Over one weekend, Contrast detected 87 coordinated attacks originating from infrastructure in Mumbai, India that targeted the usually dangerous blind spot between perimeter defenses and application runtimes. This type of complex attack is why organizations use Contrast Application Detection and…
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NDSS 2025 – Workshop On Security And Privacy Of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG) 2025, Session 1. Panelists & Papers SESSION Opening Remarks, Panel And FutureG 2025 Session 1: AI-Assisted NextG
Panelists: Ted K. Woodward, Ph.D. Technical Director for FutureG, OUSD (R&E) Phillip Porras, Program Director, Internet Security Research, SRI Donald McBride, Senior Security Researcher, Bell Laboratories, Nokia This panel aims to bring together various participants and stakeholders from government, industry,…
AffAction Fights Back Against Sophisticated Scrapers with DataDome and Wins
Discover how AffAction, managing over 6,000 domains, drastically reduced scraping attacks and stabilized its infrastructure with DataDome. Real-time bot protection freed up their CTO’s time and ensured consistent uptime. The post AffAction Fights Back Against Sophisticated Scrapers with DataDome and…
The Unkillable Threat: How Attackers Turned Blockchain Into Bulletproof Malware Infrastructure
The blockchain was supposed to revolutionize trust. Instead, it’s revolutionizing cybercrime. Every foundational principle that makes blockchain technology secure—decentralization, immutability, global accessibility—has been systematically inverted by sophisticated threat actors into the most resilient malware delivery system ever created. Welcome to…
NDSS 2025 – Workshop On Security And Privacy Of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG) 2025, Session 3 Session 3: Novel Threats In Decentralized NextG And Securing Open RAN
PAPERS Feedback-Guided API Fuzzing of 5G Network Tianchang Yang (Pennsylvania State University), Sathiyajith K S (Pennsylvania State University), Ashwin Senthil Arumugam (Pennsylvania State University), Syed Rafiul Hussain (Pennsylvania State University) Trust or Bust: A Survey of Threats in Decentralized Wireless…
October Patch Tuesday Fails Hard — Windows Update Considered Harmful?
Satya fiddles while Redmond burns? Showstopper bugs with security certificates—plus failing USB keyboards and mice—cause QA questions. The post October Patch Tuesday Fails Hard — Windows Update Considered Harmful? appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…
STRATEGIC REEL: Inside the ‘Mind of a Hacker’ — turning attacker logic against them
API sprawl. Encrypted traffic. Hyperconnected users. Today’s digital business surfaces present attackers with fertile ground—not for brute-force break-ins, but for subtle, sustained manipulation. A10 Networks Field CISO Jamison Utter calls this shift “defending with the mind of a hacker.” It’s…
From Reactive to Proactive: A New Jersey School District’s Google & Microsoft Security Transformation
How Monmouth Regional High School District’s Tech Team Improved Cybersecurity and Student Safety Using Cloud Monitor At Monmouth Regional High School District in Eatontown, New Jersey, technology touches nearly every part of daily school life. The district serves about 945…
Vets Will Test UK Digital ID Plan
As the UK tests digital ID cards for military veterans ahead of a 2027 nationwide rollout, privacy concerns and cybersecurity warnings are growing. Experts caution that without strong zero-trust principles, encryption, and PAM enforcement, the program could expose citizens and…
When the Backbone Breaks: Why the F5 Breach is a Five-Alarm Fire
Alan warns that the F5 breach — involving stolen source code, unpatched vulnerabilities, and customer configurations — is a five-alarm crisis for digital infrastructure. The attack exposes national security risks, vendor concentration dangers, and the fragility of our IT foundations.…
Grand Canyon: Rim-to-Rim 1 of n
I hadn’t intended to drive for 16 hours. It’s around midnight and my friend and I are about two hours away from Bright Angel Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I pull over for gas, to stretch…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Two Email Scams Every Student and Parent Should Know About
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and for campus IT teams, that means more than patching servers and updating firewalls. It means protecting students who’ve never encountered sophisticated phishing attacks, international students unfamiliar with US financial aid processes, and families trying…
Maine 2025 Ballot Questions Redux
QUESTION 1: “Do you want to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, end ongoing absentee voter status for seniors and people with disabilities, ban prepaid…
NDSS 2025 – Workshop On Security And Privacy In Standardized IoT (SDIoTSec) 2025, Paper Presentation Session: Security And Privacy In Iot Standards, Protocols And Implementations
PAPERS SecuWear: Secure Data Sharing Between Wearable Devices Sujin Han (KAIST) Diana A. Vasile (Nokia Bell Labs), Fahim Kawsar (Nokia Bell Labs, University of Glasgow), Chulhong Min (Nokia Bell Labs) Analysis of Misconfigured IoT MQTT Deployments and a Lightweight Exposure…
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘’100% All Achievements”
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘’100% All Achievements” appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: Randall…
Why 99% of Cold Emails to CISOs Fail (And the Surprising Truth About How They Actually Buy)
Cold emails to CISOs fail 99% of the time—not because security purchases are planned, but because they’re reactive. New research shows 77% of cybersecurity deals are triggered by incidents and fear. Companies using targeted account-based strategies achieve 4x higher engagement.…
NDSS 2025 – Workshop on Security and Privacy in Standardized IoT (SDIoTSec) 2025, Keynote
Author, Creator & Presenter: Dr. May Wang PhD (Palo Alto Networks) Our thanks to the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s superb NDSS Symposium 2025 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel.…
A “No-Brainer” Investment: Proactive Google Safety and Security with Cloud Monitor
Bureau Valley CUSD Protects Students and Data While Maximizing Budget and Efficiency Bureau Valley Community Unit School District (CUSD) in Manlius, Illinois, serves approximately 900 students and 180 faculty and staff. It operates on a 1:1 Chromebook model using Google…
Penetration testing vs red teaming: What’s the difference?
In cyber security, two terms are often used interchangeably but mean very different things: penetration testing and red teaming. Both involve authorised simulations of cyber attacks designed to uncover weaknesses, yet they differ in scope, intent, and the insights they…
Suspected Chinese Hackers Spent a Year-Plus Inside F5 Systems: Report
The suspected Chinese-backed threat actors that hacked into F5’s systems and stole data from the security vendor’s BIG-IP application suite spent more than a year inside the networks dtbefore being in detected in August, according to a Bloomberg report that…