Browsing the "researchers" Tag

Geost Operators are spied on by researchers

December 5th, 2019 📆 | 7369 Views ⚑

The investigation of a major Android banking botnet yields insights about how cybercriminals structure and run an illicit business. Researchers

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UI researchers study hacking concerns in Androids – The Daily Iowan

December 2nd, 2019 📆 | 5225 Views ⚑

The University of Iowa teamed up with Purdue University to research Android technology for potential hacking loopholes and develop a

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Researchers unveil quantum cryptographic method

December 2nd, 2019 📆 | 2759 Views ⚑

A team of researchers at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) yesterday unveiled a new cryptographic technique using quantum technology, saying

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Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

December 1st, 2019 📆 | 1815 Views ⚑

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 26, 2019 — Nine University of California, Irvine researchers in areas ranging from neurodevelopment and chemical synthesis

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Google reveals TAG researchers track 270 government-backed hacking groups – CSO

November 27th, 2019 📆 | 6698 Views ⚑

Almost everyone interested in cybersecurity has heard of Google Project Zero, the team that challenged Microsoft’s coordinated vulnerability disclosure practices

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Japanese telecom giant offers researchers million-dollar salaries

November 20th, 2019 📆 | 5733 Views ⚑

Telecom giant NTT Group is offering record pay to hire top scientists as it looks to match some of the

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WPI researchers discover weak spots for hackers in Intel, STM chips

November 19th, 2019 📆 | 7600 Views ⚑

Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers and a team they lead have discovered what the school says are serious security vulnerabilities

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Researchers Explain How Ransomware Bypass Security Checks

November 17th, 2019 📆 | 6422 Views ⚑

Ransomware attacks have long been a menace for internet users, particularly, the business sector. Despite implementing adequate security practices, various

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WPI researchers discover vulnerabilities affecting billions of computer chips

November 13th, 2019 📆 | 1738 Views ⚑

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) security researchers Berk Sunar and Daniel Moghimi led an international team of researchers that discovered serious

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Researchers discover massive increase in Emotet activity

November 13th, 2019 📆 | 4780 Views ⚑

Emotet had a 730% increase in activity in September after being in a near dormant state, Nuspire discovered. Emotet, a

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Two security researchers win $60,000 for hacking Amazon Echo

November 10th, 2019 📆 | 7772 Views ⚑

Two security researchers, Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, have won $60,000 in bug bounty for hacking an Amazon Echo Show

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Researchers show smart speakers like Alexa, Google Home can be hacked using laser beams

November 10th, 2019 📆 | 5234 Views ⚑

If you are using one of the popular voice assistance products at your home from top technology companies like Apple,

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Two security researchers earned $60,000 for hacking an Amazon Echo – TechCrunch

November 9th, 2019 📆 | 3332 Views ⚑

Two security researchers have been crowned the top hackers in this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest after developing and testing several

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Shadow Brokers data dump tipped researchers off to a mysterious APT dubbed DarkUniverse

November 7th, 2019 📆 | 3492 Views ⚑

Written by Jeff Stone Nov 5, 2019 | CYBERSCOOP Clues about a hacking group that carried out attacks against targets

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8 Years on the Run – Researchers Discover DarkUniverse APT

November 6th, 2019 📆 | 5391 Views ⚑

Security researchers today published technical details about malware used by a new threat actor that matches a signature in a

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Researchers develop machine learning-based detector that stops lateral phishing attacks

November 5th, 2019 📆 | 1922 Views ⚑

Lateral phishing attacks – scams targeting users from compromised email accounts within an organization – are becoming an increasing concern

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Researchers Find SMS Monitoring Malware in Linux Telecom Servers

November 2nd, 2019 📆 | 4341 Views ⚑

A state-sponsored tool most likely used by Chinese advanced persistent threat group APT41 was discovered inside the Linux servers of

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Webroot Threat Researchers Take a Fresh Look at Phishing Tactics

November 1st, 2019 📆 | 3800 Views ⚑

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Researchers unearth malware that siphoned SMS texts out of telco’s network

October 31st, 2019 📆 | 2083 Views ⚑

Nation-sponsored hackers have a new tool to drain telecom providers of huge amounts of SMS messages at scale, researchers said.

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NCSU researchers develop browser tool to better detect malware, malicious code

October 27th, 2019 📆 | 6441 Views ⚑

RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an open-source tool that allows users to track and record

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NCSU researchers develop browser tool to better detect malware, malicious code

October 23rd, 2019 📆 | 5175 Views ⚑

RALEIGH – Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an open-source tool that allows users to track and record

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Researchers managed to turn Google Home and Alexa into Credential thieves

October 22nd, 2019 📆 | 6225 Views ⚑

Eight Amazon Alexa and Google Home apps were approved for official app stores even though their actual purposes were eavesdropping

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Researchers discover sunken WWII Japanese aircraft carrier

October 22nd, 2019 📆 | 7401 Views ⚑

Copyright 2019 CNN The ruins of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, which rest 17,000 feet down on the Pacific Ocean

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Researchers find stealthy MSSQL server backdoor developed by Chinese cyberspies

October 21st, 2019 📆 | 1852 Views ⚑

Chinese cyberspies have developed malware that alters Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases and creates a backdoor mechanism that can let

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