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The NSA’s “ National Cryptographic School Television Catalogue ” from 1991 lists about 600 COMSEC and SIGINT training videos. There are a bunch explaining the operations of various cryptographic equipment, and a few code words I have never heard of before.
Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp[.]agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. Launched in November 2019, OTP Agency was a service for intercepting one-time passcodes needed to log in to various websites.
I still find the reactions to the Telegram situation with Durov's arrest odd. There are no doubt all sorts of politics surrounding it, but even putting all that aside for a moment, the assertion that a platform provider should not be held accountable for moderating content on the platform is just nuts. As I say in this week's video, there's lots of content that you can put in the "grey" bucket (free speech versus hate speech, for example) and there are valid arguments to b
We are one month away from the start of the annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October. Here are resources, themes, toolkits and much more to help your organization prepare.
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
Interesting vulnerability : …a special lane at airport security called Known Crewmember (KCM). KCM is a TSA program that allows pilots and flight attendants to bypass security screening, even when flying on domestic personal trips. The KCM process is fairly simple: the employee uses the dedicated lane and presents their KCM barcode or provides the TSA agent their employee number and airline.
It's been a while since I've just gone all "AMA" on a weekly update, but this was just one of those weeks that flew by with my head mostly in the code and not doing much else. There's a bit of discussion about that this week, but it's mostly around the ongoing pain of resellers and all the various issues supporting them then creates as a result.
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It's been a while since I've just gone all "AMA" on a weekly update, but this was just one of those weeks that flew by with my head mostly in the code and not doing much else. There's a bit of discussion about that this week, but it's mostly around the ongoing pain of resellers and all the various issues supporting them then creates as a result.
Over the summer, criminals released a video of Gaston Reinesch, governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg, and Mariette Zenners, a journalist with RTL television, in which the two are shown discussing a new “important project” of the aforementioned European nation’s central bank – a project that is designed to enable people to earn $7,000 or more per week, even if the folks participating in the project do not have any significant knowledge of investments or other areas of finance.
There is a side-channel attack against YubiKey access tokens that allows someone to clone a device. It’s a complicated attack , requiring the victim’s username and password, and physical access to their YubiKey—as well as some technical expertise and equipment. Still, nice piece of security analysis.
Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world.
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A significant vulnerability, CVE-2024-8105, dubbed PKfail, has surfaced within the UEFI ecosystem. With a CVSS score of 8.2, this flaw exposes critical UEFI security mechanisms to compromise, making systems vulnerable... The post CVE-2024-8105: An UEFI Flaw Putting Millions of Devices at Risk appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
This story seems straightforward. A city is the victim of a ransomware attack. They repeatedly lie to the media about the severity of the breach. A security researcher repeatedly proves their statements to be lies. The city gets mad and sues the researcher. Let’s hope the judge throws the case out, but—still—it will serve as a warning to others.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
A security researcher from Conviso Labs published the technical details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical CVE-2024-43044 vulnerability in Jenkin. Jenkins is integral to many development pipelines, making... The post CVE-2024-43044: Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE, PoC Exploit Published appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
CyberSecurity Expert Joseph Steinberg will deliver a talk at the Penn Club in New York City on October 29 th. The Penn Club provided the following description of Steinberg’s talk, appropriately titled A Spooky Drive Into CyberSecurity for the Halloween season, and which will be run as a joint event with the Columbia Club: Join us for Halloween fun. What does cybersecurity hold for you tricks or treats?
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Security researcher Hyprdude has published detailed information and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-20017. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe... The post CVE-2024-20017 (CVSS 9.8): Zero-Click Exploit Discovered in Popular Wi-Fi Chipsets, PoC Published appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
Our research reveals that an unidentified threat cluster we named TIDRONE have shown significant interest in military-related industry chains, particularly in the manufacturers of drones.
Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.
A series of critical vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Veeam Backup & Replication, potentially exposing organizations to unauthorized access, remote code execution, and data breaches. The most severe vulnerability (CVE-2024-40711,... The post Veeam Backup & Replication Faces RCE Flaw– CVE-2024-40711 (CVSS 9.8) Allows Full System Takeover appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
With the US election campaigns at full throttle, scammers have taken a renewed interest in the ways this can be used to defraud people , often using the same tactics legitimate campaigns leverage for support (emails, text messages, phone calls, and social media pleas). The lure that we have seen the most involves asking people to donate to a campaign.
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Eaten by a GRU: Fake ransomware created by Russian GRU Unit 29155 attacked Ukraine and NATO—a month before the full scale invasion. The post Russian ‘WhisperGate’ Hacks: 5 More Indicted appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The security company Praetorian has released GoffLoader, a tool designed to simplify the execution of BOF files and unmanaged Cobalt Strike PE files directly in memory, without writing any files... The post Goffloader: In-Memory Execution, No Disk Required appeared first on Cybersecurity News.
The Navy is testing out the Elon Musk–owned satellite constellation to provide high-speed internet access to sailors at sea. It’s part of a bigger project that’s about more than just getting online.
The United States and its allies state that Russia-linked threat actors operating under the GRU are behind global critical infrastructure attacks. The FBI, CISA, and NSA linked threat actors from Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to global cyber operations since at least 2020. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage. The United States and its allies state that GRU is behind global critical infrastructure attacks.
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