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"Privacy-Enhancing Browser Extensions Fail to Meet User Needs, New Study Finds"NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers are proposing new measurement methods to better identify and quantify flaws in popular web browser extensions that are supposed to protect user privacy and block online ads.
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"Two Arrested in UK for Smishing Campaign Powered by Homemade SMS Blaster"Authorities in the UK recently made two arrests in an investigation into a large smishing campaign relying on an illegal phone mast.
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"70% of Cybersecurity Pros Often Work Weekends, 64% Looking for New Jobs"According to a new study by Bitdefender, over 70% of cybersecurity professionals often have to work weekends to address security concerns in their organizations.
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"The Next Administration Must Be Ready for New Quantum Encryption Standards, MITRE Advises"MITRE says the next presidential administration must prepare the US for quantum computing that can outperform current encryption methods.
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"University of Arkansas Leads Collaborative Effort to Enhance Cybersecurity in Solar Inverters"The University of Arkansas is leading a collaborative effort with several universities, laboratories, and industry partners to strengthen solar inverter cybersecurity as part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) project.
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"UK NHS Call for O-Type Blood Donations Following Ransomware Attack on London Hospitals"A ransomware attack on the pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis, which disrupted operations at several London healthcare organizations, has prompted the UK National Health Service (NHS) to issue an urgent call for O-type blood donations.
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"Phishing Attacks Targeting US and European Organizations Double"Abnormal Security found that hacking groups still prefer phishing.
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"BlackBerry Cylance Data Offered for Sale on Dark Web"BlackBerry is investigating a dark web sale of Cylance data, but the company says the data appears old and not from its systems.
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"SAP Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Financial Consolidation, NetWeaver"Enterprise software maker SAP recently released ten new and two updated security notes as part of its June 2024 Security Patch Day.
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"VSCode Extensions With Malicious Code Installed 229M Times"According to a group of researchers, Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions marketplace has malicious uploads and poor security.
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"Threat Actor Breaches Snowflake Customers, Victims Extorted"According to Mandiant, a cyber threat actor is suspected of stealing a large amount of customer data from the data warehousing platform Snowflake.
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"Discovery Highlights 'Critical Oversight' in Perceived Security of Wireless Networks"A team of researchers led by Rice University's Edward Knightly discovered an eavesdropping security vulnerability in high-frequency and high-speed wireless backhaul links.