Users can be manipulated to share private information online
Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have …
Malware may trick biologists into generating dangerous toxins in their labs
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack, in which unwitting biologists may be tricked into generating dangerous toxins in their labs, has been discovered by Ben-Gurion …
Researchers open the door to new distribution methods for secret cryptographic keys
Researchers from the University of Ottawa, in collaboration with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Bar-Ilan University scientists, have been able to create optical framed …
Researchers develop AI technique to protect medical devices from anomalous instructions
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new AI technique that will protect medical devices from malicious operating instructions in a cyberattack as …
New defense method enables telecoms, ISPs to protect consumer IoT devices
Instead of relying on customers to protect their vulnerable smart home devices from being used in cyberattacks, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and National …
Researchers extract personal data from video conference screenshots
Video conference users should not post screen images of Zoom and other video conference sessions on social media, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers, …
DDoS attacks could affect next generation 911 call systems
Despite a previous warning by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, who exposed vulnerabilities in 911 systems due to DDoS attacks, the next generation of 911 …
Researchers trick autonomous car autopilot with phantom images
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have found that they can trick the autopilot on an autonomous car to …
Researchers develop new optical stealth encryption technology
The first all optical stealth encryption technology that will be significantly more secure and private for highly sensitive cloud-computing and data center network …
New user keystroke impersonation attack uses AI to evade detection
A sophisticated attack, called Malboard, in which a compromised USB keyboard automatically generates and sends malicious keystrokes that mimic the attacked user’s …
A botnet of smart irrigation systems can deplete a city’s water supply
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that uses a botnet of smart irrigation …
Exfiltrating private keys from air-gapped cold wallets
Air-gapped cold wallets might be one of the safest options for keeping your cryptocurrency stash, but even they can be compromised. And, as demonstrated by security …