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  • "China Abandons Cybersecurity Truce With U.S., Report Says"

    "China largely abandoned a hacking truce negotiated by Barack Obama as President Donald Trump embarked on a trade war with Beijing last year, according to the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike Inc." Bloomberg.com reports: "China Abandons…

  • "Why U.S. Cities Are a Key Target for Cyber Attacks"

    U.S. cities are attractive targets for hackers as an enormous amount of sensitive information can be accessed through the hacking of a city's network. In addition, the difference in systems, policies, and processes used in a city, make them vulnerable to…

  • "UIC to Lead $3M Initiative to Develop System to Identify, Patch Software Security Holes"

    A project aimed at developing a system to identify and patch security vulnerabilities in web software will be led by the University of Illinois at Chicago. Through this project, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a system…

  • "Altered Data Sets Can Still Provide Statistical Integrity and Preserve Privacy"

    The use of synthetic networks has been proposed as a way to satisfy research needs while preserving the privacy of individuals and institutions. Aleksandra Slavkovic, a professor of statistics and associate dean for graduate education, Eberly College of…

  • "2019’s Top Cybersecurity Challenges to Expect"

    "Cybersecurity is going to be of greater interest in 2019 as private cloud, blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) adoptions are becoming mainstream." Yahoo! News reports: "2019’s Top Cybersecurity Challenges to Expect"

  • "U.S. Senators Announce Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Bills"

    In an attempt to fill the federal cybersecurity workforce gap, a bipartisan bill, called the Cyber Security Exchange Act, has been introduced by U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD). The bill would allow the development of a public-…

  • "Trickbot Becomes One of the Most Dangerous Pieces of Modular Malware Hitting Enterprises"

    A modular malware, called Trickbot, has been upgraded by its creators to steal credentials from commonly used remote access software. In addition, Trickbot is capable of disabling Microsoft’s Windows Defender, stealing passwords from Microsoft Outlook,…

  • "Your Android Phone Can Get Hacked Just by Opening an Image"

    A new critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the Android operating system framework. This vulnerability could allow attackers to launch malicious code on Android devices via PNG image files. This article continues to discuss how…

  • "Phishing, Humans Root of Most Healthcare Attacks"

    The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conducted a survey to which 166 U.S. based information security professionals responded. Respondents of the survey cited phishing and human error as the main causes behind the compromise…

  • "Local Cyber Security Expert Warns about Thieves Targeting Keyless Cars"

    "Cyber security experts are warning about a tactic criminals are using to target keyless cars. People who have cars that start with key fobs may be in danger of having not only their items stolen but also the car itself." KRGV.com reports:  "…

  • "Electric Scooters Can Be Hacked to Suddenly Accelerate or Brake"

    A security flaw has been discovered in a popular electric scooter manufactured by China’s Segway-Ninebot, called the Xiaomi M365. Security researchers from Zimperium have revealed that hackers can exploit this flaw to manipulate the acceleration of the…

  • "Cybersecurity Workers Scramble to Fix a Post-Shutdown Mess"

    Following the recent U.S. government shutdown, government cybersecurity employees are trying to get federal cybersecurity operations back up to speed. During the government shutdown, web encryption certificates for many federal websites expired, software…