China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

China’s brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.

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Finnish Hacker Gets Prison for Accessing Thousands of Psychotherapy Records and Demanding Ransoms

In February 2023, French police arrested well-known Finnish hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki, who was living under a false identity near Paris. He was deported to Finland. His trial ended last month.

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Docker Hub Users Targeted With Imageless, Malicious Repositories

JFrog raises an alarm after finding three large-scale malware campaigns targeting Docker Hub with imageless repositories.

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To Damage OT Systems, Hackers Tap USBs, Old Bugs & Malware

USBs have something the newest, hottest attack techniques lack: the ability to bridge air gaps.

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The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more.

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Apptega Raises $15 Million for Cybersecurity Compliance Platform

Mainsail Partners leads a $15 million financing round for end-to-end cybersecurity compliance platform company Apptega.

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Island Secures $175M Investment as Enterprise Browser Startups Defy Tech Giants

Despite competitive pressures from industry behemoths like Microsoft and Google, investors are still betting big on startups in the specialized enterprise browser space.

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Critical Vulnerabilities in Judge0 Lead to Sandbox Escape, Host Takeover

Three vulnerabilities in the Judge0 open source service could allow attackers to escape the sandbox and obtain root privileges on the host.

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Wireless Carriers Face $200M FCC Fine As Data Privacy Waters Roil

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile USA are being fined for sharing location data. They plan to appeal the decision, which is the culmination of a four-year investigation into how carriers sold customer data to third parties.

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Chinese Hackers Have Been Probing DNS Networks Globally for Years: Report

While China-linked Muddling Meerkat’s operations look like DNS DDoS attacks, it seems unlikely that denial of service is their goal, at least in the near term.

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