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  • "Online Fraudsters Can Be Identified by Their Mouse Movements"
    By attempting to perpetrate fraud, online fraudsters can be identified. An international research team led by Professor Markus Weinmann of the Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) at the University of Cologne conducted the study. The…
  • "The Digital Future Requires Making 5G Secure"
    Fifth-generation (5G) technology is expected to deliver the high-speed, low-latency wireless infrastructure required for the "smart" era. According to some predictions, fifty percent of all global data traffic will be created during the next five years…
  • "Taking a Closer Look at Blockchain Security"
    Blockchain's high level of security attracts users, notably in the financial sector. However, its security is contingent on the integrity of more than half of its network, which several causes can alter. Ning Zhang, assistant professor of computer…
  • "How SASE Promotes DevSecOps Adoption"
    The Cornell Policy Review has provided an analysis of how Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) can promote DevSecOps adoption. DevSecOps is a software development approach that integrates development, security, and operations throughout the development…
  • "These Are the Drones You're Looking For: Improved Design, Detection, Navigation, Cyberdefense"
    Some teams at the Stevens Institute of Technology are engaged in the physical and digital defense of drones. The head of the Safe Autonomous Systems (SAS) lab, Jafarnejad Sani, who joined Stevens in 2019, predicts that as drones become an increasingly…
  • "Infostealer Malware Threat Grows as MFA Fatigue Attacks Spread"
    According to research conducted by the Cyber Threat Intelligence team at Accenture, infostealer malware grew in underground criminal networks in 2022, while multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks increased. Infostealers are malicious software…
  • "2023 Workforce Predictions: Lack of Talent Will Haunt Firms as Leadership Comes Under Scrutiny"
    The skills gap in cybersecurity that has plagued the security community for several years will not close soon. Eighty percent of firms suffered at least one data breach in the past year due to a lack of cybersecurity talent or awareness, according to…
  • "Nearly 50% Of Phishing Attacks in 2021 Aimed at Government Employees Were Attempted Credential Theft"
    Lookout's 2022 Government Threat Report shows that mobile phishing and device vulnerability risk is rising among US government agencies. In 2021, nearly half of all phishing attacks against government personnel would target employee credentials, up from…
  • "Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations on the Rise"
    From 2016 to 2021, ransomware attacks on healthcare delivery organizations increased, exposing the Protected Health Information (PHI) of roughly 42 million patients, according to a report published online by JAMA Health Forum on December 29. Hannah T.…
  • "Data Breaches Could be Even More Expensive in 2023"
    Security researchers at Acronis have claimed that data breaches could be even more expensive next year.  The researchers collected data from more than 750,000 unique endpoints, distributed worldwide, and now estimate that the average cost of a data…
  • "The Password Isn't Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key"
    Earlier this year, Cloudflare was one of hundreds of targets in a criminal phishing campaign that successfully breached a number of technology organizations. While some Cloudflare employees fell for the phishing emails, the attackers were unable to…
  • "Code-Generating AI Can Introduce Security Vulnerabilities, Study Finds"
    According to a new study, software developers that employ code-generating Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are more likely to introduce security flaws into the applications they write. The report from Stanford University-affiliated researchers…