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"WVU Tech Awarded Contract to Develop Soldier Cyber Readiness App"The US Army Combat Capabilities and Development Command (DEVCOM) and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2) awarded the West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech), a seed project within the Pathfinder Program, in collaboration…
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"Russian Info Ops Ramp Up Effort to Divide West on Ukraine"Security researchers at Recorded Future have discovered multiple Russian influence networks have been running disinformation and influence campaigns since May designed to sow division in the West over its support for Ukraine. These disinformation…
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"Hackers Linked to The Chinese Government Increasingly Target Russia, Analysis Suggests"Security researchers at SentinelOne have discovered that nation-state hackers with links to the Chinese government seem to be targeting Russian entities at an increasing rate. The researchers noted that the ongoing activity appears primarily…
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"Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via 'ExpressLRS' Protocol"A flaw in the mechanism that connects the transmitter and receiver makes a radio control system for drones vulnerable to remote takeover. The popular ExpressLRS protocol for radio-controlled (RC) aircraft can be hacked in just a few steps, according to…
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"5G Networks Vulnerable to Adversarial ML Attacks"A recently published paper called into question the security safeguards built for 5G networks. According to a team of academic researchers from the University of Liechtenstein, a network jamming strategy could allow an attacker with no insider knowledge…
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"QuickBooks Accounting Software Targeted for Sophisticated Phishing Attacks"Customers of Intuit's popular QuickBooks accounting program have received phishing emails claiming their accounts have been suspended, according to a notice on the Intuit website. The legitimate-looking emails are designed to trick QuickBooks users into…
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"Over 1200 NPM Packages Found Involved in 'CuteBoi' Cryptomining Campaign"A new large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting the NPM JavaScript package repository has been revealed by researchers. The malicious activity, attributed to a software supply chain threat actor known as CuteBoi, consists of 1,283 rogue…
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"IT Services Giant SHI Hit by 'Professional Malware Attack'"SHI International, a provider of IT products and services based in New Jersey, has confirmed that a malware attack occurred on its network. With $12.3 billion in revenue in 2021 and 5,000 employees worldwide in operations centers in the United States,…
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"Apple Debuts Spyware Protection for State-Sponsored Cyberattacks"Apple has introduced Lockdown Mode, which automatically disables any system functionality that could be hijacked by even the most sophisticated, state-sponsored mercenary spyware to compromise a user device. While Apple acknowledges in its announcement…
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"FBI and MI5 Bosses Warn of “Massive” China Threat"The leaders of MI5 and the FBI shared the stage for the first time yesterday in order to warn business leaders and academics of the seriousness of the espionage threat from China. British intelligence boss Ken McCallum explained that China's government…
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"Weaknesses in Fitness Tracking App Strava's Features Used to Expose Israel's Secret Military Bases"A feature in the Strava fitness tracking app designed to encourage user competition has instead been exploited by unknown spies to track members of the Israeli military as they run routes on secret military bases. The fitness tracking app may have…
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"New VCU Engineering Test Beds Will Boost Security of State's NextG, Medical Devices and Smart Cities"Three new test beds, funded by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), will be used by researchers and business partners at Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) College of Engineering to examine the security of medical devices, NextG applications,…