CVE Program Almost Unfunded
Mitre’s CVE’s program—which provides common naming and other informational resources about cybersecurity vulnerabilities—was about to be cancelled, as the US…
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Attacks on the education sector are surging: How can cyber-defenders respond?
Academic institutions have a unique set of characteristics that makes them attractive to bad actors. What’s the right antidote to…
Slopsquatting
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those…
Cyber Resilience is More Than a Buzzword
The cybercrime marketplace is booming, and it’s running at a scale that’s hard to ignore. Today, ransomware-as-a-service, stolen credentials, and…
Wallarm Research Releases Nuclei Template to Counter Threats Targeting LLM Apps
Wallarm Research has just released a powerful new Nuclei template targeting a new kind of exposure: the Model Context Protocol…
China Sort of Admits to Being Behind Volt Typhoon
The Wall Street Journal has the story: Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a…
Weekly Update 447
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Protect yourself from tax season scams
For most of us, tax season is all about finding documents, filling out forms, and crossing your fingers you’re getting…
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid and Efficient Solar Tech
Researchers are trying to use squid color-changing biochemistry for solar tech. This appears to be new and related research to…