The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday charged a 38-year-old individual from Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly running a “laptop farm” to help get North Koreans remote jobs with American…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed that threat actors are abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install (SMI) feature with the aim of accessing sensitive data. The…
Spectre and Meltdown exposed just how easy a target computer memory was for attackers. Several efforts are underway to protect memory. – Read More
Following the July 19 outages caused by a bad update, the cybersecurity firm faces shareholder lawsuits and pressure to pay damages for at least one major customer, Delta Airlines. Will…
Researchers have found a new way to attack AWS services or third-party projects that automatically provision AWS S3 storage buckets. Dubbed Shadow Resource, the new attack vector can result in…
At Black Hat USA, security researcher Michael Bargury released a “LOLCopilot” ethical hacking module to demonstrate how attackers can exploit Microsoft Copilot — and offered advice for defensive tooling. –…
Microsoft execs detailed the company’s reaction to the CrowdStrike incident and emphasized the value of a collective identity. – Read More
Attackers can use a seemingly innocuous IP address to exploit localhost APIs to conduct a range of malicious activity, including unauthorized access to user data and the delivery of malware.…
The most effective subject lines for phishing attacks are focused on things that employees tend to be scared to ignore, such as “HR”, “IT”, and “DropBox file shared”, based on…
While the Black Hat USA 2024 conference, held in Las Vegas, has served as a launchpad for several cybersecurity tools and technologies, this year’s launches were all about leveraging the…
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new set of attacks targeting university staff, researchers, and professors for intelligence gathering purposes. Cybersecurity firm Resilience…
Black Hat USA 2024 once again served as a launchpad for several cybersecurity products and services with many notable vendors as well as up-and-coming startups showcasing their innovations at the…
As AI technologies continue to advance at a rapid pace, privacy, security and governance teams can’t expect to achieve strong AI governance while working in isolation. – Read More
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new “0.0.0.0 Day” impacting all major web browsers that malicious websites could take advantage of to breach local networks. The critical vulnerability “exposes a fundamental…
Black Hat presentation reveals adversaries don’t need to complete all seven stages of a traditional kill chain to achieve their objectives. – Read More