Attack worm may be new biocontrol weapon against wasp
A strain of roundworm discovered for the first time in Australian pine plantations during University of the Sunshine Coast-led research could become the timber industry's latest biocontrol weapon......»»
GOAD: Vulnerable Active Directory environment for practicing attack techniques
Game of Active Directory (GOAD) is a free pentesting lab. It provides a vulnerable Active Directory environment for pen testers to practice common attack methods. GOAD-Light: 3 vms, 1 forest, 2 domains “When the Zerologon vulnerability surfaced.....»»
iLeakage attack resurrects Spectre with password and website data extraction
Spectre can't stay dead despite numerous attempts by Apple to patch it, with iLeakage the latest attack vector to utilize speculative execution demonstrated by researchers.iLeakage attackApple's move to Apple Silicon processors hasn't stopped specula.....»»
Oldest family of jewel wasps discovered in Cretaceous amber from Lebanon
Jewel wasps (Chalcidoidea) are one of the most diverse groups of insects, with more than 120,000 species described and an estimated true diversity of nearly 1 million. The chalcids are parasitoid wasps, which attack other insects to lay their eggs up.....»»
Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more
iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources. A patch isn't (yet) available. Enlarge (credit: Kim et al.) Researchers have devised an attack that forces Apple’s Safari browser to divulge passwords, Gmail messag.....»»
CyCognito platform enhancements help users identify and protect unmanaged assets
CyCognito announced a major platform expansion of its External Attack Surface Management (EASM). The latest release includes extended visibility across cloud assets, web application API endpoints and web application firewalls (WAFs), enhanced web cra.....»»
Teleport Identity Governance and Security reduces attack surface area
Teleport released Teleport Identity Governance and Security, a product that secures and governs services, and user identities across multiple clouds, environments and SaaS applications. This new product reduces attack response times by providing cust.....»»
Strategies to overcome cybersecurity misconceptions
Many CISOs may believe their cybersecurity defenses are robust enough to repel any attack, but there are critical misconceptions they may be harboring. In this Help Net Security video, Kevin Kirkwood, Deputy CISO at LogRhythm, stresses that one of th.....»»
Data Theorem enhances Cloud Secure platform with ML-based hacker toolkits and visualizations
Data Theorem introduced an attack path analysis of APIs and software supply chain exploits to its cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) called Cloud Secure. The new release includes machine learning (ML)-based hacker toolkits and impro.....»»
Apple"s "carbon neutral" claims are misleading, say EU groups
Apple's carbon neutral claims are coming under attack, with European environmental groups and consumer watchdogs insisting they are misleading.Apple CEO Tim CookApple declared the Apple Watch Series 9 to be its first "carbon neutral" product during i.....»»
The latest high-severity Citrix vulnerability under attack isn’t easy to fix
If you run a Netscaler ADC or Gateway, assume it's compromised and take action ... fast. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A critical vulnerability that hackers have exploited since August, which allows them to bypass multi.....»»
There’s a new way to flip bits in DRAM, and it works against the latest defenses
New technique produces lots of bitflips and could one day help form an attack. Enlarge In 2015, researchers reported a surprising discovery that stoked industry-wide security concerns—an attack called RowHammer that c.....»»
Orchid without pollinating bumblebee on island finds wasp, blurring orchid species boundary
Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, the plant gets pollinated by an island wasp. Kobe University researchers found that this came at the cost of being hybridized with another orchid specie.....»»
Misinformation Is Warfare
Joan Donovan explores how misinformation had become a tactic in the Israel-Hamas war. Rather than flip on the TV when major news-worthy events happen, like Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the subsequent retaliation by Is.....»»
People are accusing Instagram of shadowbanning content about Palestine
Amid the Israel-Hamas war, social media platforms are being accused of both misinformation and shadowbanning. On Oct. 7, the militant group Hamas orchestrated a terrorist attack in Israel. In the days following, Israel retaliated; now, the regi.....»»
Hamas" social media following has skyrocketed since its attack
Hamas is barred from most social media platforms. But its following has surged on popular messaging app Telegram since its October 7 terror attack on Israel......»»
DIY attack surface management: Simple, cost-effective and actionable perimeter insights
Modern-day attack surface management (ASM) can be an intimidating task for most organizations, with assets constantly changing due to new deployments, assets being decommissioned, and ongoing migrations to cloud providers. Assets can be created and f.....»»
Biggest DDoSes of all time generated by protocol 0-day in HTTP/2
More than 8 years after the adoption of HTTP/2, DDoSers devise rapid reset attack. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) In August and September, threat actors unleashed the biggest distributed denial-of-service attack.....»»
Dozens of stalking victims join AirTag class action suit against Apple
A lawsuit against Apple claiming that AirTags are "the weapon of choice of stalkers and abusers," has been joined by three dozen victims.An AirTag on a bagThe class action suit was originally brought in 2022 by two women who accuse Apple of making an.....»»
EU launches probe into disinformation campaigns as X says "hundreds" of Hamas-affiliated accounts removed
X says it has removed "hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts" and taken down thousands of posts since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group, even as the European Commission formally opened an investigation into X after a previous war.....»»
Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says
Dozens join lawsuit alleging Apple AirTags are stalkers’ “weapon of choice.” Enlarge (credit: BackyardProduction | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus) This month, more than three dozen victims allegedly terrorize.....»»