2023

67% of data breaches start with a single click

67% of data breaches start with a single click 02/08/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Technology is accelerating faster than it ever has before, giving IT and security teams more tools to fend off cybersecurity attacks from an increasingly diverse slate of bad actors, according to Comcast Business. Cybercriminals employ sophisticated tactics However, the […]

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Open-source penetration testing tool BloodHound CE released

Open-source penetration testing tool BloodHound CE released 02/08/2023 at 06:32 By Mirko Zorz SpecterOps released version 5.0 of BloodHound Community Edition (CE), a free and open-source penetration testing solution that maps attack paths in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure (including Azure AD/Entra ID) environments. It is available for free on GitHub. Identifying simple Attack

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MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, and water

MIT boffins build battery alternative out of cement, carbon black, and water 02/08/2023 at 06:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo Imagine your home’s foundation was its own energy-storing supercapacitor Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claim to have found a novel new way to store energy using nothing but cement, a bit of water, and powdered

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1 in 100 emails is malicious

1 in 100 emails is malicious 02/08/2023 at 06:04 By Help Net Security BEC and phishing attacks soar by 20% and 41% respectively in H1 2023, according to Perception Point. Cyber attackers have continued to refine their methods, adopting more sophisticated techniques to exploit vulnerabilities across various sectors. With the ever-increasing reliance on workplace technologies,

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Socket moves beyond JavaScript and Python and gets into Go

Socket moves beyond JavaScript and Python and gets into Go 02/08/2023 at 05:03 By Thomas Claburn CEO, fresh with funds, lays out the dependency dilemma Interview  Open source security biz Socket is extending its source code dependency checker, which previously addressed only JavaScript and Python, by adding support for checking Go code.… This article is

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Google wants to ‘supercharge Assistant’ with AI as Meta gives bots a personality

Google wants to ‘supercharge Assistant’ with AI as Meta gives bots a personality 02/08/2023 at 02:18 By Katyanna Quach Does that include Zuck or? The chatbot craze isn’t slowing any time soon. Google is understood to be injecting generative AI features into its digital assistant. Meanwhile Meta is said to be planning to launch virtual

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Twitter sues Brit non-profit, claims hate-speech reports scared off advertisers

Twitter sues Brit non-profit, claims hate-speech reports scared off advertisers 02/08/2023 at 00:18 By Thomas Claburn Are we out of touch? No, it’s the charity that’s wrong Twitter, lately known as X Corp, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for allegedly harming its advertising business by documenting vitriol on the social network.…

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Forgepoint Capital Places $15M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance

Forgepoint Capital Places $15M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance 02/08/2023 at 00:18 By Ryan Naraine Forgepoint Capital makes another investment in the cyber-insurance sector with a $15 million Series A investment in Converge Insurance. The post Forgepoint Capital Places $15M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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First US nuclear power plant built this century goes online

First US nuclear power plant built this century goes online 01/08/2023 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Westinghouse’s 2017 bankruptcy almost ended the Vogtle 3 reactor It’s more than half a decade late coming online and has cost billions more than estimated, but Georgia Power’s Vogtle Unit 3, the first US nuclear reactor built from scratch

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Forgepoint Capital Places $20M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance

Forgepoint Capital Places $20M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance 01/08/2023 at 22:18 By Ryan Naraine Forgepoint Capital makes another investment in the cyber-insurance sector with a $15 million Series A investment in Converge Insurance. The post Forgepoint Capital Places $20M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits

Bacterial byproducts may help stop the stink in future spacesuits 01/08/2023 at 21:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo ESA is testing that pink stuff from your dirty bathtub as an antimicrobial Moon suit lining European space researchers are turning to an interesting place to find new antimicrobial coatings to keep the insides of future space suits from

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Balbix introduced a new capability that automates CIS Benchmark requirements

Balbix introduced a new capability that automates CIS Benchmark requirements 01/08/2023 at 20:33 By Industry News With Balbix, compliance teams can not only access current and up-to-date CIS Benchmarks reports but also understand their most significant and critical assets and take steps to mitigate security risks. With Balbix, security and compliance teams can align, improving

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Nearly All Modern CPUs Leak Data to New Collide+Power Side-Channel Attack

Nearly All Modern CPUs Leak Data to New Collide+Power Side-Channel Attack 01/08/2023 at 20:15 By Eduard Kovacs A new power side-channel attack named Collide+Power can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information and it works against nearly any modern CPU. The post Nearly All Modern CPUs Leak Data to New Collide+Power Side-Channel Attack appeared first

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Iran-Run ISP ‘Cloudzy’ Caught Supporting Nation-State APTs, Cybercrime Hacking Groups

Iran-Run ISP ‘Cloudzy’ Caught Supporting Nation-State APTs, Cybercrime Hacking Groups 01/08/2023 at 20:15 By Ionut Arghire Researchers unmask an Iranian-run company providing command-and-control services to hacking groups, including state-sponsored APT actors. The post Iran-Run ISP ‘Cloudzy’ Caught Supporting Nation-State APTs, Cybercrime Hacking Groups appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It’s utterly impractical

Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It’s utterly impractical 01/08/2023 at 20:04 By Thomas Claburn Collide+Power vulnerability leaks secrets bit by bit – but could take months or years to learn a useful secret Boffins in Austria and Germany have devised a power-monitoring side-channel attack on modern computer chips that exposes sensitive data,

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Tessian Abuse Mailbox Response helps security teams manage email based threats

Tessian Abuse Mailbox Response helps security teams manage email based threats 01/08/2023 at 20:04 By Industry News Tessian launched Abuse Mailbox Response product – the second in its Respond product line. Also included in this release is API-based remediation, new email threat and DLP insights dashboards, and an updated visual design. Today’s security teams are

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