Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Stealthy Hackers Target Military, Weapons Contractors
Analysts at Securonix discovered the attacks but couldn't attribute the campaign to any known threat actors, despite some similarities to past APT37 (Konni) attacks...
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Chinese Hackers Abuse VLC Media Player to Launch Malware Loader
Symantec researchers have identified a campaign perpetrated by a hacker group associated with the Chinese government using VLC Media Player to launch a custom malware...
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HP Patches 16 UEFI Firmware Bugs Allowing Stealthy Malware Infections
Researchers at Binarly discovered 16 high-impact UEFI firmware vulnerabilities affecting multiple HP models.
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Honeypot Experiment Reveals What Hackers Want From IoT Devices
A honeypot experiment has clarified hackers' goals in targeting Internet of Things devices.
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