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"Planning for 2020? Here Are 3 Cybersecurity Trends to Look Out For"Cyber professionals should be prepared to address three major cybersecurity trends in 2020. These trends include the consideration of cyber risks by financial investors, the increase in blunt-force attacks, and the adoption of cyber insurance policies by…
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"FBI Warns U.S. Companies About Maze Ransomware, Appeals for Victim Data"The FBI is warning U.S. companies about a new series of ransomware attacks using Maze ransomware. The adversaries conducting the ransomware attacks, sometimes pose as government agencies. The adversaries steal data of companies and then encrypt the…
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #1 - Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems Cybersecurity (archived)Spotlight on Lablet Research #1 - Project: Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems Cybersecurity
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"Google Chrome Impacted by New Magellan 2.0 Vulnerabilities"Researchers have discovered a new set of SQLite vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to run malicious code inside Google Chrome remotely. There were 5 vulnerabilities found in total and were named Magellan 2.0. All apps that use an SQLite…
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"Interest in Cybersecurity Needs to Start at Top, New Research Argues"Despite the increase in cyberattacks against US towns, cities, and counties, local governments are still not prepared to address cyber threats. A new paper, titled Managing Cybersecurity at the Grassroots: Evidence from the First Nationwide Survey of…
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"Deepfakes Pose New Security Challenges"Security experts expect deepfakes to pose a greater threat to cybersecurity in 2020. This expectation derives from the increasing implementation of biometrics to identify and authenticate a person. Deepfakes are fake, realistic-looking images, text, and…
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"How AI and Cybersecurity Will Intersect in 2020"Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies (AI/ML) are expected to grow in sophistication and application in the cybersecurity field as well as in the realm of business. However, the growth of these advanced technologies will be…
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"267 Million Facebook Users Exposed in Accessible Database"Comparitech and security researcher, Bob Diachenko, discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch database online, which exposed sensitive information belonging to more than 267 million Facebook users, most of which reside in the US. The personal data exposed by…
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"Microsoft Seizes Network of 50 Domains From Hacker Group With Ties to North Korea"50 websites have been seized by Microsoft that were being used by North Korean hacker group Thallium to target government employees, universities, human rights organizations, and nuclear proliferation groups in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. The…
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"2019: The Year Ransomware Targeted State & Local Governments"In 2019, ransomware wreaked havoc on governments, hospitals, schools, and more, causing significant disruptions to operations and impacting finances. The most notable ansomware incidents of 2019 include those faced by Baltimore, Louisiana state…