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"309 Million Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers Found Online"Researchers from a cybersecurity intelligence firm called Cyble discovered a database with 267 million Facebook user profiles, that were being sold on the dark web. Cyble bought the database, to verify the records, and to add them to their firm's… -
"Pastebin Just Made It Easier for Hackers to Avoid Detection, Researchers Say"Changes in terms and services for the web application, Pastebin, where users can upload, store, and share raw text files, will make it increasingly difficult for security researchers to track potential data breaches, malware, and stolen passwords. Due to…
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"46% of SMBs Have Been Targeted by Ransomware, 73% Have Paid The Ransom"A new survey was completed with more than 500 C-level executives from small and medium businesses. Researchers at Infrascale found that 46 percent of the participants said that their organizations had been the victim of a ransomware attack.…
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"Nintendo Accounts Are Getting Hacked And Used to Buy Fortnite Currency"Researchers have discovered that Nintendo accounts are getting hacked and that adversaries have gained access from different locations around the world. The hijackings started in mid-March and has peaked this past weekend with more and more users…
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"Toward an Unhackable Quantum Internet"Researchers from Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an advancement in quantum communication that takes an unhackable quantum internet a step closer to reality. The creation of a quantum network has not yet been achieved…
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"LED Light Control Console Abused to Spew Malware"Microsoft's security researchers warn of the exploitation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as LED light control consoles to spread malware. The researchers shared details about an incident discovered in Taiwan in which threat actors used these…
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"DHS S&T Moves to Strengthens Mobile Device Email Security and Privacy"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science of Technology Directorate (S&T) recently announced the development of a new Cloud-Based Root-of-Trust (CRoT) technology aimed at bolstering the security and privacy of mobile devices. With…
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"Beyond Encryption: Protecting Consumer Privacy While Keeping Survey Results Accurate"Local governments, marketing agencies, social media companies, and other types of organizations continue to collect data while assuring anonymity and confidentiality. However, existing data privacy laws do not ensure the prevention of data breaches in…
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"Google Sees Millions of COVID-19-Related Malicious Emails Daily"Google has observed a significant surge in the daily distribution of COVID-19-related malware and phishing emails. According to the Internet giant, they are blocking more than 240 million coronavirus-themed spam messages and 18 million malware and…
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"Average Bandwidth of DDoS Attacks Increasing, APIs and Applications Under Attack"Researchers at Link11 have discovered that the volume and complexity of DDoS attacks continued to grow in the Q1 of 2020. The number of high-volume DDoS attacks in Q1 of 2020 increased with 51 attacks over 50 Gbps. In Q1 of 2020, the maximum…
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"Engineers to Work on Cybersecurity for Systems Linking Solar Power to Grid"The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office awarded $3.6 million to Alan Mantooth, Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Arkansas (UARK) and executive director of the National Center for Reliable…
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"FBI Official Says Foreign Hackers Have Targeted COVID-19 research"A senior cybersecurity official with the FBI has confirmed that foreign government hackers are hacking into companies that are researching treatments for COVID-19. It is advised that medical research organizations and organizations that work for…