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  • "New Web Tracking Technique is Bypassing Privacy Protections"
    For decades, advertisers and online trackers have been able to aggregate users' information across all of the websites they visit, mostly through the placement of third-party cookies in users' browsers. Prioritizing user privacy, numerous browsers,…
  • "Bluetooth Security Challenged"
    Bluetooth was not designed to communicate secure data, but rather to connect devices wirelessly. According to Ohio State University (OSU) professor Zhiqiang Lin and post-doctoral researcher Yue Zhang, the lack of security built into the short-range…
  • "Report Says That Action Is Needed to Prevent AI-Based Attacks Winning the Cyber War"
    While the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cyberattacks remains relatively limited, a new paper titled "The security threat of AI-enabled cyberattacks" predicts that this will soon change. The paper, a collaboration between WithSecure, the Finnish…
  • "Meta's Bug Bounty Program Shows $2m Awarded in 2022"
    Social media giant Meta has recently awarded a total of $2m as part of its bug bounty program.  The total amount since the program's establishment in 2011 is reportedly $16m.  Meta stated that they received hundreds of impactful bug reports in…
  • "CISA Researchers: Russia's Fancy Bear Infiltrated US Satellite Network"
    Researchers at the US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently detected Russian hackers lurking within a US satellite network, raising new fears about Moscow's plans to infiltrate and disrupt the…
  • "'High Severity' Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Three-Quarters of Operational Technology Systems"
    New Microsoft research has found that three-quarters of industrial control devices used in Operational Technology (OT) networks remain unpatched and riddled with significant vulnerabilities. The latest Cyber Signals report from Microsoft revealed that…
  • "IBM to Work With Nonprofit on Cloud Security Framework for Financial Services"
    IBM has announced its collaboration with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to strengthen a financial services cloud security architecture. IBM's Cloud Framework for Financial Services has been mapped to CSA's Cloud Control Matrix (CCM), allowing…
  • "New Report Uncovers Cybersecurity Challenges Facing K-12 Schools"
    In recent years, K-12 schools have become one of the most frequently attacked public institutions in the US. While Information Technology (IT) and cyber experts in this industry have made considerable progress in implementing effective cyber defenses,…
  • "New Supply Chain Attack Targeted Ukrainian Government Networks"
    Hackers are using fake Windows installers to target Ukrainian government networks in a new supply chain attack. According to a new Mandiant report, threat actors identified as UNC4166 hosted malicious files disguised as legitimate Windows 10 installs on…
  • "Agenda Ransomware Switches to Rust to Attack Critical Infrastructure"
    The Agenda ransomware group has recently been observed developing new malware using the Rust programming language and using it to breach several companies.  Security researchers at Trend Micro stated that the companies the ransomware group claimed…
  • "NSA Publishes 2022 Cybersecurity Year in Review"
    The National Security Agency (NSA) has released its Cybersecurity Year in Review for 2022 to discuss its mission priorities and demonstrate how it bolsters the nation's cybersecurity. This year's review emphasizes NSA's capacity to scale cybersecurity…
  • "Chinese MirrorFace APT Group Targets Japanese Political Entities"
    Researchers at ESET recently uncovered a spear-phishing campaign aimed at Japanese political entities and linked it to the Chinese-speaking Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group called MirrorFace. The researchers monitored the campaign dubbed Operation…