In this Help Net Security interview, Thorsten Hau, CEO at fidentity, discusses the legal validity of qualified digital signatures, demonstrating their equivalence to handwritten signatures when backed by robust identity verification. Opting for certified providers that adhere to standards like…
Connected cars and cybercrime: A primer
Original equipment suppliers (OEMs) and their suppliers who are weighing how to invest their budgets might be inclined to slow pedal investment in addressing cyberthreats. To date, the attacks that they have encountered have remained relatively unsophisticated and not especially…
Reaper: Open-source reconnaissance and attack proxy workflow automation
Reaper is an open-source reconnaissance and attack proxy, built to be a modern, lightweight, and efficient equivalent to Burp Suite/ZAP. It focuses on automation, collaboration, and building universally distributable workflows. Reaper is a work in progress, but it’s already capable…
6 free resources for getting started in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is not just a career field on the rise – it’s a calling that’s increasingly vital to the infrastructure of our world. But stepping into the universe of threat vectors and intrusion detection systems might sound like a journey…
A week in security (August 28 – September 3)
Categories: News Tags: week Tags: security Tags: August Tags: 2023 A list of topics we covered in the week of August 28 to September 3, 2023. (Read more…) The post A week in security (August 28 – September 3) appeared…
Supply chain related security risks, and how to protect against them
We take a look at the importance of supply chain cybersecurity and share some tips to enhance it. (Read more…) The post Supply chain related security risks, and how to protect against them appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. This article…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-09-04
PSNI Data Breach Results In Arrests, Resignations Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery UK Government Details AI Safety Summit Ambitions X will collect biometric data from its premium users Defending Against Snake Ransomware: Here’s All You Need to Know…
PSNI Data Breach Results In Arrests, Resignations
Two men arrested under the Terrorism Act, by detectives investigating huge PSNI data breach, have been released This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: PSNI Data Breach Results In Arrests, Resignations
Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery
Australian boffins develop ‘proton battery’ that allegedly removes the environmental challenges posed by toxic lithium-ion batteries This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery
UK Government Details AI Safety Summit Ambitions
Government announces key objectives for the global AI Safety Summit in November, being held at Bletchley Park This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Government Details AI Safety Summit Ambitions
X will collect biometric data from its premium users
The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its privacy policy informing its premium users that the company…
Defending Against Snake Ransomware: Here’s All You Need to Know
A snake is not just a carnivorous reptile that poses a physical threat; it can also refer to a malicious software known as ransomware, capable of causing significant harm to your computer system. Similar to its namesake, this ransomware…
A college student’s guide to dating app scams
For all the conveniences they provide, dating apps can be a headache. Not only do you have to worry about coming up with the perfect opener or who to use your super likes on, but these days there’s also the…
“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft
Resecurity has identified a large-scale smishing campaign, tracked as Smishing Triad, targeting the US Citizens. Earlier episodes have revealed victims from the U.K., Poland, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, Japan and other countries – the group was impersonating the Royal Mail, New…
Better cybersecurity with new material
Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption. The researchers behind the study believe that the new technology paves the way for a new…
PoC Exploit Released for VMware Aria Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
VMware Aria Operations for Network was discovered with an Authentication Bypass vulnerability previously, which had a critical severity. VMware has released patches for fixing this vulnerability. However, a Proof-of-concept and the patch file provided by VMware have been briefed. CVE-2023-34039…
Microsoft Calls Time On Ancient TLS In Windows, Breaks Own Stuff
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Twitter Accused Of Helping Saudi Arabia Commit Human Rights Abuses
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Attackers Accessed UK Military Data Through A Windows 7 Rig
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Revealed: Home Office Secretly Lobbied For Facial Recognition Spy Company
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Russian Military Hackers Take Aim at Ukrainian Soldiers’ Battle Plans
On Thursday, the United States and its allies issued a warning, revealing that Russian military hackers have been actively pursuing Ukrainian soldiers’ mobile devices. Their objective is to pilfer critical battlefield data, which could potentially bolster the Kremlin’s efforts…
Python Package Index Targeted Again By VMConnect
ReversingLabs uncovered three additional malevolent packages believed to be part of the campaign This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Python Package Index Targeted Again By VMConnect
Publicly available Evil_MinIO exploit used in attacks on MinIO Storage Systems
A threat actor was spotted exploiting MinIO storage system vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on affected servers. Security Joes researchers have observed an unknown threat actor using a publicly available exploit chain for vulnerabilities in the MinIO Object Storage system…
New Attack Technique “MalDoc in PDF” Alarms Experts
JPCERT/CC said it can elude detection by embedding a malicious Word file within a PDF document This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: New Attack Technique “MalDoc in PDF” Alarms Experts