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"Hacking for the Public Good"A panel at the Black Hat USA 2019 conference highlighted the use of hacking skills for good as hacking is often perceived as bad. It was emphasized that white-hat hackers and IT security industry groups are applying their skills in a way that bolsters… -
"APT Groups Exploiting Flaws in Unpatched VPNs, Officials Warn"The National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Cyber Centre (NCSC) in the United Kingdom issued alerts pertaining to the exploitation of vulnerabilities in outdated VPN technologies from Pulse Secure, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks by state-…
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"Researcher Shows How Adversaries Can Gather Intel on U.S. Critical Infrastructure"A researcher known as Wojciech used open source intelligence (OSINT) and a tool that he developed, called Kamerka, to demonstrate the ease at which adversaries can collect intelligence on U.S. critical infrastructure. Through the use of the Kamerka tool…
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"218 million Words With Friends Players Lose Data to Hackers"It has been discovered that Words With Friends, Zynga’s popular multiplayer crossword-style game has been affected by a breach. The hacker/hacker group named GnosticPlayers had gotten access to details on more than 218 million users.…
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"Research Aims to Help Social Media Users Secure Their Information"Researchers at the University of North Georgia (UNG) are working on developing tools aimed at helping Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram users protect their sensitive data. Dr. Ahmad Ghafarian and three UNG students are performing experiments in which the…
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"Iranian Hackers Targeted a U.S. Presidential Campaign, Microsoft Says"Researchers from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center discovered more than 2,000 attempts supposedly made by Iranian hackers to compromise email accounts associated with a U.S. presidential campaign, government officials, journalists, and prominent…
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"Intel Proposes New SAPM Memory Type to Protect Against Spectre-Like Attacks"Intel recently published a paper in which details about a new type of computer memory were shared. The new type of CPU memory, called Speculative-Access Protected Memory (SAPM), was designed to protect against Spectre, Meltdown, Zombieload, and other…
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"Alabama Hospitals Pay Out in Ransomware Attack Amid FBI Warning of More to Come"It has been discovered that Alabama-based DCH Health System paid off the hackers behind a ransomware attack that severely disrupted operations at three hospitals. The specific ransomware variant involved in the attack is called Ryuk.…
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"How Kids Get into Hacking"A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University explores the characteristics and gender-specific behaviors that lead kids to juvenile hacking. Research has focused on the scope and threat posed by hacking. However, there is a lack of…
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"URGENT/11: FDA Issues Alert for Cyber Vulnerability That Threatens Medical Devices, Networks"An alert has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for healthcare organizations, IT professionals, device manufacturers, and patients pertaining to a collection of security vulnerabilities, called URGENT/11, that affect connected…
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"Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy"Significant advancements have been made in machine learning (ML) as this technology has helped in detecting cancer and predicting personal traits. ML technology has also enabled self-driving cars and highly accurate facial recognition. However, ML models…
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"WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Compromise Android Smartphones"Some new research has revealed that WhatsApp has a remote code execution (RCE) flaw. This flaw could be used to compromise not only the app but the mobile device the app is running on. The critical issue (CVE-2019-11932) affects…