Chinese Hacking of US Critical Infrastructure
Everyone is writing about an interagency and international report on Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure. Lots of interesting details…
Security
Tricks of the trade: How a cybercrime ring operated a multi‑level fraud scheme
A peek under the hood of a cybercrime operation and what you can do to avoid being an easy target…
Brute-Forcing a Fingerprint Reader
It’s neither hard nor expensive: Unlike password authentication, which requires a direct match between what is inputted and what’s stored…
Antivirus Security and the Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
With groundbreaking innovations and intelligent machines revolutionizing industries, the advent of AI is sparking endless possibilities If you’re… The post…
Weekly Update 349
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How an innocuous app morphed into a trojan – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research uncovers an Android app that initially had no harmful features but months later turned into a spying tool…
Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course
Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can…
Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations
Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has official military doctrine about cyberattacks that…
Find APIs Hiding in the Shadows
What’s hiding in the shadows? It’s a well understood reality that unmanaged IT assets tend to be unmonitored IT assets,…
Shedding light on AceCryptor and its operation
ESET researchers reveal details about a prevalent cryptor, operating as a cryptor-as-a-service used by tens of malware families The post…