Forensic Video Exploitation and Analysis (FOVEA) tool suite, both developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory to enhance security, have been awarded 2023 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). Keylime…
  • "Multiple Vulnerabilities Found In Healthcare Software OpenEMR"
    Researchers at Sonar have found three separate vulnerabilities in OpenEMR, an open-source software for electronic health records and medical practice management.  The researchers stated that a combination of these vulnerabilities allows remote…
  • "RSA's Demise From Quantum Attacks Is Very Much Exaggerated, Expert Says"
    Using quantum computing, researchers recently made a breakthrough that makes cracking the RSA encryption scheme possible. A team of researchers in China reported discovering a factorization method that could crack a 2,048-bit RSA key using a quantum…
  • "Critical Vulnerability Impacts Over 120 Lexmark Printers"
    Printer and imaging products manufacturer Lexmark recently published a security advisory to warn users of a critical vulnerability impacting over 120 printer models.  The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-23560 (CVSS score of 9.0), is described as a server…
  • "How Noob Website Hackers Can Become Persistent Threats"
    Two university researchers suggest that tracking the early activities of hackers using open-source intelligence can provide major hints about the potential of them becoming a persistent threat in the future. They emphasized that this information can lead…
  • "2 Hacks Involving Mental Health Data Affected Nearly 400,000"
    Nearly 400,000 individuals' sensitive information was compromised by two hacking incidents, one of which occurred at a non-profit provider of mental health and substance treatment services and the other at a provider of behavioral health services. The…
  • "US Reiterates $10 Million Reward Offer After Disruption of Hive Ransomware"
    Following the shutdown of the Hive ransomware operation by law enforcement, the US government is now reminding the public that a reward of up to $10 million is offered for information on cybercriminals.  On Thursday, authorities in the United States…
  • "Android RPG Game App Leaks Data of 100K Players"
    Cybernews researchers discovered sensitive data hardcoded into the client side of the popular Guidus game app, leaving it vulnerable to data leaks. Guidus is a mobile game with over 100,000 downloads on the Google Play store. Researchers found that…
  • "BIND Updates Patch High-Severity, Remotely Exploitable DoS Flaws"
    The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) recently announced patches for multiple high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the DNS software suite BIND.  The addressed issues could be exploited remotely to cause named (the BIND daemon…