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"New Data Protection Act Calls for Jail Time, Fines"A new Consumer Data Protection Act has recently been proposed by Oregon Senator, Ron Wyden. The aim of the bill is to hold companies more accountable for bolstering their cybersecurity and data privacy through the implementation of strict penalties,…
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"Intel CPUs Impacted by New PortSmash Side-Channel Vulnerability"A new side-channel attack, dubbed PortSmash, has been discovered by researchers. PortSmash has been said to impact all CPUs that have simultaneous multithreading (SMT) capabilities. Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake CPUs have been found to be vulnerable to…
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"Unhackable Computer Relying on Firmware Security Rather Than Software Patches"A team of researchers received a $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in support of a project, called MORPHEUS, which applies a significantly different approach to cybersecurity from what is used today. The approach aims…
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"These New Techniques Expose Your Browsing History to Attackers"Four new ways in which hackers can find out which websites that users have visited were discovered by security researchers at UC San Diego and Stanford. The techniques demonstrated by researchers are categorized as history sniffing attacks, which can be…
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"Highly Secure Physically Unclonable Cryptographic Primitives Based on Interfacial Magnetic Anisotropy"An advancement has been made by a team of researchers towards better information security for the Internet of Things. A new type of physically unclonable function (PUF) has been designed by the researchers, which is based on interfacial magnetic…
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"Feds Expand Security Researchers' Ability to Hack Without Going to Jail"Exemptions have been extended and added to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by the Librarian of Congress and U.S. Copyright Office. These exemptions are in support of protecting computer security researchers from being criminalized for their…
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"Destructive Cyberattacks Spiked in Q3"According to findings of a study conducted by Carbon Black, there has been a signifiant increase in destructive cyberattacks against U.S. organizations during the third quarter of 2018. These attacks aimed to cripple organizations by deleting or…
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"Security Researchers Find Flaws in Chips Used in Hospitals, Factories and Stores"A set of critical security flaws, dubbed "Bleeding Bit", have been discovered in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips used by popular Wi-Fi access points. According to researchers at Armis Labs, the exploitation of these flaws could allow attackers to take…
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"Many Water and Energy Systems Vulnerable to Significant Cyber Risk"Research conducted by Trend Micro reveals the exposure of human machine interface (HMI) systems used in critical water and energy organizations, and how these exposed systems can be exploited by attackers. According to researchers, the exploitation…
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“3 Keys to Reducing the Threat of Ransomware”As technology and security evolve, so does ransomware. Every day we trust our devices with critical information: at home and in the workplace. It is imperative for organizations and users to provide the best security practices and response…
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Report on Summer 2018 Quarterly Science of Security and Privacy (SoS) Lablet MeetingLablet Researchers meet to discuss Science of Security, transition to practice, and outreach