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  • "Toward Unhackable Communication: Single Particles of Light Could Bring the 'Quantum Internet'"
    An advancement in quantum communication has been made by researchers at Purdue University, which increases chances of successfully transmitting large pieces of sensitive information using particles of light, called photons. This development is a…
  • "UK Launches 'World First' IoT Code of Practice"
    A Code of Practice (CoP) aimed at helping manufacturers strengthen the security of IoT devices was recently released by the UK government. HP Inc. and Centrica Hive Ltd are the first IoT manufactures to sign up in agreement with the code. This article…
  • "35 Million Voter Records from 19 States for Sale on Hacking Forum"
    Anomali Labs and Intel 471 researchers discovered over 35 million 2018 U.S. voter records from 19 states being sold on a dark web forum. The voter registration data records reveal full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and more. This article…
  • "Scaling the IoT Product Security Lifecycle with Automation"
    Recent security incidents involving IoT devices call for the use of a different approach to securing such devices. Automation is a recommended method for improving upon the IoT security process. This article continues to discuss the issues…
  • "Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Data of 29 Million Users"
    50 million Facebook accounts were initially reported to have been affected in a breach faced by the social media giant in late September. However, the company has recently reported that fewer accounts were actually impacted in the breach. According to…
  • "Computer Science Research Aids in Mitigating Cyberthreats in Vehicles"
    As car systems have been shown to be vulnerable to cyberattacks, researchers have developed a way in which cyberattacks on such systems could be detected. The detection system makes use of a neural network in the recognition of anomalies in car…
  • "Many of the U.S. Military’s Newest Weapons Have Major Cyber Vulnerabilities: GAO"
    A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals the presence of mission critical cyber vulnerabilities in many weapons used by the U.S. military, including those that are currently being developed. According to the report, these…
  • "FDA Warns Users of Cyber Vulnerabilities in Pacemaker Programmers"
    A warning has been issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pertaining to the vulnerability of pacemaker programmers to being accessed by hackers. The FDA specifically warns of the vulnerability of two models of programmers manufactured by…
  • "Stringent Password Policies Help Prevent Fraud, Study Finds"
    The poor practice of reusing passwords to log into multiple websites increases organizations' risk of exposure in a third-party breach. A study conducted by researchers at Indiana University calls for more stringent password policies in which passwords…
  • "Cryptomining Malware Discovered Masquerading as Flash Updates"
    Hackers have taken on a sneakier approach to distributing malware for cryptocurrency-mining. According to Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 threat research team, new strains of cryptomining malware are now being delivered via fraudulent Adobe Flash updates.…
  • "Security Researchers Find Solid Evidence Linking Industroyer to NotPetya"
    A link between Industroyer ICS malware that disrupted the operation of Ukraine's power grid in December 2016 and NotPetya ransomware has been discovered by ESET researchers. Evidence found by researchers suggests that the group behind the NotPetya…
  • "New Threat Group Conducts Malwareless Cyber Espionage"
    Symantec has discovered a cyber espionage campaign in which custom malware is not used. The new threat group behind the cyber espionage campaign, dubbed Gallmaker, makes use of publicly available hacking tools and living-off-the-land tactics to carry out…