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Cybersecurity

Chinese Drones Pose Threat to US Infrastructure, CISA Warns

Critical Infrastructure Security CISA, FBI Urge Critical Infrastructure Owners to Bolster UAS Security Measures Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 17, 2024     The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging critical infrastructure owners to buy secure drones. (Image: Shutterstock) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is sounding the alarm on the mounting […]

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iShutdown method allows to discover spyware infections on iPhones

iShutdown lightweight method allows to discover spyware infections on iPhones Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2024 Researchers devised a “lightweight method,” called iShutdown, to determine whether Apple iOS devices have been infected with spyware. Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have identified a “lightweight method,” called iShutdown, to identify the presence of spyware on Apple iOS devices. The method allow to discover […]

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Cooper Aerobics: Data Security Incident Raises Concerns of Personal Information Exposure

Cooper Aerobics, representing Cooper Clinic, P.A., Cooper Medical Imaging, LLP, and Cooper Aerobics Enterprises, Inc., collectively referred to as “Cooper Aerobics,” has revealed a concerning data security incident. On January 5, 2024, the organization notified individuals about where unauthorized access to its network, stemmed from a Cooper Aerobics data breach, potentially exposing personal information. Upon […]

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FTC joins global data security and privacy investigative consortium

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday that it will participate in an “international multilateral arrangement” to lend intelligence and assist privacy investigators worldwide. The Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE), the nonbinding consortium the FTC is joining, will also help the FTC better monitor global commerce in real time, the agency said […]

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PixieFail UEFI Flaws Expose Millions of Computers to RCE, DoS, and Data Theft

Jan 18, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the TCP/IP network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification used widely in modern computers. Collectively dubbed PixieFail by Quarkslab, the nine issues reside in the TianoCore EFI Development Kit II (EDK II) and […]

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Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts

Jan 18, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence High-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the U.K., and the U.S. have been targeted by an Iranian cyber espionage group called Mind Sandstorm since November 2023. The threat actor “used bespoke phishing lures in an attempt to […]