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"Many Users Don't Know How to Protect Their Broadband Wi-Fi Routers"Broadband Genie surveyed 1,320 broadband users, finding that many of them do not take basic security precautions to protect themselves from online threats. Findings of the survey revealed that 88 percent have never updated their router firmware, and 84…
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"Personal Information Compromised in Goodwill Website Hack"Nonprofit organization Goodwill has started notifying users of its ShopGoodwill.com e-commerce platform that their personal information was compromised due to a cybersecurity breach. The company has informed users that an “unauthorized third party…
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"Flaw Found in Biometric ID Devices"Security researchers at Positive Technologies have discovered a critical vulnerability in more than ten devices that use biometric identification to control access to protected areas. The flaw can be exploited to unlock doors and open turnstiles,…
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"New Vulnerabilities Highlight Risks of Trust in Public Cloud"Amazon Web Services (AWS) has fixed two vulnerabilities contained by its core services. According to Orca Security, the exploitation of one of the flaws could have allowed any user to access and take over any company's infrastructure. Although the…
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"DoD Launches University Consortium for Cybersecurity"The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched the DoD University Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2), which aims to foster better communication between the Secretary of Defense and academia, and meet a requirement set by the 2020 National Authorization Act…
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"Modelling the Spread of Viruses"A new study published in the International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research explores a new path for the propagation of viruses in a computer network. Anis Rezgui of Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie and Carthage University in Tunisia…
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"Phishers Take Over FIFA 22 Accounts"Cybercriminals are using social engineering attacks to take over accounts belonging to players of the Electronic Arts video game FIFA 22. While the gaming giant’s investigation into the attacks remains ongoing, Electronics Arts estimates that fewer…
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"Ukraine’s Official Websites Hit by Massive Cyberattack Amid High Tensions With Russia"Unknown hackers launched a cyberattack on Ukrainian government websites early Friday, blocking access and warning internet users to “expect the worst.” Officials say it is too early to tell who was behind the attacks. Viktor Zhora, deputy head of…
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"NIST Updates Cybersecurity Engineering Guidelines"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its cybersecurity guidance for system engineers. The document titled "Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems" resulted from President Joe Biden's 2021 executive order aimed at…
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"Dozens of El Salvador Journalists, Activists Hacked"According to the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, cellphones belonging to dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador were repeatedly hacked with the Israeli firm NSO Group's sophisticated Pegasus spyware over the past year and a…
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"Sabbath Ransomware Gang Targets Critical Infrastructure, Backups"The ransomware gang known as Sabbath is targeting critical infrastructure groups in North America. Sabbath has targeted US and Canadian critical infrastructure, including education, national resources, and health sectors. For example, the threat group…
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“Phishers Are Targeting Office 365 Users by Exploiting Adobe Cloud”Jeremy Fuchs, a security researcher with Avanan, warns of the creation and use of Adobe Creative Cloud accounts by malicious actors to send phishing emails that can evade traditional checks and some advanced threat protection solutions. These attacks…