McAfee, of the antivirus firm that bore his name, allegedly committed suicide while in holding awaiting extradition to the U.S. for tax evasion
Prison for Texan behind website that published stories describing the torture and murder of children
Une entreprise allemande, la Huber Metallguss GmbH, a été victime d'une attaque ransomware en juin 2021, qui a entraîné la perte de données et des coûts élevés. L'enquête a révélé que l'attaque était due à une faille de sécurité chez l'IT-Dienstleister de l'entreprise, qui a refusé de prendre la res...
Around 500k patient records may have been exposed in cyber-attack on Iowa’s Wolfe Eye Clinic
Barely a third of companies are protecting the privacy of their workers
This rather lengthy post goes into reasons for having an offensive security program and in particular, on how a red team can help improve the immune system of your organization. This is the high-level outline of the post:
Security breaches cannot be entirely prevented Implications of a breach Automa...
Web app attacks surged by 340% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a new study from Akamai
The proposed Joint Cyber Unit aims to enable a coordinated response to cyber incidents
Introduction Last summer I have discovered several vulnerabilities in the implementation of Samsung’s NPU device driver. While I was working on completing my proof of concept exploit, Ben Hawkes from Google’s Project Zero reported the same vulnerabilities to Samsung. Later that year Brandon Azad rel...
British lenders helped continent despite rises in many countries
BlueVoyant uncovers widespread cyber-risk and malicious activity in US defense supply chain
Redscan study claims 40% of UK councils spent no money on security training
Landmark Parisian trial could mean prison for teens convicted of online abuse
Draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management released
Companies being investigated on suspicion of hiding the fact they got hacked
Children worried about nude content appearing online can now access a tool to restrict content being shared
One in five apps designed for children contravened the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Another silver lining for firms that choose to pay their extorters
Two-fifths admit alert overload is a significant challenge
Piedmont police share data on Automated License Plate Recognition technology use