PLUS: Chinese chipmaker Nexperia attacked; A Microsoft-signed backdoor; CISA starts scanning your malware; and more Infosec in brief US Congress nearly killed a reauthorization of FISA Section 702 last week over concerns that it would continue to allow warrantless surveillance…
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Facebook Testing Tools To Auto-Blur Nudity In Teens’ DMs
The post Facebook Testing Tools To Auto-Blur Nudity In Teens’ DMs appeared first on Facecrooks. Facebook has been under intense pressure from advocate and lawmakers this year to do a better job keeping young users safe while protecting their privacy.…
Deciphering Metrics: From NCAA Women’s Basketball to Cyber Trends
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark clearly propelled NCAA women’s basketball viewership. But what do past numbers teach us about future expectations — in both basketball and cyber metrics? The post Deciphering Metrics: From NCAA Women’s Basketball to Cyber Trends appeared first on…
USENIX Security ’23 – How to Bind Anonymous Credentials to Humans
Authors/Presenters: *Julia Hesse, Nitin Singh, Alessandro Sorniotti* Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via…
Apple Alerts iPhone Users of ‘Mercenary Attack’ Threat
Apple issued security alerts to individuals in 92 nations on Wednesday, cautioning them that their iPhones had been targeted in a remote spyware attack linked to mercenaries. The company sent out threat notification emails, informing recipients, “Apple has detected…
Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger data breach may have impacted millions of customers
A threat actor claimed the hack of the Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger and leaked 2.8 million records on a hacker forum. A threat actor, who goes online with the moniker ShopifyGUY, claimed responsibility for hacking the Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking twice at RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco. I’ll be on a panel on software liability on May 6, 2024 at 8:30 AM, and…
Iranian Hackers Use New C2 Tool ‘DarkBeatC2’ in Recent Operation
MuddyWater, an Iranian threat actor, has used a novel command-and-control (C2) infrastructure known as DarkBeatC2 in its the most recent attack. This tool joins a list of previously used systems, including SimpleHarm, MuddyC3, PhonyC2, and MuddyC2Go. In a recent…
Is Facial Biometrics the Future of Digital Security?
Within the dynamic sphere of digital technology, businesses are continually seeking innovative solutions to streamline operations and step up their security measures. One such innovation that has garnered widespread attention is facial biometrics, a cutting-edge technology encompassing face recognition…
How Israel Fended Off Iran’s Drone and Missile Attack
The Iron Dome, US allies, and long-range interceptor missiles all came into play. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: How Israel Fended Off Iran’s Drone and Missile Attack
The Silent Flaw: How a 6-Year-Old BMC Vulnerability Went Unnoticed
A six-year-old vulnerability has recently come to light, affecting Intel and Lenovo servers. Let’s delve into the details of this silent flaw and its implications. About vulnerability The vulnerability resides within the Lighttpd web server, a lightweight and efficient open-source…
300 Strikes: Fort Worth’s Battle Against the Medusa Gang
In the wake of a cyberattack on Tarrant County Appraisal District in March, the Medusa ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the hack and has threatened the public with the threat of leaking 218 GB of the stolen data…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 467 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Crooks…
Delinea has cloud security incident in Thycotic Secret Server gaff
This is a weird one. Customers of Delinea Secret Server Cloud had a mysterious outage on Friday due to a “security incident” – this was visible on a service status page: https://medium.com/media/624e5e85022f659c8407983a4c7fdb36/href Delinea Secret Server – also known as Thycotic Secret…
Week in review: Palo Alto Networks firewalls under attack, Microsoft patches two exploited zero-days
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Palo Alto Networks firewalls under attack, hotfixes incoming! (CVE-2024-3400) Attackers are exploiting a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-3400) affecting Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls, the company has…
How to track and stop CVE-2024-3400: Palo Alto Devices API Exploit Causing Critical Infrastructure and Enterprise Epidemics
On Friday April 12, Palo Alto disclosed that some versions of PAN-OS are not only vulnerable to remote code execution, but that the vulnerability has been actively exploited to install backdoors on Palo Alto firewalls. A patch is expected to…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: End of compliance content on June 30, 2024
As of Jun 30, 2024, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 maintenance support 2 phase ends and Red Hat will no longer update compliance content for RHEL 7. Many policy providers, such as CIS and DISA, will no longer…
How Israel Is Defending Against Iran’s Drone Attack
The Iron Dome is going to be put to the test—but it’s not Israel’s only line of defense. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: How Israel Is Defending Against Iran’s Drone Attack
Best Practices for Optimizing Web Development Standards for Media Sites
By Owais Sultan Boost user engagement and SEO ranking with these key web development practices for media sites. Discover responsive design, page speed optimization, user-friendly CMS, SEO structure, and accessibility best practices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the…
Crooks manipulate GitHub’s search results to distribute malware
Researchers warn threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to target developers with persistent malware. Checkmarx researchers reported that threat actors are manipulating GitHub search results to deliver persistent malware to developers systems. Attackers behind this campaign create malicious repositories…