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"NSA Releases Guidance on Obsolete Encryption Tools"The National Security Agency (NSA) released guidance for the Department of Defense, other U.S. federal government agencies, and supporting contractors on the replacement of obsolete Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols…
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SoS Musings #44 - Industrial Robots and CybersecuritySoS Musings #44 - Industrial Robots and Cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #13 - Are IoT Devices Secure?Cybersecurity Snapshots #13 - Are IoT Devices Secure?
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #13 - Multi-Model Testbed for the Simulation-Based Evaluation of ResilienceSpotlight on Lablet Research #13 - Project: Multi-Model Testbed for the Simulation-Based Evaluation of Resilience
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"US Investigators Say SolarWinds Hack is ‘Likely Russian in Origin’"After an intensive investigation, U.S. government agencies have concluded that the espionage operation that uses tampered software made by SolarWinds was most likely Russian in origin. The investigators also indicated that the espionage operation was…
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"Ransomware Surge Drives 45% Increase in Healthcare Cyberattacks"According to the security vendor Check Point, Global Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) have been targeted in cyberattacks significantly more than other sectors from the beginning of November to the end of 2020. There was a 45% increase in cyberattacks…
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"Ransomware Gang Collects Data from Blood Testing Lab"Apex Laboratory has just disclosed that on July 25th, adversaries hit them with a ransomware attack. Apex Laboratory provides blood work at home for patients in New York City, Long Island, and South Florida. The forensic investigation ended…
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"Researchers Fool reCAPTCHA With Google's Own Speech-To-Text Service"CAPTCHA is a security system widely used on the internet to protect websites against automated bots by generating image, audio, or text challenges. These challenges help distinguish human input from machine input. Researchers have attempted to break this…
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"Leading Game Publishers Hit Hard by Leaked-Credential Epidemic"Researchers at Kela have found stolen credentials tied to the top 25 gaming firms, such as Ubisoft. In a recent scan, the researchers found 1 million compromised credentials associated with the larger gaming universe of "clients" and employees.…
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"Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Company Source Code"Microsoft recently revealed that the hackers behind the SolarWinds Orion software supply chain attack were able to access company source code. The detection and review of unusual activity with some internal accounts led to the discovery of one account…
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"This Top VPN Has an Unfortunate Backdoor Security Flaw"Researchers at the Dutch cybersecurity firm called Eye Control recently discovered a backdoor security flaw impacting about 100,000 Zyxel devices. Impacted Zyxel products include Advanced Threat Protection devices, VPN gateways, and the firm's NXC…