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arXiv:2503.01089v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning (ML) has revolutionized Internet of Vehicles (IoV) applications by enhancing intelligent transportation, autonomous driving capabilities, and various connected services within a large, heterogeneous network. However, the increased connectivity and massive data exchange for ML applications introduce significant privacy challenges. Privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML) offers potential solutions to address…
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While not the apocalypse, the DOGE cuts are undermining public trust in the cybersecurity agency.
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Majorities of Americans disapprove of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency-driven upheaval of the federal workforce, several recent polls show.The big picture: While Republican lawmakers have contended voters wanted drastic change, new polling suggests the Trump administration may be taking their chainsaw-wielding executive reach too far for some.President Trump’s approval ratings also took…
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Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that federal workers would soon get an email “requesting to understand what they got done last week.” According to the New York Times, the email from the Office of Personnel Management went to agencies across the federal government that afternoon, including the FBI, State Department, and others, with a deadline for…
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Microsoft Patches Power Pages Zero-Day (CVE-2025-24989) & Recent PAN-OS Flaw (CVE-2025-0111) Joins CISA KEV Two major security flaws pose a serious exploitation risk for organizations using Microsoft Power Pages and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls. Microsoft has addressed a high-severity issue in Power Pages, CVE-2025-24989, that allows unauthorized users to bypass registration controls and elevate…
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arXiv:2502.10556v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid evolution of malware has necessitated the development of sophisticated detection methods that go beyond traditional signature-based approaches. Graph learning techniques have emerged as powerful tools for modeling and analyzing the complex relationships inherent in malware behavior, leveraging advancements in Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and related methods. This survey…
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CVE-2024-54403 | Ryan Scott Visual Recent Posts Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress cross site scripting
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ryan Scott Visual Recent Posts Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-54403. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
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Updated on Feb. 13 at 11:19 p.m. The Trump administration is moving to aggressively fire nearly all recent hires still in their probationary periods, a move that could lead to the dismissal of hundreds of thousands of staff. The Office of Personnel Management has instructed agencies across government to terminate employees in their probationary periods—typically…
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The rise of AI-driven cyber threats has introduced a new level of sophistication to phishing scams, particularly those targeting Gmail users. Criminals are using artificial intelligence to create eerily realistic impersonations of Google support representatives, Forbes recently reported. These scams don’t just rely on misleading emails; they also include convincing phone calls that appear to…
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New data on Friday gives the best snapshot yet of where economic conditions stand before a potential continentwide trade war.Why it matters: If tariffs prove disruptive to growth, the U.S. is starting from a position of strength — unlike other major economies — which might cushion the blow of tariffs better than otherwise would have…
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Top Phishing Tricks Attackers Use to Target Employees & The Recent ‘You’re Fired’ Campaign Phishing remains one of the most prevalent and effective cyber attack methods, thriving on deception to steal sensitive information or deliver malware. These attacks manipulate human behavior, using fear, urgency, and curiosity as tools to trick victims into clicking malicious links…
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For the past two years, the United States government and commercial security vendors increased reporting of threat activity they assess to be linked to China-based threat actors. Among the reported actors, several threat groups have gained notoriety within the security community for their frequency and volume of activity. Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, and Flax Typhoon…
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MalBot December 15, 2024, 6:50pm 1 Last week, Apache announced a vulnerability in Struts2 [1]. The path traversal vulnerability scored 9.5 on the CVSS scale. If exploited, the vulnerability allows file uploads into otherwise restricted directories, which may lead to remote code execution if a webshell is uploaded and exposed in the web root. I…
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The recent massive telecom hack by the Chinese state-sponsored group Salt Typhoon has highlighted critical vulnerabilities in traditional communication systems. The breach targeted major U.S. telecom providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, compromising sensitive communications of government officials, political entities, and businesses. Attackers accessed call records, unencrypted text messages, and even live call audio by…
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More than 240,000 people had information stolen during a cyberattack on SRP Federal Credit Union, one of the largest in South Carolina.
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I often get asked whether law enforcement is making any headway in catching cybercriminals. Although it is a challenging task, a recent example of a big win for law enforcement deserves celebration.
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CISA released guidance today to help network defenders harden their systems against attacks coordinated by the Salt Typhoon Chinese threat group that breached multiple major global telecommunications providers earlier this year.
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MalBot December 3, 2024, 12:40am 1 Of note from Hunton Andrews Kurth: On November 6, 2024, a Texas state district court jury found that a large e-discovery vendor violated Title 7, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code, which provides that accessing a computer without its owner’s permission is a Class B misdemeanor. This case…
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CityPlace is a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Canada, within the former Railway Lands. Cityplace is also a 5- to 10-minute walk from King Street West and Liberty Village and a 10- to 20-minute walk from Toronto’s financial district. Source – CityPlace, Toronto, Ontario from CN Tower, CC SA 2.0.
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Originally published by Skyhawk Security. Over the past year there have been several prominent cyber incidents involving the cloud. These incidents have illustrated the dependency of organizations on the cloud, the vulnerability of the cloud, and the motivation of attackers to utilize this to their advantage. But if we look closer, we can also identify…