Bypassing Secure Boot: A Linux Initramfs Vulnerability (CVE-2016-4484)
Modern Linux systems implement layers of security, including Secure Boot, full-disk encryption, and bootloader passwords. However, a long-standing vulnerability in…
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Inside the AI Threat Landscape: From Jailbreaks to Prompt Injections and Agentic AI Risks
AI has officially moved out of the novelty phase. What began with people messing around with LLM-powered GenAI tools for…
Weekly Update 459
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Hiding Prompt Injections in Academic Papers
Academic papers were found to contain hidden instructions to LLMs: It discovered such prompts in 17 articles, whose lead authors…
We Don’t Hang Culture on Walls. We Build It.
At SecPod, culture isn’t a slide deck, a slogan, or a poster in the break room. It’s not something we…
The Great Misconfiguration Mirage: Why Visibility Isn’t Enough
Cloud security today is obsessed with visibility. Dashboards glow. Alerts pour in. Everyone’s watching everything. Yet misconfigurations – the quiet,…
How to get into cybersecurity | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (S2E3)
Cracking the code of a successful cybersecurity career starts here. Hear from ESET’s Robert Lipovsky as he reveals how to…
Task scams: Why you should never pay to get paid
Some schemes might sound unbelievable, but they’re easier to fall for than you think. Here’s how to avoid getting played…
Friday Squid Blogging: How Squid Skin Distorts Light
New research. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news…
The Five Capabilities That Separate Real Cloud Security Providers from the Rest
Why Most Providers Still Leave You Exposed Cloud infrastructure has become foundational for modern operations, but it also continues to…