UCLA confirms it was hit by cyberattack but offers few details

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UCLA says it is the latest victim of a cyberattack, but university officials did not specify what information was accessed or whether any information was posted…

The latest victim of the MOVEit data breach is the Department of Health and Human Services

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Federal health officials have notified Congress of a data breach that could involve the information of more than 100,000 people. A representative of the U.S. Department…

Keeping the backdoor secure in your robust machine learning model

The visible distributed trigger is shown in Figure 1(a) and the target label is seven (7). The training data is modified. We see this in Figure 1(b) and the model…

A lightweight block cipher based on dynamic S-box

Armenians hacked with Pegasus spyware during war: NGO

The Israel-made malware, which can seize control of a smartphone’s microphone and camera, hit global headlines in 2021. At least a dozen Armenian journalists, NGO workers and officials had their…

DarkBERT learns language of the Dark Web

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two types of people thrive in the distant hidden recesses of the Dark Web. One type consists of the good guys: whistleblowers, freedom fighters, journalists, the…

New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness

Scientists from several institutions worked together to harness artificial intelligence, linking computer vulnerabilities, weaknesses and attack patterns to increase cybersecurity. Credit: Timothy Holland | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Imagine you’re…

Wisconsin man charged with hacking sports betting accounts

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Wisconsin man has been charged in a plot to hack and steal from thousands of sports betting accounts, court documents show. Joseph Garrison, 18, and…

Extent of cyberattack on Philadelphia Inquirer remains unclear as journalists prepare to cover major election

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Philadelphia Inquirer and outside cybersecurity experts have yet to determine the full extent of a cyberattack on the news organization last week, but the disruption…

Are you who you say you are? TSA tests facial recognition technology to boost airport security

A traveler inserts her ID card while using the Transportation Security Administration’s new facial recognition technology at a Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoint, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in…