News NIST retires SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has decided to discontinue… Rob WatersDecember 19, 2022No comments1 minute read
News Google introduces end-to-end encryption for GMail on the web Google announced on Friday that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is coming soon to… Rob WatersDecember 17, 2022No comments2 minute read
News MCCrash: Cross-platform DDoS botnet targets private Minecraft servers Microsoft researchers have detected a hybrid cross-platform botnet, MCCrash (DEV-1028), designed to… Rob WatersDecember 17, 2022No comments2 minute read
News FBI InfraGard critical infrastructure and cyber portal hacked The Federal Bureau of Investigation InfraGard online platform, a vetted online sharing… Rob WatersDecember 15, 2022No comments2 minute read
News Ransomware gang caught using Microsoft-signed drivers to hack targets Security researchers with Sophos (SophosLabs) and Mandiant have determined that the threat… Rob WatersDecember 14, 2022No comments2 minute read
Editorials News Twitter infosec has almost entirely migrated to Mastodon It’s been about six weeks since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for over… Rob WatersDecember 12, 2022No comments4 minute read
News Uber breached again with new vendor and employee data leak Uber has reportedly been hit with a new cyberattack as a hacker… Rob WatersDecember 12, 2022No comments2 minute read
News US Health Department warns of Royal Ransomware The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a… Rob WatersDecember 12, 2022No comments2 minute read
News Technology COVID-bit: Exfiltrating data from air-gapped computers A new research paper by Dr. Mordechai Guri, head of R&D in… Rob WatersDecember 11, 2022No comments2 minute read
News Technology Researchers find vulnerability to bypass web application firewalls Researchers from Claroty, a cybersecurity company specializing in securing the internet of… Rob WatersDecember 11, 2022No comments2 minute read