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"New Security System to Revolutionize Communications Privacy"Researchers at the University of St Andrews, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Center for Unconventional Processes of Sciences (CUP Sciences) have developed a new security system said to be uncrackable by hackers. The… -
"Detecting Backdoor Attacks on Artificial Neural Networks"A team of researchers at Duke Engineering's Center for Evolutionary Intelligence has made an advancement in the detection of backdoor attacks against machine learning models. The execution of backdoor attacks involves poisoning the data fed to a machine…
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"FBI Warns Against Using Free WiFi Networks While Traveling"If you are traveling this holiday season, the FBI is warning travelers of the dangers of using free WiFi networks while traveling, such as hotels or airports. Connecting to a free WiFi network can allow an adversary to load malware, steal the user's…
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"Twitter Warns Millions of Android App Users to Update Immediately"Twitter discovered a flaw in its Android application that could let hackers see users “nonpublic account information” and commandeer their accounts to send tweets and direct messages. The hacker who found the flaw could also access data like location…
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"Wawa Reveals Massive Data Breach"Wawa locations have been affected by a data breach. The breach was discovered on December 10, 2019, contained by December 12, 2019, and has potentially affected all Wawa locations beginning at different points in time after March 4, 2019. The data breach…
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"Seizure-Triggering Attack Is Stark Example of How Social Media Can Be Weaponized"Attackers sent GIFs and videos to followers of the Epilepsy Foundation’s Twitter account, showing flashing strobe lights in an attempt to cause those with the condition to have seizures. The attackers sent the GIFs and videos to followers, using the…
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"Attackers Using Taylor Swift Image to Hide Malware Payloads"Security researchers at Sophos have discovered the use of steganography techniques by a hacking group, named MyKingz. Steganography is an ancient practice in which messages are communicated via formats that conceal the delivery of the messages.…
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"Ransomware 'Crisis' in US Schools: More Than 1,000 Hit So Far in 2019"Many hackers target school organizations. The main form of attack used against schools are Ransomware attacks. New data due to be published today by security firm Armor concludes that a total of 72 US school districts so far have suffered ransomware…
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"'Inconsistent and Misleading' Password Meters Could Increase Risk of Cyber Attacks"A study conducted by Steve Furnell, Professor of Information Security and leader of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN) at the University of Plymouth, explored the effectiveness of password meters. Password meters are…
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"Brainwave Devices Can Leak Sensitive Medical Conditions and Personal Information"Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are devices that allow people to use their brain activity to control their computers. A study conducted by UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) researchers on the privacy of BCI devices found that these devices can…
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"Hacking and Malware Cause 75% of all Data Breaches in the Financial Services Industry"Financial services firms made up 6 percent of all the breaches in 2019. In total, more than 60% of all leaked records in 2019 were exposed by financial services organizations, partly due to the Capital One mega breach, which compromised more than 100…
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"Visa Warns Against New PoS Attacks, Fin8 Fingered As the Culprit"Visa's Payment Fraud Disruption department identified three separate attacks on point-of-sale (PoS) systems used by gas stations and hospitality merchants. According to the credit card company, these attacks began last summer. These attacks aimed to…