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Lean and Green Coding Machine: How a Durable Computer Drive Can Reduce Attack Surfaces

Lean and Green Coding Machine: How a Durable Computer Drive Can Reduce Attack Surfaces

Less is often more when it comes to both infosec and green IT practices Reducing the carbon footprint of IT architecture could play a role not only in the fight against climate change, but also in another growing and borderless threat: cyberattacks. So say the co-authors of a white paper that highlights how best practices …

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Rackspace Says "Known Ransomware Group" Behind Server Attack;  still recovering data

Rackspace Says “Known Ransomware Group” Behind Server Attack; still recovering data

A “known ransomware group” is behind an attack that forced Rackspace Technology Inc. to shut down part of the cloud company’s services 11 days ago. In the first talks since the attack was reported, company executives and an outside adviser working on the response said they expected their investigations to be completed this week and …

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Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector

Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector

Threat actors can hijack machine learning (ML) models that power artificial intelligence (AI) to deploy malware and move laterally across corporate networks, researchers have found. These models, which are often publicly available, serve as a new launchpad for a range of attacks that can also poison an organization’s supply chain – and businesses need to …

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A cyber attack on your supply chain: a real case study

A cyber attack on your supply chain: a real case study

During day two of the Computing Cyber ​​Security Festival, Sam Woodcock, Senior Director of Cloud Strategy at 11:11 Systems and Goher Mohammad, Group Head of Information Security at L and Q Group discussed the origins and impact of a cyber attack that L&Q recently experienced, via one of their third party relationships. We’ve all read …

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Opposing Attack Beats Almost Superhuman AI Go Player

In 2017, a group of researchers placed a few stickers on a stop sign that looked like ordinary graffiti to human eyes. However, the stickers were arranged in a specific pattern designed to fool self-driving car machine vision systems. In later tests, these machine vision systems misinterpreted the stop sign as a 45 mph speed …

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Navy asks Boeing to make final purchases of airborne infrared sensors for Super Hornet stealth attack

Navy asks Boeing to make final purchases of airborne infrared sensors for Super Hornet stealth attack

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Maryland – US Navy air combat experts are asking electro-optical engineers from the Boeing Co. to procure 19 Airborne Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems to help Navy fighter jets detect enemy aircraft without using radar. Naval Air Systems Command officials at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland announced a $43.5 million …

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Police investigate ransomware attack on MiTCON

Police investigate ransomware attack on MiTCON

The Midland Police Department is investigating with other law enforcement agencies after a ransomware attack took place on Thursday, October 20 against the Midland Information Technology Consortium. MiTCON serves 85 nonprofits and small businesses with 800 computers in the Midland area. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Midland Business Alliance. Midland Police Department …

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Police investigate ransomware attack on MiTCON

Police investigate ransomware attack on MiTCON

The Midland Police Department is investigating with other law enforcement after a ransomware attack took place on Thursday, October 20 against the Midland Information Technology Consortium. MiTCON serves 85 nonprofits and small businesses with 800 computers in the Midland area. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Midland Business Alliance. Midland Police Department community …

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This Unusual Ransomware Attack Targets Home PCs, So Beware

This Unusual Ransomware Attack Targets Home PCs, So Beware

Image: Getty/Brothers91 A ransomware attack delivered by fake Windows 10 updates and antivirus software targets home users, using sneaky techniques to stay undetected before encrypting files and demanding a ransom payment of thousands of dollars. dollars. The Magniber campaign, detailed by HP Wolf Security, is unusual for 2022 in that it focuses on generating relatively …

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Does the recent undersea gas pipeline attack threaten internet infrastructure?

Does the recent undersea gas pipeline attack threaten internet infrastructure?

A recent attack on undersea gas pipelines connecting Germany to Russia has raised concerns among Western naval forces over undersea internet cables. Why are undersea cables ideal for long-distance Internet connections, how does the recent attack threaten this infrastructure, and what technologies could provide immunity against such attacks in the future? Why are submarine cables …

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