NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography”

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre just released its white paper on “Advanced Cryptography,” which it defines as “cryptographic techniques for processing encrypted data, providing enhanced functionality over and above that provided by traditional cryptography.” It includes things like homomorphic…

15 PostgreSQL Monitoring Tools – 2025

PostgreSQL monitoring tools are essential for database administrators to ensure the optimal performance, availability, and reliability of PostgreSQL databases. These tools provide real-time insights into performance metrics, such as query execution times, CPU usage, memory consumption, and disk I/O, helping…

7 Malicious PyPI Packages Abuse Gmail’s SMTP Protocol to Execute Malicious Commands

 A sophisticated software supply chain attack leveraging Python Package Index (PyPI) repositories to deploy malware using Google’s SMTP infrastructure as a command-and-control mechanism.  The campaign involved seven malicious packages – Coffin-Codes-Pro, Coffin-Codes-NET2, Coffin-Codes-NET, Coffin-Codes-2022, Coffin2022, Coffin-Grave, and cfc-bsb – which…