Friday Squid Blogging: New Plant Looks Like a Squid
Newly discovered plant looks like a squid. And it’s super weird: The plant, which grows to 3 centimetres tall and…
Security
QNAP fixed three flaws in its NAS devices, including an authentication bypass
QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in its NAS products that can be exploited to access devices. QNAP addressed three vulnerabilities in…
Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard breached Microsoft systems again
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard recently breached its internal systems and source code repositories. Microsoft published an…
Essays from the Second IWORD
The Ash Center has posted a series of twelve essays stemming from the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD…
Cisco addressed severe flaws in its Secure Client
Cisco addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client that could lead to code execution and unauthorized remote access VPN sessions.…
A Taxonomy of Prompt Injection Attacks
Researchers ran a global prompt hacking competition, and have documented the results in a paper that both gives a lot…
Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.
The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of…
Top 4 Essential Strategies for Securing APIs To Block Compromised Tokens
Government bodies are clamping down heavily on institutions and organizations that handle sensitive customer data. For APIs, tokens are used…
2023 FBI Internet Crime Report reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2023 report states that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023. The…
Top 10 scams targeting seniors – and how to keep your money safe
The internet can be a wonderful place. But it’s also awash with fraudsters targeting people who are susceptible to fraud.