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"Scientists Warn of Transduction Attacks on Sensors"Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Zhejiang University warn of the imminent dangers of transduction attacks in which external signals such as sound and electromagnetic waves are used to deliberately deceive sensors into reading incorrect…
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CyberSTEM Camps at Maryland CyberSecurity Center (2018)MC2 facilitates a wide variety of educational opportunities on the UMD campus. MC2 also sponsors a number of educational/outreach events for lower-school, middle-school, and high-school students, especially targeting women and under-…
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“Researchers Develop Way to Turn Commands into Voice-Activated AI Software”Researchers in the U.S. and China worked with IBM to conduct research on possible threats to the security of popular virtual assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. A demonstration performed by researchers show how these virtual assistants…
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“Hide 'N Seek IoT Botnet Caught Using Peer-To-Peer Communication”A new botnet called Hide N’ Seek (HNS) was recently discovered by Bitfender security researchers. According to researchers, the IoT botnet spreads to new victims and constructs its infrastructure through the use of custom-built Peer-to-Peer communication…
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"Hackers Are Now Exploiting Youtube Ads to Hijack Your Computer and Secretly Mine Cryptocurrency"Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered the exploitation of YouTube advertisements by hackers that allows a viewer's CPU power to be used to mine cryptocurrency. An analysis of YouTube advertisements revealed the use of Coinhive Javascript…
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"Ransomware Actors Cut Loose on Health Care Organizations"Healthcare organizations are increasingly becoming the targets of ransomware attacks as indicated by recent attacks on Allscripts, Hancock Health, and Adams Health Network. Different variants of the infamous ransomware family called SamSam have been used…
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Cyber Scene #17 - Accelerating Responsible Tech Driving into the FutureCyber Scene #17 Accelerating Responsible Tech Driving into the Future
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"Researchers Propose Novel Solution to Better Secure Voice over Internet Communication"A new method to improve upon the security of Crypto Phones against eavesdropping attacks and other forms of man-in-the-middle attacks has been developed by researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Crypto Phones use end-to-end encryption…
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"New Global Cybersecurity Center Announced at Davos"A new cyberthreat information sharing platform called the Global Centre for Cybersecurity was recently announced by the World Economic Forum. The objective of the platform is to combat emerging cybersecurity threats globally by improving upon the sharing…
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"New Defenses Sought Against GPS Spoofing Attacks"Yongqiang Wang, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Clemson University, and his team of researchers will conduct research funded by the National Science Foundation to strengthen the security of computers and other devices…
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"Bitcoin Wallet Devices Vulnerable to Security Hacks, Study Shows"Research conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Edinburgh suggests that better protection could be implemented for Bitcoin wallet devices. Researchers discovered security vulnerabilities within devices used to manage accounts on the…