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With the aim of spurring more funding from Congress and inspiring a national effort similar to the one that resulted in the U.S. moon landing, a bipartisan group of senators has proposed The Cyber Leap Act of 2020, a bill that would incentivize the development of the cybersecurity industry through competitions and prizes. The bill […]
A report published by a team of security researchers from the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) reveals that a major security flaw found in the OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone was recently fixed by OnePlus after being notified of it by the CyRC team. The report, published on the cybersecurity blog Security Boulevard, outlined the vulnerability […]
Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a naval air base in Pensacola, Florida. The situation Apple finds itself in is similar to the one in the aftermath of the 2015 San Berbardino […]
The cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky are predicting that cybercriminals will increase their focus on the financial sector in 2020. The company believes that cryptocurrencies, data processing systems, and mobile investment apps will be particularly popular targets, although traditional banks should still expect to see a high volume of malware and ransomware attacks. According to Kaspersky, […]
The digital world is an increasingly scary place, with each passing year delivering new data breach and hacking events in which consumers’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is spilled into the dark web and afflicted organizations suffer significant damages to their operations and their reputations. But digital security is evolving, too, and there are compelling solutions […]
The FBI made headlines this week with a Private Industry Notice warning partners in the private sector about sophisticated hacks of MFA security systems, and BIO-key is celebrating the Bureau’s recommendations regarding biometric security. The FBI’s alarm over the issue appears to stem from hacking incidents cited in the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. These […]
Thousands of iPhone users may have had their devices hacked by malicious code found in a handful of websites, according to security researchers with Google. The security vulnerability has been revealed through a new blog post from Google’s Project Zero team member Ian Beer. The post describes a small group of websites that were likely […]
“The investigation is ongoing, and Suprema has committed to working with relevant regulators and other authorities, and to contacting affected parties with further information as it is found.” Suprema has formally responded to the alleged security vulnerabilities discovered in its BioStar 2 access control system, acknowledging that unauthorized security researchers were able to access sensitive […]
A team of Tencent researchers has managed to get past Face ID’s liveness detection with a pair of glasses and some tape. To execute the attack, the researchers placed a strip of black tape on each lens. The tape mimics the outline of the eye, while a dot of white tape in the center imitates […]
Israel’s Interior Ministry has been forced to admit that the Population Authority’s biometric database was breached in two separate incidents that occurred in 2017 and 2018. The government insists that both were “operational incidents” that did not lead to any leaks or compromise the security of the database, but the 2018 breach is still being […]
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