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"DevSecOps Gains Enterprise Traction"The results of a survey conducted by Aqua Security at the 2018 RSA Conference reveal that the enterprise adoption of DevSecOps principles has increased significantly in the past year. A majority of IT security professionals who participated in the survey… -
"Time to Cover Your Webcam? This Stealthy Spyware Records Video and Audio"Researchers at ESET have recently discovered spyware called InvisiMole. According to researchers, InvisiMole is an advanced and highly-targeted cyber-espionage malware tool that has been active since 2013. The spyware allows attackers to perform…
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"Silicon Provides Means to Control Quantum Bits for Faster Algorithms"The manipulation of quantum bits has now been made easier through the use of unique spin-orbit interactions in silicon. According to researchers, this advancement will improve upon the speed at which information is processed via quantum computing, which…
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"Increased IT Security at Hospitals Does Not Equal Fewer Cyberattacks, Breaches"Healthcare has become the top target for cyberattacks, therefore the implementation of IT systems in hospitals has increased. However, the increased use of IT security systems has not resulted in fewer breaches faced by hospitals. This article continues…
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"Hackers Could Easily Screw With Navigation Systems on Many Civilian Ships"Naval systems used for the position tracking of ships have been discovered to contain vulnerabilities, which could allow hackers to perform malicious activities such as trigger false collision alarms on other ships. Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners has…
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"Novel Transmitter Protects Wireless Devices from Hackers"Researchers at MIT have developed an innovative new transmitter to prevent the compromise of wireless devices such as medical devices, wearables, and more, by hackers. The transmitter applies an ultrafast frequency-hopping method to protect data…
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"VPNFilter Malware Impact Larger Than Previously Thought"Malware by the name of VPNFilter was previously reported to have infected at least 500,000 SOHO routers manufactured by Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR, and TP-Link, as well as NAS devices. Cisco Talos researchers have now discovered that the malware has…
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"Police Figures Cite Cybercrime, Digital Data As Top Concern"Cybercrime has been cited as a top concern for police since most crimes now involve a digital element. The significant increase of digital data is raising concerns among police figures as more data further complicates the policing of cybercrime. This…
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"US Government Probes Airplane Vulnerabilities, Says Airline Hack Is ‘Only a Matter of Time’"Presentations and risk assessments conducted by US government researchers reveal that an airline will eventually face a cybersecurity breach. Research surrounding the cyber vulnerabilities contained by a commercial aircraft highlights the lack of…
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"Another Baby Monitor Camera Hacked"A FREDI wireless baby camera monitor was hacked in order to spy on a South Carolina mother and her infant. The incident emphasizes the lack of security implemented in the design and development of IoT devices, as well as the absence of security standards…
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"Mirai Variants Continue to Spawn in Vulnerable IoT Ecosystem"Variants of the infamous Mirai IoT botnet have continued to emerge following the release of the botnet’s source code in 2016. Netscout's Arbor Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) conducted research on current Mirai variants, including Satori,…
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"Auth0 Subdomain Flaw Puts Users at Risk"Security researcher Daniel Svartman of Imperva discovered a flaw in the subdomain naming system in Auth0, an identity-as-a-service that provides subdomain names for approximately 2000 customers. The flaw allows an attacker to use the same subdomain name…