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…
Security
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…
Unveiling Hidden Intel: Why Leveraging Phishing Emails for Intelligence is Essential
Introduction The evolution of threats is constant in today’s digital landscape. Organizations need to harness the data they have to…
On the Poisoning of LLMs
Interesting essay on the poisoning of LLMs—ChatGPT in particular: Given that we’ve known about model poisoning for years, and given…
Digital security for the self‑employed: Staying safe without an IT team to help
Nobody wants to spend their time dealing with the fallout of a security incident instead of building up their business…
Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee Pass Comprehensive Privacy Laws
It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the…
Android app breaking bad: From legitimate screen recording to file exfiltration within a year
ESET researchers discover AhRat – a new Android RAT based on AhMyth – that exfiltrates files and records audio The…
Apple Fixes Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Including Three Zero-day Exploits!
Apple recently released multiple security updates for various products in the Apple Security Updates in May 2023. A total of…