Half a million stolen passwords, emails for sale on dark web
Hackers stole personal data from more than a half million users of an Italy-based email service and posted the purloined information for sale online.
Apr 8, 2020 report
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Google releases TensorFlow privacy testing module
Google released a toolset accessory this week that will allow developers working with machine learning models to better rein in leaks of private data.
Jun 25, 2020 report
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Understanding the rising threat of ransomware attacks
A rude awakening came to thousands of Americans in early May. Many motorists who had never seen the effects of a devastating ransomware attack found themselves scrambling to find a flowing gas pump, and waiting in massive ...
Aug 19, 2021
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AMD fTPM vulnerability uncovered
Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin say they uncovered a new vulnerability in AMD's Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The flaw exposes firmware TPMs, or fTPMs, to attack.
May 3, 2023 report
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Researchers show they can steal data during homomorphic encryption
Homomorphic encryption is considered a next generation data security technology, but researchers have identified a vulnerability that allows them to steal data even as it is being encrypted.
Mar 2, 2022
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Cybersecurity study of the dark web exposes vulnerability to machine identities
A thriving marketplace for SSL and TLS certificates—small data files used to facilitate confidential communication between organizations' servers and their clients' computers—exists on a hidden part of the Internet, according ...
Mar 8, 2019
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How randomly moving electrons can improve cyber security
In October 2017, tech giant Yahoo! disclosed a data breach that had leaked sensitive information of over 3 billion user accounts, exposing them to identity theft. The company had to force all affected users to change passwords ...
May 27, 2022
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Helping companies prioritize their cybersecurity investments
One reason that cyberattacks have continued to grow in recent years is that we never actually learn all that much about how they happen. Companies fear that reporting attacks will tarnish their public image, and even those ...
Sep 4, 2020
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New software stops ransomware attacks
Engineers from SMU's Darwin Deason Institute for Cybersecurity have developed software that detects ransomware attacks before attackers can inflict catastrophic damage.
May 13, 2020
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PLATYPUS reveals new vulnerabilities discovered in Intel processors
An international team of security researchers, including experts from the University of Birmingham, is presenting new side-channel attacks, which use fluctuations in software power consumption to access sensitive data on ...
Nov 11, 2020
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