The US’s National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory detailing the activities of the Russian government-associated advanced persistent threat (APT) Turla group, also known as Uroburos, Waterbug, or VENOMOUS BEAR.
Magecart, an umbrella term composed of dozens of cybercriminal groups that conduct digital credit card-skimming attacks, has reportedly compromised upwards of two million websites and 18,000 hosts.
Threat actors breached the network of cybersecurity company Avast in a sophisticated cyber operation, referred to as “Abiss,” that likely attempted to poison the supply chain and target its anti-virus software, CCleaner.
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer announced new bipartisan legislation -- the Darren Drake Act -- to help stop ISIS-inspired terrorists from using trucks and other vehicles as weapons of mass destruction.
With GDP growth on the continent reaching its highest rate since 2012 and long-term prospects equally favorable, Africa holds great promise for investors. But alongside opportunities, foreign enterprises face vast gaps in their knowledge of the business landscape.
Hackers have shut down the cyber network of Johannesburg City Council, targeting computers of local government employees in South Africa’s economic hub.
The Department of Justice announced it has awarded more than $85.3 million to bolster school security — including funding to educate and train students and faculty — and support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incident.
The U.S. Senate passed the Deepfake Report Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct an annual study of deepfakes and other types of similar content.
A research team at TU Delft and Radboud University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and the University of Liverpool piloted a swarm of tiny drones autonomously and found two ‘disaster victims’ despite each machine having extremely limited sensing and computing.
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