The National Security Agency (NSA), the nation’s preeminent cybersecurity agency, has designated LSU as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, or CAE-CO. LSU joins only 21 other universities and colleges in the U.S. with the designation,…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning US taxpayers of an “exponential” increase in text-based phishing attempts and is urging users to report campaigns to help the government disrupt them.  The tax agency said it had identified thousands of…

A project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and led by faculty members at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will provide critical training in Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) technologies for the next…

According to new research by PwC, tech executives consider business email compromise (BEC), ransomware, and attacks on cloud management interfaces as the threats most likely to increase from this year to the next and singled out mobile, email, and cloud…

Mandiant has uncovered a new ecosystem of espionage-related malware targeting VMware ESXi, Linux vCenter servers, and Windows virtual machines that allows an attacker to transfer files between hypervisors and guest machines, tamper with logging, execute…

Threats to cloud-native infrastructure are increasing, especially as attackers target cloud and container resources to fuel their illicit cryptomining operations. According to Sysdig's 2022 Cloud-Native Threat Report, cybercriminals are targeting cloud…

Although there is widespread awareness of Virtual Private Network (VPN) risks, remote work forced many businesses to rely on legacy access methods during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Zscaler's VPN Risk Report, cybercriminals continue to exploit…

This year, security analysts have discovered three new versions of the Prilex point-of-sale (PoS) device-targeting malware, indicating that its authors and operators are back in business. Prilex began as ATM-focused malware in 2014 before shifting to PoS…

A new covert attack campaign used spear-phishing emails to target multiple military and weapons contractor companies, triggering a multi-stage infection process designed to deploy an unknown payload on compromised machines. Securonix dubbed the highly…

As the cybersecurity skills gap remains, universities are looking for new ways to prepare their students to succeed in the field. Students need access to computer labs designed for innovation in this area because many cybersecurity skills are best…

Yidan Hu and Ivan De Oliveira Nunes, assistant professors of computing security at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), both won Meta Research Awards for their cybersecurity research. They are working to ensure people's safety on Augmented…

All of the materials and tools required to create deepfake videos are widely available and for sale on the public internet and underground forums, from source code to publicly available images and account authentication bypass services. According to…