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"NSA Launches New Unit to Tackle Foreign Threat"The National Security Agency (NSA) has announced the creation of a new unit aimed at defending the U.S. against foreign adversaries in cyberspace. NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate will be under the leadership of Anne Neuberger who was the agency's first…
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"Johannesburg Ransomware Attack Leaves Residents in the Dark"A ransomware attack on Johannesburg's electric utility, City Power, has left some of the city's residents without power. According to City Power, the attack has impacted residents' ability to purchase electricity, upload invoices, and access…
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"Mobile Banking Malware Surges in 2019"
A recent cyberattack trends report released by Check Point highlights that there has been a significant increase in mobile banking malware. Attackers can use banking malware to steal payment card data, credentials, and other financial information.…
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"Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer"Researchers at Imperial College London conducted a study in which they examined the inadequacy of data anonymization methods. According to researchers, individuals in anonymized versions of data can still be re-identified through the use of a machine…
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"Robinhood Admits to Storing Some Passwords in Cleartext"Stock trading service Robinhood, has been storing some customers' passwords in cleartext. Once this was discovered they notified customers that they thought were impacted. There is no sign that any data had been seen by outside…
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"Hackers Used Password Spraying to Breach Citrix, Investigation Confirms"
Investigators have confirmed that hackers performed password spraying to breach the Corporate VPN service provider, Critix, last year. Password spraying is a type of brute force attack in which commonly used passwords are tested on a large number of…
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"Why 72% of People Still Recycle Passwords"A report released by Security.org, titled Online Password Strategies, gives insight into why most people continue to reuse old passwords. The poor practice of reusing passwords to log into multiple sites increases the chances of credential stuffing,…
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"At Least 62 Colleges Were Exploited by a Software Vulnerability"
The U.S. Department of Education recently issued an alert about the compromise of 62 colleges and universities through the exploitation of a severe software vulnerability. The vulnerability is contained by a program, called Banner, which is used by…
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"Average Data Breach Cost has Risen to $3.92 million"The cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past 5 years. A data breach now costs a company $3.92 million on average, according to IBM. These rising expenses are representative of the multiyear financial impact of breaches…
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"Your Android’s Accelerometer Could Be Used to Eavesdrop on Your Calls"A team of researchers have brought attention to a possible side-channel attack on Android phones, called Spearphone. This attack could be executed to eavesdrop on users' phone calls and interactions with their voice assistants via accelerometers in…
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"What Is Post-Quantum Cryptography?"
Researchers and security firms are working to develop new cryptographic algorithms that can resist future quantum attacks launched by hackers as quantum computers are expected to render currently used encryption algorithms obsolete. The breaking of…
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