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"U.S. Revives Airplane Cybersecurity Bug Hunt"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has decided to revive efforts to strengthening aircraft cybersecurity following a recent incident in which the European aerospace and defense giant, Airbus, suffered a state-sponsored cyberattack. According to…
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"Privacy Flaw Found in E-Passports"A flaw has been discovered in ICAO 9303, the security standard of biometric e-passports. An electronic passport has an embedded chip that contains biometric information used to authenticate the identity of the passport bearer. The flaw discovered by…
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Winner of 7th Paper Competition is Evaluating Fuzz TestingThe winning paper is Evaluating Fuzz Testing by George Klees, Andrew Ruef, Benji Cooper, Shiyi Wei, and Michael Hicks. This paper was presented at ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS '18) in Toronto.
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"Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Combating Ransomware Attacks"A new bill, titled the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act, has been approved by the U.S. Senate. The aim of the bill is to help government agencies and private-sector companies protect themselves against ransomware attacks. Recent ransomware…
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"38% of the Fortune 500 do not Have a CISO"In a new study that was conducted, it has been discovered that 38% of the 2019 Fortune 500 companies do not have a chief information security officer (CISO). It was also found that the transportation industry is the most security-conscious,…
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"Companies Vastly Overestimating Their GDPR Readiness, Only 28% Achieving Compliance"Over a year has passed, since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). During a new study, it has been discovered that only 28% of companies have successfully achieved GDPR compliance. Only 30% of…
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Summer 2019 Lablet Quarterly meeting focuses on Cyber-Physical SystemsSummer 2019 Lablet Quarterly meeting focuses on Cyber-Physical Systems
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"Ransomware Attack Disrupts Wyoming Health Services"Health services in Wyoming have been disrupted as a result of a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack affected the computer systems of Campbell County Health (CCH), which includes the Campbell County Memorial Hospital, Campbell County Medical Group,…
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"Anonymous Researcher Drops vBulletin Zero-Day Impacting Tens of Thousands of Sites"Details have been shared by an anonymous security researcher pertaining to a zero-day vulnerability in the most popular web forum software package, vBulletin. The publication of such details has raised concerns among security experts as it could lead to…
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Hackers Stole the Data of 4.9 million DoorDash Users. Here's How to Tell If You Were Affected.Delivery service DoorDash have been affected by a data breach that affected the information of 4.9 million users, delivery workers, and restaurants. The breach was announced by DoorDash Thursday afternoon. The breach…