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  • "Texas School District Loses $2.3M to Phishing Attack"
    A new phishing attack has affected The Manor Independent School District (MISD), located roughly 15 miles outside Austin, Texas. MISD made three payments amounting to 2.3 million dollars. The school did not realize the bank account information got…
  • "Exploit Fully Breaks SHA-1, Lowers the Attack Bar"
    Researchers from INRIA in France and the Nanyan Technological University in Singapore developed a proof-of-concept attack that is capable of breaking the Secure Hash Algorithm-1 (SHA-1) code-signing encryption. The exploit developed by Gaetan Leurent and…
  • "A Case for Establishing a Common Weakness Enumeration for Hardware Security"
    Attacks on modern computers are growing more frequent, pervasive, and sophisticated because they are not only impacting the software layer but also the hardware layer. The industry is bolstering efforts to deliver microarchitectural improvements that…
  • "A Billion Medical Images Are Exposed Online, As Doctors Ignore Warnings"
    Security researchers from the Germany-based security firm Greenbone Networks discovered the exposure of a billion medical images online. The exposure of these images is the result of hospitals, medical offices, and imaging centers using unprotected…
  • "What Students Think About University Data Security"
    During a new study, researchers surveyed 1000 undergraduate students. The researchers discovered that 69 percent of students are concerned about how the education system protects their personal data. 65% of the respondents said that if a college had…
  • "Connected Cars Moving Targets for Hackers"
    The growth in connected vehicles creates opportunities for cyberattacks that pose a significant threat to the safety of drivers. The cybersecurity firm, GuardKnox, highlighted the danger in a demonstration at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
  • "U.S. Monitoring Cyberspace for Signs of Iranian Aggression"
    U.S. government officials are on the lookout for indicators of cyberattacks executed by Iran following the recent drone strike that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. The Department of Homeland Security's latest advisory expressed that…
  • "Browser Zero Day: Update Your Firefox Right Now!"
    Researchers have found a flaw in Firefox 72 just two days after it was released.  The issue researchers identified is called CVE-2019-17026. CVE-2019-17026 is a type confusion bug affecting Firefox’s IonMonkey JavaScript Just-in-Time (JIT) compiler…
  • "These Hacking Groups Are Eyeing Power Grids, Says Security Company"
    In a report, titled The North American Electric Cyber Threat Perspective, released by the cybersecurity company, Dragos, security researchers discuss the rise in threats to electric utilities in North America stemming from political and military tensions…
  • "Attackers Invent New Evasion Techniques to Conceal Web Skimmer Activity"
    A security researcher at Malwarebytes recently reported the discovery of the first payment card skimmer to use steganography to evade detection. There has been an increase in the use of steganography to hide and deliver malicious data. Digital…
  • "Facebook Moves to Detect and Remove Deepfake Videos"
    The social media giant, Facebook, recently announced its plan to ban deepfake videos. Deepfakes are fake videos, photos, and audio recordings that cannot easily be distinguished by humans from authentic ones. Generative adversarial networks are used…
  • "TikTok Riddled With Security Flaws"
    Security researchers at Check Point recently discovered several security vulnerabilities in the popular Chinese-owned platform used for short-form mobile videos, TikTok. According to researchers, one of the vulnerabilities found in the platform could be…