Microsoft patches Internet Explorer memory corruption vulnerability
On March 9, 2021, Microsoft patched a zero-day security vulnerability related to memory corruption in its browser, Internet Explorer.
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Computer Sciences
A new defensive technique could hold off attackers by making software buggier
Researchers at New York University have recently devised a new cyber defense technique, which works by adding so-called "chaff bugs," non-exploitable bugs, rather than eliminating existing ones. A pre-print version of their ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
An adhesive and stretchable epicardial patch to precisely monitor the heart's activity
Epicardial patches are carefully engineered tissue patches that can be placed near or on a patient's heart. These devices can help doctors to diagnose and treat a variety of heart conditions, including arrhythmia and heart ...
Security
Maestro: a new attack that orchestrates malicious flows with BGP
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have recently identified the Maestro attack, a new link flooding attack (LFA) that leverages plane traffic control engineering techniques to concentrate botnet-sourced distributed ...
Security
Massive breach shows how espionage is carried out in the 21st century
Forget KGB agents Russian intelligence officers masquerading as ordinary Americans to slip inside government agencies and steal national security secrets like in television's "The Americans."
Dec 21, 2020
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Software
GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign exploiting its server infrastructure
The Record, the news branch of the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, has reported that GitHub is currently looking into multiple attacks against its cloud infrastructure. These attacks have enabled cybercriminals ...
Security
Phishing tricksters nab the warm fuzzies, smiles
Phishing is the most common form of cyberattack and still growing. Yet, in a survey of Internet users, it was found that 45 percent of those surveyed did not understand what phishing was or the risk associated with it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Email still beats texts—for hackers phishing for your data
Despite all the attention given to phishing attacks, and high profile hacks, email still remains the number one place where victims fall prey to bad guys.
Feb 27, 2020
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Security
Learning to combat DDOS attacks
Denial of service (DOS) and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on computer systems are a major concern to those charged with keeping online services running and protecting systems and those who use them. Such intrusions ...
Jul 1, 2022
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Internet
SSD-Insider++: A firmware-based approach to thwarting ransomware attacks
An international team of researchers is promoting the idea of using firmware to stop ransomware attacks before they can encrypt user data stored on a solid-state drive (SSD). The group presented their ideas back in 2018 at ...
