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"Hackers Could Disrupt Elections by Altering Websites"Florida's Secretary of State, Laurel Lee, recently discussed the insecurity of state and county elections websites with the governor's Cybersecurity Task Force. She stressed the importance of bolstering the security of these websites against hackers as…
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"Facebook and Twitter Warn of Malicious SDK Harvesting Personal Data From its Accounts"Researchers discovered that some third-party apps on Facebook and Twitter have quietly scraped personal information from people's accounts without their consent. Some third-party iOS and Android apps use "malicious" software development kits (SDKs). The…
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"How Smartphones Can Verify Your Identity"PXL Vision, a spin-off from the ETH Zurich, one of the leading international universities for technology and the natural sciences, offers a more secure and easier solution for verifying the identity of a person. Identity verification is essential in…
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"Microsoft Looks to Rust Language to Beat Memory Vulnerabilities"Microsoft has been working on a project called Project Verona. This project is an ambitious plan to stop common vulnerabilities hiding in old Windows code by using an implementation of the open-source Rust programming language. Traditionally Microsoft…
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"When Rogue Insiders Go to the Dark Web"Researchers who investigate the Dark Web are seeing an increase in the distribution of stolen company data by rogue employees. Researchers have seen rogue employees selling data stolen from the organizations at which they are employed as well as the…
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"Ethical Hacking: The Challenges Facing India"A security researcher, named Avinash Jain, found a vulnerability in India's state-run health portal, which is used by patients to book appointments at government hospitals online. The vulnerability allowed him to access sensitive details about a patient…
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"Can Anyone Be Completely Anonymous?"Vasileios Chatzistefanou and Konstantinos Limniotis, researchers at the Open University of Cyprus, did a study on the security of five anonymous social media applications to find out if they allow third parties to access personal data or track users. The…
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"Crooks Are Exploiting Unpatched Android Flaw to Drain Users’ Bank Accounts"A new Android vulnerability, called StrandHogg, could be exploited by attackers to steal mobile banking credentials and money from bank accounts. The discovery was made by the Norwegian app security company, Promon, after being informed by Wultra, an…
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"A Bug in Microsoft’s Login System Put Users at Risk of Account Hijacks"Security researchers at CyberArk discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft's login system that could have allowed attackers to hijack users' accounts. According to researchers, attackers could have exploited the bug to steal account tokens, which…
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"This Trojan Malware is Being Used to Steal Passwords and Spread Ransomware"There is a new hacking campaign happening right now, targeting healthcare and education organizations with custom-built, Python-based trojan malware. The malware gives attackers almost full control of Windows systems with the ability to monitor actions…
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"Cultural Differences Account for Global Gap in Online Regulation"A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham suggests the correlation between a country's cultural values and their commitment to cybersecurity regulation. The study suggests that web users in more competitive national cultures…
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"Netflix Account Freeze – Don’t Click, It’s a Scam!"There is a new phishing email going around trying to trick Netflix users that their account was frozen, and specific information is needed to unlock the account. There are quite a few misspellings in the email, and when one clicks on the link, it doesn't…