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"Another Record Year For Ransomware Beckons as Crypto Profits Hit $460m"According to security researchers at Chainalysis, ransomware actors are set for their highest-grossing year on record in 2024 after crypto inflows in the first half of the year reached $460m.
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Prof. Dan Lin (VU) receives IEEE Big Data Security Senior Research AwardProf. Dan (Linda) Lin of Vanderbilt University received the 2024 IEEE Big Data Security Senior Research Award.
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"Cybersecurity Flaws Could Derail High-Profile Cycling Races"A team of computer scientists from the University of California San Diego and Northeastern University found that high-end bicycles used for high-profile road races are vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting their wireless gear-shifting system.
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"Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, Says Ransomware Attackers Stole Corrupted, Unusable Data"Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther recently announced that hackers recently stole data from Ohio’s largest city, but what they got was not usable and no personal information about city workers was made available online.
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"AutoCanada Hit by Cyberattack"AutoCanada, a major Canadian car dealership, recently announced that it was affected by a cyberattack that may result in some disruptions. The incident was discovered on August 11 and impacted some internal IT systems.
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Vanderbilt Researchers Secure $2M ARPA-H Contract to Enhance Medical Device SecurityKevin Leach, a Science of Security Virtual Institute Principal Investigator, and James Weimer, both researchers from Vanderbilt University, have been awarded a $2 million contract from the Advanced Research P
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New ASU Institute to Drive Cybersecurity Education and Workforce DevelopmentArizona State University’s Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations (CTF), led by NSA Science of Security Virtual Institute Principal Investigator Yan Shoshitaishvili, has been awarded a $4.5 million DARPA grant to establish the American Cybers
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"New Chatbot Can Spot Cyberattacks Before They Start"Researchers at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of the District of Columbia, developed a chatbot to conduct sentiment analysis on popular social media sites such as X (formerly known as Twi
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New Resource Available: Cybersecurity in ContextWe are pleased to share the release of Cybersecurity in Context, a comprehensive introduction to the essential themes shaping the field of cybersecurity. Authored by Chris J. Hoofnagle and Golden G.
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"NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal encryption algorithms that can withstand the cyberattack of a quantum computer.
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"Watch How a Hacker's Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop's Keystrokes"Samy Kamkar, a renowned hacker, has his own version of a laser microphone. He can point an invisible laser at a distant laptop through a window and detect its vibrations to reconstruct almost every character typed on it.
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"Ecovacs Home Robots Can Be Hacked to Spy on Their Owners, Researchers Say"Security researchers Dennis Giese and "Braelynn" found that hackers can take control of Ecovacs vacuum and lawn mower robots to spy on owners using the devices' cameras and microphones.