RDP remains a security concern – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Much has been written about the risks that poorly-secured RDP connections entail, but many organizations continue to leave themselves at…
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Friday Squid Blogging: The Geopolitics of Eating Squid
New York Times op-ed on the Chinese dominance of the squid industry: China’s domination in seafood has raised deep concerns…
Cisco warns of password-spraying attacks targeting Secure Firewall devices
Cisco warns customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services of Cisco Secure Firewall devices.…
Lessons from a Ransomware Attack against the British Library
You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against…
American fast-fashion firm Hot Topic hit by credential stuffing attacks
Hot Topic suffered credential stuffing attacks that exposed customers’ personal information and partial payment data. Hot Topic, Inc. is an…
Cisco addressed high-severity flaws in IOS and IOS XE software
Cisco addressed multiple vulnerabilities in IOS and IOS XE software that can be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.…
“GoFetch” Vulnerability in Apple M-Series Chips
Keeping our digital belongings secure is a top priority in our connected world. The discovery of the GoFetch vulnerability in…
Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023.…
Hardware Vulnerability in Apple’s M-Series Chips
It’s yet another hardware side-channel attack: The threat resides in the chips’ data memory-dependent prefetcher, a hardware optimization that predicts…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR IDENTITY CAN BE EASILY FAKED ONLINE? EXPOSING DEEPFAKES
Hey there! So, do you know what are deepfakes? They’re like those videos where it seems like someone… The post…