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"FBI Alert Warns of Russian, Chinese Use of Deepfake Content"The FBI sent out an alert on Wednesday that malicious actors “almost certainly” will be using deepfakes to advance their influence or cyber-operations in the coming weeks. The FBI anticipates that foreign and criminal cyber actors will increasingly… -
"New Threat Report Finds Email Prime Vehicle for Malware"The Threat Insights Report recently released by HP and Bronium found that 88 percent of malware was delivered via email in the fourth quarter of 2020. In the delivery of malware by email, threat actors have been successful at circumventing measures…
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"URL Phishing Campaign Hides Attack Behind Morse Code"A new URL phishing campaign that uses Morse code was discovered in February 2021. Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail in the 19th century. It is a communication method that uses dots and dashes to transmit messages. Phishers are now…
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"Latest Mirai Variant Targets SonicWall, D-Link and IoT Devices"Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 discovered that a new variant of the Mirai botnet is targeting known flaws in D-Link, Netgear, and SonicWall devices, as well as newly discovered flaws in unknown IoT devices. Since February 16, the new…
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"Ransomware and IoT Malware Detections Surge by Over 60%"Researchers at SonicWall discovered that ransomware threats in 2020 spiked 62% globally and 158% in North America as more sophisticated variants like Ryuk targeted larger organizations with multi-staged attacks. The retail sector saw a 365% increase in…
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"Cyberstalkers Can Hack Into HDMI Ports – FIU Researchers Are Studying a Way to Detect These Attacks"Researchers at Florida International University's (FIU) Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab (CSL) are studying how to protect individuals and businesses from High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) attacks. There is a list of commands that HDMI-…
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"15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bugs Let Attackers Gain Root Privileges"Researchers at the security company GRIMM discovered three vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI). The exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow local attackers with basic user privileges to become…
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"Skoltech Team Shows How Turing-Like Patterns Fool Neural Networks"Researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have demonstrated the use of Turing-like patterns to cause neural networks to make errors in the recognition of images. Turing patterns refer to patterns found in nature, such as stripes and…
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"IBM Announces Cloud Marketplace For Secure Chip Design"IBM has announced the establishment of a cloud marketplace that was built as part of an initiative for securely developing dual-use microelectronics for the commercial industry and the Department of Defense (DoD). The Marketplace for Advanced, Rapid,…
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"Utah Company Stored Passport Scans on Unsecured Server"A Utah company called Premier Diagnostics has exposed the sensitive information of around 52,000 customers by storing data on an unsecured server. Security researchers at Compartiech found sensitive customer data stored in a publicly accessible…
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"REvil Group Claims Slew of Ransomware Attacks"The REvil ransomware threat group, also known as the Sodinokibi ransomware gang, claims to have infected nine organizations across Africa, Europe, Mexico, and the United States over the past two weeks. The organizations supposedly affected include…
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"Two R&D Projects to Enhance Mobile Network Traffic Security"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly announced the final two research and development (R&D) awards for the Secure and Resilient…