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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and vulnerabilities. Notably, the FBI and CISA issued warnings regarding cyberattacks targeting industrial refrigeration systems, which could lead to severe consequences for food and medical supplies. OpenSSH has revealed a significant flaw that allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on certain Linux systems, while a breach at Chainalysis exposed sensitive credentials for all its customers. Additionally, CEO impersonation scams utilizing AI have resulted in over $100 million in losses, emphasizing the growing sophistication of cybercriminal tactics. In response to these threats, organizations are urged to enhance their security measures, particularly around password management and vulnerability patching.
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Eight men indicted for alleged role
Employees don’t want to be a part of Dragonfly
Earlier this year, the Web3 Foundation (W3F) commissioned Trail of Bits for a security review and assessment of the risks in storing cryptocurrency. Everyone who owns cryptocurrency — from large institutions to individual enthusiasts — shares the W3F’s concerns. In service to the broader community,...
2019 conference and exhibition will combine forces of global information security industry leaders
German and UK executives vent concern as six-month milestone passes
Remember last December’s Empire Hacking? The one where we dedicated the event to sharing the best information about blockchain and smart contract security? Let’s do that again, and let’s make it a tradition; a half-day mini conference focused exclusively on a single topic every December. On December...
Cisco issues a second fix for flaw in Webex Meetings.
Patient data is reportedly still secure, though both hospitals experienced downtime.
We wanted to make up for missing the first three Devcons, so we participated in this year’s event through a number of talks, a panel, and two trainings. For those of you who couldn’t join us, we’ve summarized our contributions below. We hope to see you there next year. Using Manticore and Symbolic E...
The green padlock reportedly exists on half of all phishing sites.
The Cyber Security Challenge has named 19-year-old Edinburgh Napier University student Charlie Hosier as its 2018 champion
S’il est nécessaire d’avoir recours aux patchs de sécurité pour protéger vos composants industriels, ils peuvent s’avérer contre productif en amenant à se focaliser sur les vulnérabilités d’un système plutôt que sur des solutions de protection globale. Alors, patch ou [...] Lire la suite
UK most concerned over cyber-attacks, despite paper-based ballots
Three issues were behind last week’s 14-hour log-in snafu
Guidance for risk assessors, and developers of applications which will be run on devices handling OFFICIAL data.
No GDPR levy as breach and cover up happened in 2016-17
Parliament invokes a rare legal mechanism to obtain internal Facebook documents.
Building and using cryptographic libraries is notoriously difficult. Even when each component of the system has been implemented correctly (quite difficult to do), improperly combining these pieces can lead to disastrous results. Cryptography, when rolled right, forms the bedrock of any secure appli...
Joint efforts of global law enforcement result in seizure of sites selling fake products.
A spike in cyber-attacks is expected throughout holiday season, says Carbon Black.