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"Preventing Quantum Cyberattacks"Cryptographic security is essential across many realms in which sensitive data is exchanged, including defense, healthcare, social networking, and banking, as cyberattacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication. Scientists working with the…
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"Backdoor Secrets Leave Mobile Apps Vulnerable to Hacking"Cybersecurity researchers at Ohio State University found that a significant number of mobile apps have hidden behaviors that leave them vulnerable to hacking. The research team assessed 150,000 apps, 100,000 of which are the top apps downloaded from the…
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"Facebook, YouTube Warn Of More Mistakes As Machines Replace Moderators"Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have sent most of their tech workers to work from home, as the coronavirus spreads. Since most workers are working from home, this means that social media companies are relying more heavily on automated systems to…
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #4 - Characterizing User Behavior and Anticipating its Effects on Computer Security with a Security Behavior ObservatorySpotlight on Lablet Research #4 - Project: Characterizing User Behavior and Anticipating its Effects on Computer Security with a Security Behavior Observatory
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #4 - Cybercriminals Are Capitalizing on Coronavirus PanicCybersecurity Snapshots #4 - Cybercriminals Are Capitalizing on Coronavirus Panic
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"Apple’s iOS 13.4 Hit By VPN Bypass Vulnerability"Researchers from ProtonVPN have found that apple's new update iOS 13.4 that was released last week, has a bug that puts at risk the privacy of Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. The flaw is a bypass flaw that is caused by iOS not closing…
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Pub Crawl #36Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
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"Hackers Target Mobile Users in Italy and Spain, Taking Advantage of Coronavirus Hot Spots"Coronavirus-themed cyberattacks increase as the pandemic continues, showing that cybercriminals will exploit any crisis for their own advantage. Security researchers at ESET have now discovered attempts made by hackers to deliver malware via fake mobile…
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"Three-Quarters of Large Firms Suffered Security Breach Last Year"According to the 2019 Cyber Security Breaches Survey to which UK firms responded, there has an increase in the number of cybersecurity incidents reported by businesses. However, the report claims that companies are getting better at dealing with such…
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"Researchers Use AI And Create Early Warning System to Identify Disinformation Online"Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are using artificial intelligence to develop an early warning system that will be able to identify deepfake videos, manipulated images, and disinformation online. The researchers are taking on this project…