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  • "Ukraine Takes Down Cybercrime Group Hitting Crypto Fraud Victims"

    The National Police of Ukraine (NPU) shut down a network of call centers used by a cybercrime group focused on financial scams and targeting victims of cryptocurrency scams under the guise of assisting them in recovering their stolen funds. The…

  • "Ransomware Gangs' Favorite Targets"

    Barracuda released its fourth-annual threat research report, which examines ransomware attack patterns from August 2021 to July 2022. The top five industries for the 106 highly publicized attacks studied by Barracuda's researchers are education,…

  • "Malicious Chrome Extensions Plague 1.4M Users"

    Researchers have identified five different malicious Chrome extensions masquerading as Netflix viewers and more. These extensions have been found to monitor user activity and insert code into any e-commerce sites they visit, allowing cybercriminals to…

  • "Hackers Hide Malware in Stunning Images Taken by James Webb Space Telescope"

    The deep field image taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been used as a lure by a persistent Golang-based malware campaign called "GO#WEBBFUSCATOR" to deploy malicious payloads on infected systems. According to Securonix, the…

  • "CSU Researchers Funded by DARPA to Demystify Neural Networks, Improve Cybersecurity"

    Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are computer software systems that process information, recognize patterns, and learn similarly to what the human brain does. Such systems, including everything from weather prediction models to facial recognition…

  • "Metaverse Technology Opens Up a Wider World of Privacy Concerns"

    The expansion of digital experiences available through immersive headsets and related technologies raises concerns about the information collected on people wearing the devices and how to protect their privacy. According to a June report by the…

  • "3 Research Universities to Collaborate With Industry, Government to Develop Quantum Technologies"

    Quantum science and engineering have the potential to save energy, accelerate computation, bolster national security and defense, and enhance health care. Quantum science will revolutionize technologies ranging from drug design, materials, and energy…

  • "NSF Grant Supports Ballot Integrity Research"

    Rice University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Alabama (UAB) at Birmingham will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to examine the robustness and security of election systems that read hand-marked paper ballots. The National Science…

  • "Singapore Clocks Higher Ransomware Attacks, Warns of IoT Risks"

    In Singapore, ransomware and phishing attacks are on the rise, affecting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as well as social media platforms. Cybercriminals are also expected to turn their attention to Internet of Things (IoT) devices and…

  • "Baker & Taylor's Systems Remain Offline a Week After Ransomware Attack"

    A server outage impacted library services company Baker & Taylor's systems and applications on August 23, 2022.  A day later, the firm confirmed it engaged outside third-party experts to fix the issue.  Baker & Taylor's systems remained…

  • "Academics Devise Open Source Tool For Hunting Node.js Security Flaws"

    A group of academic researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Renmin University of China have designed an open-source Node.js bug hunting tool that has already identified 180 security vulnerabilities.  Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform…

  • "2.5 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Nelnet Servicing"

    The data of more than 2.5 million individuals were recently compromised in a data breach at technology services provider Nelnet Servicing.  The impacted individuals have taken student loans from Edfinancial and OSLA, which have contracted Nelnet for…