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"PoS Malware Exposes Customer Data of Catch Restaurants"Point-of-sale (PoS) systems used at popular NYC restaurants, including Catch NYC, Catch Roof and Catch Steak were found to contain malware that could allow attackers to search for track data read by PoS devices from payment cards. The data includes… -
"Cyberattack Hit 10% of Louisiana's State Government Servers"Neal Underwood, Louisiana's deputy chief information officer, recently discussed the ransomware attack that impacted 10% of computer network servers used by the Louisiana state government to conduct operations. Although the ransomware attack did not… -
"A Model to Classify Cyberattacks Using Swarm Intelligence"A team of researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University and COMSATS University in Pakistan developed a new intrusion detection scheme to improve the security of information shared via the internet. The proposed scheme is based on the Artificial Bee Colony… -
"Cyberattackers Taking Auto Industry for a Ride, FBI Reportedly Warns"The FBI issued an alert to a select group of companies in the U.S. auto industry about the exploitation of network vulnerabilities as well as the execution of brute force attacks and phishing attacks to gain access into their networks. According to the… -
"Data Security and Automation top IT Projects for 2020, AI not a Priority"In a new study, researchers surveyed 1045 IT professionals worldwide to name their top five IT projects for the year 2020. The research concluded that 74 percent of the respondents identified data security as their top IT priority for 2020.… -
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"T-Mobile Reveals Data Breach Affecting Prepaid Customers"It has been discovered that telecommunications operator T-Mobile was victim of a data breach. The breach was reported to authorities on November 21st. This breach has affected an undisclosed number of customers. The number of individuals…
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"Your Holiday Guide to Safe Cybershopping"Security researchers are cautioning consumers about the spike in cybercrime that usually occurs during the holiday season when people do more online shopping. Consumers should be aware of the expected increase in cybercriminal activities such as the…
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"Brand New Android Smartphones Shipped With 146 Security Flaws"In a new analysis, it was uncovered that brand new android phones come with 146 CVE-level flaws in devices from 29 smartphone makers. The defects found could perhaps allow the modification of system properties (28.1%), app…