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Detecting Deepfake Audio by Modeling the Human Acoustic Tract
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is interesting research: In this paper, we develop a new mechanism for detecting audio deepfakes using techniques from the field of articulatory phonetics. Specifically, we apply fluid dynamics to estimate the arrangement of the human vocal tract during speech generation and show that deepfakes often model impossible or highly-unlikely anatomical arrangements. When…
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ICO Fines Four “Predatory” Privacy-Invading Firms
PRIVACY PRIVACY Marketers made over 820,000 illegal calls Read More
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See Yourself in Cyber – Five Quick Ways You Can Quickly Get Safer Online
PRIVACY PRIVACY With “See Yourself in Cyber” as the theme for this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the focus is on you with a look at several quick ways you can quickly get safer online. Now in its 21st year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month marks a long-standing collaboration between the U.S. government and private industry. It’s aim,…
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LA Unified School District: Hackers Have Posted Stolen Data Online
PRIVACY PRIVACY School district is investigating authenticity of the trove Read More
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11 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
PRIVACY PRIVACY In 2021, a vulnerability was revealed in a system that lay at the foundation of modern computing. An attacker could force the system to execute arbitrary code. Shockingly, the vulnerable code was almost 54 years old—and there was no patch available, and no expectation that one would be forthcoming. Fortunately, that’s because the…
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Healthcare Company Owners Get Jail Time for $7m Fraud Scheme
PRIVACY PRIVACY Duo paid bribes and kickbacks to patient marketers Read More
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4 Easy Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Cybersecurity
PRIVACY PRIVACY Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Every October, the National Cybersecurity Alliance selects a theme around which to publish extensive awareness resources and practical tips to help you improve your cybersecurity.1 This year’s theme is “It’s easy to stay safe online.” With the number of cyberthreats and breaches dominating the headlines, it can seem…
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Friday Squid Blogging: Breeding the Oval Squid
PRIVACY PRIVACY Japanese scientists are trying to breed the oval squid in captivity. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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Cyberespionage group developed backdoors tailored for VMware ESXi hypervisors
PRIVACY PRIVACY Researchers have identified a new malware family that was designed to backdoor and create persistence on VMware ESXi servers by leveraging legitimate functionality the hypervisor software supports. According to researchers from Mandiant who found and analyzed the backdoors, they were packaged and deployed on infected servers as vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). VIBs are…
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Top 10 Malware August 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY In MS-ISAC’s Top 10 Malware list for August 2022, LingyunNET, RecordBreaker, and TeamSpy first appeared, while SocGholish and Tinba returned. Read More