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  • "Cyberspace in Space: The Out-Of-This-World Challenges Ahead"

    Satellites and the space-based services they provide are critical to modern society, as they support telecommunications, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and accessible Internet connections for millions of people worldwide. In space, security is a…

  • "Cyberattacks Threaten Global Security"

    The US is engaged in a quiet but potentially devastating intelligence, cyber, and information war, with China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea posing the greatest threats to national security. That was the topic of a webinar hosted by Arizona State…

  • "A Faster Way to Preserve Privacy Online"

    Searching the Internet can expose information that a user would prefer to keep private. For example, when someone searches for medical symptoms online, they may be disclosing their health conditions to Google, an online medical database such as WebMD,…

  • "Fortinet Patches High-Severity Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in FortiOS"

    Cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet recently announced patches for multiple vulnerabilities across its products, including a high-severity authentication bypass impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy.  Tracked as CVE-2022-35843 (CVSS score of 7.7),…

  • "Security and Access Are Top Issues for Data Engineers"

    Over half (54 percent) of those who participated in Immuta's third annual State of Data Engineering Survey say one of their biggest challenges is securing data with appropriate access rights. While nearly 60 percent believe their organizations should…

  • "New Go-based Zerobot Botnet Exploiting Exploiting Dozens of IoT Vulnerabilities to Expand its Network"

    Zerobot is a new Go-based botnet that has been observed in the wild spreading by exploiting nearly two dozen security flaws in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other software. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin, the botnet…

  • "Trellix Predicts Heightened Hacktivism and Geopolitical Cyberattacks in 2023"

    The cybersecurity firm Trellix has released its annual threat predictions report for 2023. Trellix Advanced Research Center forecasts an increase in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, as well as hacktivism driven by tensions between…

  • "New Zealand Government Hit by Ransomware Attack on IT Provider"

    The New Zealand government recently confirmed being impacted by a ransomware attack on managed service provider (MSP) Mercury IT, which has disrupted businesses and public authorities in the country.  Mercury IT is a small business with only 25…

  • "Vast Majority of xIoT Devices Out of Compliance With Industry Best Practices"

    Phosphorus Labs reported that 99 percent of Extended Internet of Things (xIoT) device passwords violate industry best practices. The study discovered that 68 percent of xIoT devices have high-risk or CVSS scores of 8-10. According to the report, 80…

  • "ChatGPT Shows Promise of Using AI to Write Malware"

    It can take at least an hour for even the most skilled hackers to write a script to exploit a software vulnerability and infiltrate their target. However, a machine may soon be able to do it in seconds. Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, a computer security…

  • "Over 75 Vulnerabilities Patched in Android With December 2022 Security Updates"

    Google recently announced the December 2022 Android updates with patches for over 75 vulnerabilities, including multiple critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws.  The most severe of the RCE bugs is CVE-2022-20411, an issue in Android’s System…

  • "New Corvus Insurance Data Reveals Ransomware and Fraudulent Funds Transfer Represent More Than Half of All Claims"

    Corvus Insurance published the findings of its third Corvus Risk Insights Index, which is a compilation of industry trends and data analysis. The findings of the report are drawn from data sources used by Corvus to power its underwriting and risk…