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"Researchers Expose Vulnerabilities of Password Managers"A new study conducted by researchers at the University of York suggests that fake apps could fool some commercial password managers into giving passwords away. The research shows that some password managers are weak at identifying apps and determining…
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"A Coronavirus-Tracking App Locked Users' Phones And Demanded $100"Researchers at DomainTools have discovered a new Android application that is said to deliver up-to-date figures on the coronavirus pandemics. The new application contains malicious software. This ransomware app is called CovidLock. The…
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"Novel Error-Correction Scheme Developed for Quantum Computers"A team of scientists from the University of Sydney, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and the University of Queensland has developed a new scheme for reducing errors faced by different types of quantum hardware. The quantum error correction…
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"Phishing Attack Skirts Detection With YouTube"The Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has observed an increase in the use of YouTube redirect links in phishing attacks to bypass detection mechanisms. Web browsers have implemented phishing filters to block specific malicious URLs. Therefore,…
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"Hackers Are Using Coronavirus Maps To Spread Malware On Your Computer"The security firm, Reason Labs, released a new report that reveals the recent abuse of dashboards made by organizations, including John Hopkins University, to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the report, hackers are using these dashboards to…
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"DDoS Attacks Could Affect Next Generation 911 Call Systems"In a new study, researchers from BGU Cyber Security Research Center evaluated the impact of DDoS attacks on the current (E911) and next generation 911 (NG911) infrastructures in North Carolina. NG911 is said to improve reliability, and it expands 911…
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"'Speed and Agility,' 'Layered Cyber Deterrence' to Bolster American Cyber Defenses"The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) released a report that discusses how to strengthen the security of the nation's critical infrastructure against dangerous cyberattacks. The CSC provides a comprehensive strategy to rebuild deterrence in cyberspace…
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"Necurs Zombie Botnet Disrupted by Microsoft"Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they have helped put into place steps to disrupt Necurs, which is one of the world's biggest and busiest botnets, from being used in the future. Researchers consider Necurs to be the most massive botnet ever. In 2017…
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"U.S. Air Force Sponsors Spy Movie-Style Physical Hacking Challenge"The Air Force Research Laboratory is sponsoring a sophisticated hacking challenge called "No Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Hack," which takes inspiration from spy movies. The movie-style hacking challenge is geared towards students in New York City-area…
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"A New Wormable Windows Vulnerability Has No Patch in Sight"Microsoft released a security advisory about a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-0796) contained by Mircosoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3), which affects Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. The SMB protocol is a client-server…
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"Intel Processors Are Still Vulnerable to Attack"Over the past couple of years, security researchers have disclosed attacks, including Plundervolt, Zombieload, and Foreshadow, that could be executed through the exploitation of vulnerabilities in Intel processors. Although Intel has issued patches to…
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"How Secure Are Four and Six-Digit Mobile Phone Pins?"A team of IT security researchers did a study on how users decide what PIN to set for their mobile phones, as well as how they could be encouraged to pick more secure PINs. The researchers conducted a comprehensive study in which they had Apple and…