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Teaming up to improve Maryland electionsThe Empowering Secure Elections research lab has an exciting new partnership with the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Board of Elections! We are sending a voter satisfaction survey to registered voters in the county. Our goal is to und
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"OpenAI Blocks State-Sponsored Hackers From Using ChatGPT"OpenAI has terminated accounts associated with state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia exploiting ChatGPT, its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot.
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"DarkGate Gang Using CAPTCHA to Spread Malware"According to HP Wolf Security, DarkGate cybercriminals are using legal advertising tools to hide their malicious campaigns and track victims' responses to malware links.
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"Ubuntu 'Command-Not-Found' Tool Could Trick Users Into Installing Rogue Packages"Researchers at Aqua have discovered that threat actors can use the well-known utility called command-not-found to recommend their own rogue packages and compromise systems running the Ubuntu operating system.
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"Researchers Pair Medical Devices With Blockchain to Defend Against Cyberattacks"A team of researchers from Emporia State University and the University of Allahabad developed a novel blockchain system for medical device monitoring dubbed HNMBlock.
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"Russian APT Turla Wields Novel Backdoor Malware Against Polish NGOs"Turla, a Russia-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, is now targeting Polish Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in a cyber espionage campaign involving a newly developed backdoor with modular capabilities.
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"Pennsylvania Courts Say it Didn't Pay Ransom in cyberattack, And Attackers Never Sent a Demand"Pennsylvania's state courts agency recently announced that it never received a ransom demand as part of a cyberattack that briefly shut down some of its online services earlier this month.
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"Prudential Financial Faces Cybersecurity Breach"Prudential Financial has recently disclosed a cybersecurity breach. The breach on February 5, 2024, involved unauthorized access to certain company systems.
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"New Report Finds Sensitive Information at Risk in 55% of Generative AI Inputs"A new report from Menlo Security reveals that 55 percent of all generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) inputs include sensitive and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
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"New Wi-Fi Authentication Vulnerabilities Discovered"Researchers have discovered two new vulnerabilities in open-source Wi-Fi software that enable attackers to trick victims into connecting to malicious clones of trusted networks, intercept their traffic, and join networks without a password.
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"US Offers up to $15 Million For Tips on ALPHV Ransomware Gang"The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang leaders.
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"DDoS Attacks Are Getting Bigger and Costlier - Here's Why"According to a new report from the communications infrastructure provider Zayo Group, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming longer and more expensive.
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