The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court. If a law banning the social video app this month is upheld, it won’t disappear from your phone—but it will get messy fast. This article has…
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Features of Adulthood’
<a class=” sqs-block-image-link ” href=”https://xkcd.com/3034/” target=”_blank”> <img alt=”” height=”620″ src=”https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5355d604e4b03c3e9896e131/eefaa0f5-d620-4f2c-b628-26c456b26b88/features_of_adulthood.png?format=1000w” width=”704″ /> </a><figcaption class=”image-caption-wrapper”> via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Features of Adulthood’ appeared first on Security…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-09 21h : 3 posts
3 posts were published in the last hour 19:32 : Do we still have to keep doing it like this? 19:11 : The Key to AI-Enabled Multi-Coalition Warfare 19:11 : US Billionaire Proposes Bid For TikTok’s US Assets
Do we still have to keep doing it like this?
Hazel gets inspired by watching Wendy Nather’s recent keynote, and explores ways to challenge security assumptions. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: Do we still have to keep doing it like this?
The Key to AI-Enabled Multi-Coalition Warfare
In February, the top artificial intelligence (AI) official at the Department of Defense (DoD) laid out his vision for AI-enabled warfare. “Imagine a world where combatant commanders can see everything they… The post The Key to AI-Enabled Multi-Coalition Warfare appeared first…
US Billionaire Proposes Bid For TikTok’s US Assets
As US ban looms this month, TikTok faces a buyout offer for its US assets from American billionaire and a consortium This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Billionaire Proposes Bid For TikTok’s US…
Harnessing AI for Proactive Threat Intelligence and Advanced Cyber Defense
Discover how AI revolutionizes cybersecurity with real-time threat detection, adaptive protection, and advanced data protection to combat evolving… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Tech, Crypto & Hacking News Read the original article: Harnessing AI for…
The Best of CES 2025 awards are in, as selected by ZDNET and the rest of CNET Group
Our experts sifted through the thousands of CES exhibitors to find the best tech. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: The Best of CES 2025 awards are in, as selected…
How to encrypt any email – in Outlook, Gmail, and other popular services
If you ever send emails that contain sensitive or private information, consider email encryption. Getting started is a lot easier than you’d expect. This article has been indexed from Latest stories for ZDNET in Security Read the original article: How…
Facebook awards researcher $100,000 for finding bug that granted internal access
A security researcher found a bug in a Facebook ad platform, which gave him access to the company’s internal infrastructure. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch…
Banking Fraud: Jumped Deposit Scam Targets UPI Users
Users of the unified payments interface (UPI) are the victims of a recent cyber fraud known as the “jumped deposit scam.” First, scammers persuade victims by making a modest, unsolicited deposit into their bank accounts. How does it operate? A…
RIBridges Data Breach: Sensitive Information of Rhode Islanders Exposed
The RIBridges system, a very important tool for Rhode Island’s social services, has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack, resulting in the leak of personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of residents. This breach, orchestrated by…
Banshee Stealer variant targets Russian-speaking macOS users
The Banshee Stealer is a stealthy threat to the rising number of macOS users around the world, including those in Russian-speaking countries, according to Check Point researcher Antonis Terefos. Banshee Stealer was first publicly profiled in August 2024, a month…
Major Vulnerabilities Patched in SonicWall, Palo Alto Expedition, and Aviatrix Controllers
Palo Alto Networks has released software patches to address several security flaws in its Expedition migration tool, including a high-severity bug that an authenticated attacker could exploit to access sensitive data. “Multiple vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks Expedition migration…
Zero-Day Vulnerability in Ivanti VPN
It’s being actively exploited. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read the original article: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Ivanti VPN
Fancy Product Designer Plugin Flaws Expose WordPress Sites
Critical Fancy Product Designer plugin flaws risk remote code execution and SQL injection attacks on WordPress sites This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Fancy Product Designer Plugin Flaws Expose WordPress Sites
Securing a city-sized event: How Amazon integrates physical and logical security at re:Invent
Securing an event of the magnitude of AWS re:Invent—the Amazon Web Services annual conference in Las Vegas—is no small feat. The most recent event, in December, operated on the scale of a small city, spanning seven venues over twelve miles…
EuGH: Zwang zur Angabe des Geschlechts für Marketingzwecke unzulässig
Ein Zwang zu Geschlechtsangabe für eine Marketing-Anrede ist nach Datenschutzgrundverordnung nicht rechtens. Das hat der EuGH klargestellt. Dieser Artikel wurde indexiert von heise Security Lesen Sie den originalen Artikel: EuGH: Zwang zur Angabe des Geschlechts für Marketingzwecke unzulässig
Google Donates $1 Million To Donald Trump Inauguration Fund
Bending the knee continues from the tech industry, as Alphabet’s Google becomes latest to make inauguration fund donation This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Donates $1 Million To Donald Trump Inauguration Fund
Space Bears Ransomware: What You Need To Know
What is Space Bears? Space Bear is a relatively new ransomware group that first appeared on the radar in April 2024. The gang, which is aligned to the Phobos ransomware-as-a-service group, steals sensitive data from organisations, encrypts victims’ computer systems,…
Carving
Recovering deleted data, or “carving”, is an interesting digital forensics topic; I say “interesting” because there are a number of different approaches and techniques that may be valuable, depending upon your goals. For example, I’ve used X-Ways to recover deleted…
How Do Hackers Exploit Your Vulnerabilities?
At the time of writing, there are hundreds of thousands of publicly known vulnerabilities. These range from critical flaws that could cause irreparable damage if exploited to low-severity issues that might seem barely even worth bothering with. With vulnerability management, the…
Google Chrome AI extensions deliver info-stealing malware in broad attack
At least 36 Google Chrome extensions for AI and VPN tools have begun delivering info-stealing malware in a widespread attack. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Google Chrome AI extensions deliver info-stealing malware in broad…
‘FireScam’ Malware Targets Android Users with Fake Telegram Premium App
A new Android malware named ‘FireScam’ has surfaced, disguised as a premium version of the Telegram app. Distributed through phishing websites hosted on GitHub, the malware tricks users by mimicking the interface of RuStore, Russia’s official mobile app market. This…