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"UK Joins Quantum Arms Race with First Computer"The UK government has recently reported that they have acquired its first quantum computer in a landmark moment which should help boost its research capabilities in cyber-defense and other critical areas of national security. The Ministry of… -
"University of Jyväskylä Project Wants to Replace Passwords with a More Secure Solution"The University of Jyväskylä's "Seamless Authentication for Everyone" (SAFE) Project aims to develop a solution that addresses the security challenges associated with passwords. Password management is critical not only for individual users' security but…
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"World's Largest Darknet Market Shut Down, $25 Million in Bitcoin Seized"The Hydra marketplace, the world's largest darknet marketplace selling illicit substances, hacking tools, falsified documents, and stolen data, was shut down in a coordinated effort. The criminal marketplace, which had about 17 million consumer accounts…
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"Massive Facebook Messenger Phishing Operation Generates Millions"Researchers discovered a large-scale phishing campaign that exploited Facebook Messenger to trick millions of users into entering their account credentials and viewing adverts on phishing pages. The campaign operators used stolen accounts to send more…
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"Cloud Data Breaches Rise as Adoption and Complexity Increase"According to the latest Cloud Security Report from Thales, 45 percent of businesses have faced a cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, a 5 percent increase from the previous year. The report also brings further attention to the…
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"CISA Reveal Chinese Hackers Tactics Targeting US Telecoms and Network Service Providers"The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a new advisory warning public and private sector organizations about China-based state-sponsored cyberattacks against US firms. The document describes a series of common…
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"Google Publishes Monthly Android Security Bulletin, Patches Critical Vulnerabilities"Google Published its Android Security Bulletin for June on Monday, and it contains details of over 40 security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices and related patches. Google stated that the most severe of these issues was a critical security…
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"An Emerging Threat: Attacking 5G Via Network Slices"Deloitte & Touche researchers have discovered a potential attack vector that targets network slices, a critical component of 5G architecture. Next-generation 5G networks are expected to be the communications backbone for various mission-critical…
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"Paying Ransomware Paints Bigger Bullseye on Target’s Back"Security researchers at Cybereason surveyed 1,456 cybersecurity professionals during their new study. Participants represented a global mix of cybersecurity professionals in the United States (24 percent), U.K. (17 percent), U.A.E., Japan,…
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"QBot Now Distributes Black Basta Ransomware During Bot-Powered Attacks"The Black Basta ransomware group is working with the QBot malware operation to spread laterally through compromised business systems. QBot, also known as QuakBot, is a Windows malware capable of stealing bank and domain passwords and distributing other…
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"Attacker Dwell Time Surges 36% in 2021"Security researchers at Sophos have found that threat actors spent a median of 15 days inside victim networks last year, an increase of over a third from the previous year. The researchers stated that the increase in dwell time is down mainly to…
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"IT Security: When the Hardware Traps Criminals"Paul Staat and Johannes Tobisch, Ph.D. students at RUB, are developing methods for protecting hardware against manipulation. Technical systems must be safeguarded not only from remote cyberattacks, but also from hardware modification. They are working on…