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"Scammers Are Using Fake Coronavirus Stimulus Payment Sites to Steal Your Money"Cybercriminals are using the distribution of stimulus payments aimed at fighting the negative economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic to steal data and money. Researchers at Check Point discovered an increase in malicious stimulus-themed websites and…
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"These Anti-Quarantine Websites Are Fakes. Here's What They're Really After"The threat-intelligence company DomainTools discovered a significant number of newly registered domain names with the word "reopen" in the URL. These domain names are supposedly tied to the campaign launched against state lockdown measures enforced to…
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CoR&OnavirusCoR&Onavirus COVID-19 responses highlight issues of resiliency, policy-based governance, and human factors.
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SoS Musings #36 - Stop Attackers From Pulling the Strings on the Internet of ThingsSoS Musings #36 - Stop Attackers From Pulling the Strings on the Internet of Things
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #5 - Automobile Cybersecurity is a Big IssueCybersecurity Snapshots #5 - Automobile Cybersecurity is a Big Issue
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #5 - Side-Channel Attack ResistanceSpotlight on Lablet Research #5 - Project: Side-Channel Attack Resistance
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"67% of Small Businesses Aim to Increase Cybersecurity in 2020: Report"In a survey conducted in December of 2019 with 383 small business owners and security leaders, researchers discovered that 15 percent of them suffered either a hack (7%), virus (5%), or a data breach (3%) in 2019. 67 percent of the participants…
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"AI Helps Experts Find Thousands of Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Keywords"A team of 13 analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has started to use machine learning technologies a few weeks ago. Machine learning technologies will help them figure out what secret code words are being used by online communities of…
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"Sens. to DHS CISA: Issue COVID-19 Cyber Threat Guidance for Healthcare"A group of US Senators is asking the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the US Cyber Command to provide guidance for the healthcare sector on cybersecurity as COVID-19-related cyber threats…
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"New Phishing Hotline Sent 5,000 Suspicious Emails in Just One Day"The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) worked with the City of London Police to launch the Suspicious Email Reporting Service, which encourages people to report potential cyberattacks and scams to the authorities. Shortly after the service went live,…
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"Web Shell Malware Continues to Evade Many Security Tools"The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate released an advisory warning organizations about the increased use of web shell malware by attackers to gain persistent access to compromised networks. Web shells are malicious…
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"Password Free Database of Exercise App Kinomap Leaks 42m User Records"Kinomap is a paid subscription service that allows users to take cycling, running, or rowing courses. Researchers from vpnMentor discovered a database owned by Kinomap that was lying around completely unencrypted and unsecured. The database…