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"Researchers Develop Faster Way to Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information"Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office developed a new model to show how old or inaccurate information is disseminated in online social networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). The circulation of competing…
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"The SOC Emergency Room Faces Malware Pandemic"Security professionals can learn from countries that have responded rapidly and firmly to the spread of COVID-19 to develop new ways to protect their organizations from hacking. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, security operation center (SOC) and…
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"Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again"Marriott hotels, for the second time in two years, has suffered a significant data breach. This current breach affects approximately 5.2 million of their guests. The attack was carried out by adversaries through a third-party software that…
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"21% of SMBs Do Not Have a Data Backup or Disaster Recovery Solution in Place"A survey conducted by Infrascale to which more than 500 C-level executives responded, reveals that 21% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do not have solutions in place to protect the data they store and handle. Cyberattacks remain a significant…
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"Preventing Quantum Cyberattacks"Cryptographic security is essential across many realms in which sensitive data is exchanged, including defense, healthcare, social networking, and banking, as cyberattacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication. Scientists working with the…
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"Backdoor Secrets Leave Mobile Apps Vulnerable to Hacking"Cybersecurity researchers at Ohio State University found that a significant number of mobile apps have hidden behaviors that leave them vulnerable to hacking. The research team assessed 150,000 apps, 100,000 of which are the top apps downloaded from the…
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"Facebook, YouTube Warn Of More Mistakes As Machines Replace Moderators"Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have sent most of their tech workers to work from home, as the coronavirus spreads. Since most workers are working from home, this means that social media companies are relying more heavily on automated systems to…
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #4 - Characterizing User Behavior and Anticipating its Effects on Computer Security with a Security Behavior ObservatorySpotlight on Lablet Research #4 - Project: Characterizing User Behavior and Anticipating its Effects on Computer Security with a Security Behavior Observatory
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #4 - Cybercriminals Are Capitalizing on Coronavirus PanicCybersecurity Snapshots #4 - Cybercriminals Are Capitalizing on Coronavirus Panic
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"Apple’s iOS 13.4 Hit By VPN Bypass Vulnerability"Researchers from ProtonVPN have found that apple's new update iOS 13.4 that was released last week, has a bug that puts at risk the privacy of Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. The flaw is a bypass flaw that is caused by iOS not closing…