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Researchers uncover attack to ‘decloak’ VPN traffic

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May 7, 2024
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A novel network technique that bypasses VPN encryption has been revealed by security researchers at Leviathan Security. Dubbed “decloaking,” the technique allows an attacker to force a target’s traffic off their VPN tunnel by exploiti…

Wabtec Achieves Cybersecurity Certification

Carolina Worrell
May 7, 2024
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Wabtec Corporation (Wabtec) on May 6 announced that it has achieved the IEC 62443-4-1 certification, “a benchmark for cybersecurity development lifecycle processes used on industrial automation and control systems (IACS) products.”
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T-Mobile staff receiving cash offers to help with SIM swap attacks

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April 17, 2024
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T-Mobile employees are being propositioned via text messages to partake in illegal SIM swapping activities, with a financial incentive of $300 per swap. SIM swap attacks take advantage of consumers using SMS as their two-factor authentication (2FA) met…

A concerted effort keeping rail travel secure

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April 16, 2024
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At Alstom, more than 350 rail cybersecurity specialists and their peer railway engineers cooperate with customers, regulators and technology partners …

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Chinese telcos given 2027 deadline to ditch foreign chips

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April 15, 2024
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To reduce dependence on foreign technologies, Chinese officials have reportedly mandated the country’s leading telecom operators – including China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom – to eliminate foreign semiconductors from their networks b…

French municipal services disrupted by cyberattack

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April 12, 2024
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Multiple French municipalities have experienced significant disruptions to public services following a “large-scale cyber attack” on shared servers. The ongoing cyber assault has compromised the operational capacity of crucial local governm…

AT&T probes data breach affecting millions of customers

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April 2, 2024
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AT&T announced on Saturday that it is investigating a major data breach involving the personal information of over 73 million current and former customer accounts. The company said a data set containing records on approximately 7.6 million existing…

Cybersecurity agencies issue warning over Chinese hacking group

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March 21, 2024
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Government cybersecurity authorities in the US and allied nations are sounding the alarm bell again over the Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon. In a joint advisory issued on Tuesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CI…

French government cyber crisis teams ‘useless’ against DDoS

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March 12, 2024
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Several French government websites and networks have been crippled by an intense and ongoing series of cyberattacks over the past day, with pro-Russian hacker group Anonymous Sudan mocking the government’s cyber defense capabilities as “use…

Viavi to acquire Spirent in $1.2B deal

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March 5, 2024
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Viavi Solutions has agreed to acquire Spirent Communications in an all-cash deal valuing Spirent at around $1.2 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, Spirent shareholders will receive 175 pence per share—comprising 172.5 pence in cash and a 2.5 …