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…
Security
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…
AI Vulnerability Finding
Microsoft is reporting that its AI systems are able to find new vulnerabilities in source code: Microsoft discovered eleven vulnerabilities…
CSPM vs. CWPP: Knowing the Difference to Achieve True Cloud Security
For a business to achieve its full potential in the current digital-first era, they need to know the difference between…
Reimagining Democracy
Imagine that all of us—all of society—have landed on some alien planet and need to form a government: clean slate.…
Meeting NIST API Security Guidelines with Wallarm
On March 25, 2025, NIST released the initial public draft of NIST SP 800-228, “Guidelines for API Protection for Cloud-Native…
Watch out for these traps lurking in search results
Here’s how to avoid being hit by fraudulent websites that scammers can catapult directly to the top of your search…
FamousSparrow resurfaces to spy on targets in the US, Latin America
Once thought to be dormant, the China-aligned group has also been observed using the privately-sold ShadowPad backdoor for the first…