07 May

America’s War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

RSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack

Author rabih
07 May

Meta, Spotify break Apple’s device fingerprinting rules – new claim

Updated Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting. Yet

Author rabih
07 May

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops

Author rabih
07 May

CISA’s early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

RSAC As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these

Author rabih
07 May

TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law

TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant. The pair’s lawsuit

Author rabih
07 May

Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives’ kids to pressure their parents

RSAC Ransomware infections have morphed into “a psychological attack against the victim organization,” as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to

Author rabih
07 May

Brit security guard biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database

Exclusive A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher. A

Author rabih
07 May

Cops finally unmask ‘LockBit kingpin’ after two-month tease

Updated Police have finally named who they firmly believe is the kingpin of the LockBit ransomware ring: Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Khoroshev’s unmasking and addition to

Author rabih
07 May

How to inspire the next generation of scientists | Unlocked 403: Cybersecurity podcast

We Live Science, Video As Starmus Earth draws near, we caught up with Dr. Garik Israelian to celebrate the fusion of science and creativity and

Author rabih
07 May

Investigators finally unmask LockBit kingpin after two-month tease

The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware operation has finally been named by law enforcement as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Khoroshev’s unmasking and addition to sanctions lists

Author rabih
07 May

The truth about KEV: CISA’s vuln deadlines good influence on private-sector patching

The deadlines associated with CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog only apply to federal agencies, but fresh research shows they’re having a positive impact on

Author rabih
07 May

Physical security biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database

Exclusive A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher. A

Author rabih
07 May

Ransomware evolves from mere extortion to ‘psychological attacks’

RSAC Ransomware infections and extortion attacks have become “a psychological attack against the victim organization,” as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force

Author rabih
07 May

Google, Meta, Spotify break Apple’s device fingerprinting rules – new claim

Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting. Yet the

Author rabih
07 May

Mastodon delays firm fix for link previews DDoSing sites

Updated Mastodon has pushed back an update that’s expected to fully address the issue of link previews sparking accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Author rabih
06 May

Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang

Cops around the world have relaunched LockBit’s website after they shut it down in February – and it’s now counting down the hours to reveal

Author rabih
06 May

Mastodon delays fix for link previews DDoSing websites

Mastodon has pushed back an update that would have addressed the issue of link previews creating accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The problem

Author rabih
06 May

Consultant charged over $1.5M extortion scheme against IT giant

A cybersecurity expert could face a 20-year prison sentence after being accused of allegedly trying to extort a multinational IT infrastructure services biz out of

Author rabih
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