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"Scammers Are Trying to Exploit Coronavirus Concerns to Breach Companies"Hackers are taking advantage of the fear stemming from the coronavirus outbreak by sending emails, containing warnings about the economic consequences associated with the spread of this virus, to companies. According to researchers at Proofpoint, hackers…
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"Hackers Increasing Complex Attacks with Hack Tools, Ransomware"According to the recently released Malwarebytes Lab 2020 State of Malware Report, the volume, sophistication, and diversity of cyberattacks against businesses is increasing. Some of the key findings shared in the report include a 98 percent increase in…
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"Social Robots Teach Cyber Safety"The University of Delaware developed a social robot, named Zenbo, that provides information on cyber safety for children. Zenbo recently taught fifth-graders from The College School on the University of Delaware's Newark campus about how to protect their…
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"Quantum Noise Generation Allows For Secure Wireless Transmissions"Researchers from Tamagawa University in Japan demonstrated a method to secure wireless transmissions, which involves the use of random quantum noise. Although previous studies revealed the effectiveness of using artificial random noise to prevent…
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"Officials Raise Alarm About Chinese Hacking"Officials raised the alarm last Thursday over the volume of Chinese cyberattacks against the US. Chinese hackers are mostly targeting US businesses and academic institutions to try to support China's broad economic goals. FBI Director Chris Wray stated…
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"Researchers Transmit Data Covertly by Altering Screen Brightness"Researchers at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev have demonstrated a new way to extract data from air-gapped computers, which involves altering the pixel density of these computers' LCDs. Air-gapped computers refer to systems isolated from the…
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"FBI Director Warns of Sustained Russian Disinformation Threat"The FBI Director warns that Russia is still spreading disinformation campaigns against the United States. Russia's goal of the foreign influence operations is to spread disinformation, push foreign nations' policy agendas, sow discord, and ultimately…
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"Why Is the Healthcare Industry Still So Bad at Cybersecurity?"Healthcare continues to be a common target for cybercriminals, as indicated by the increased frequency of data breaches and ransomware attacks faced by healthcare organizations. According to Black Book Market Research, data breach breaches cost the…
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"Insecure Configurations Expose GE Healthcare Devices to Attacks"Researchers from the healthcare industry-focussed cybersecurity firm, CyberMDX, recently discovered six high-risk vulnerabilities in GE Healthcare products. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed MDhex, derive from insecure configurations of features…
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"Governments Are Soft Targets for Cybercriminals"Corvus, a provider of AI-driven commercial insurance products, conducted research released new research that highlights the increasing vulnerability of governments to cyberattacks. According to a report from Corvus, three factors make governments soft…
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"Intrusion Alert: System Uses Machine Learning, Curiosity-Driven ‘Honeypots’ to Stop Cyber Attackers"The FBI has brought further attention to the increased targeting of government systems and networks in cyberattacks. In an effort to help stop these attacks, researchers at Purdue University developed a detection system called LIDAR (lifelong,…
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"Critical Bluetooth Bug Leaves Android Users Open to Attack"Google has put out a new security update to address a critical flaw that researchers found in Android’s Bluetooth implementation. The flaw allows remote code execution without user interaction. The vulnerability is called CVE-2020-002 and…