Attackers are logging in instead of breaking in
Cyberattackers leveraged more than 500 unique tools and tactics in 2022, according to Sophos. The data, analyzed from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases, identified more than 500 unique tools and techniques, including 118 “Living off.....»»
Breaking down online shopping"s silent threat
Breaking down online shopping"s silent threat.....»»
US may seek Google breakup or data share after search monopolization ruling
The US DOJ ruled Google is an illegal monopolist, which could result in breaking up the parent company Alphabet or requiring data sharing with rivals while undercutting Google Gemini's advantage.Google on the Apple App StoreGoogle is a word synonymou.....»»
Neutrons reveal the existence of local symmetry breaking in a Weyl semimetal
The first materials scientists might have been early humans who—through trial-and-error experiments—discovered the first "cutting-edge" technologies. They found that the best arrowheads and other tools could be made from certain types of natural,.....»»
Unpatched MS Office flaw may leak NTLM hashes to attackers (CVE-2024-38200)
A new MS Office zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-38200) can be exploited by attackers to grab users’ NTLM hashes, Microsoft has shared late last week. The vulnerability is exploitable remotely and requires no special privileges or user interact.....»»
How Do They Judge Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics? It"s More Art Than Science
Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport at the Paris Games. To get there, the breaking community had to figure a way to objectively judge the subjective, while letting the dance remain a dance......»»
How to watch Breaking in the Olympics
For the first time in Summer Olympics history, breakdancing is an official sport in 2024. The highly-anticipated debut in Paris gets underway with the women’s competition on Friday, followed up by the men on Saturday. In the United States, both.....»»
“0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affects Chrome, Safari and Firefox
A “0.0.0.0-Day” vulnerability affecting Chrome, Safari and Firefox can be – and has been – exploited by attackers to gain access to services on internal networks, Oligo Security researchers have revealed. The vulnerability ste.....»»
Judging Breaking At the Olympics Is an Art, Not a Science
Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport at the Paris Games. To get there, the breaking community had to figure a way to objectively judge the subjective, while letting the dance remain a dance......»»
A critical security issue in 1Password for Mac left credentials vulnerable to attack
1Password has disclosed a now patched critical security flaw in its software that could give attackers access to users' unlock keys and credentials. Here's what to do to keep your data safe.1Password has disclosed a critical security flaw present in.....»»
1Password 8 for Mac flaw allows attackers to steal credentials, here’s how to patch it
1Password has shared that its software for Mac has a vulnerability that exposes users to a potentially serious threat. Along with attackers being able to compromise credentials, the flaw can give bad actors access to your account unlock key. more.....»»
How this summer"s heat waves may impact the economy
This sweltering summer has brought record-breaking high temperatures to 63 countries, all but cementing 2024's status as the world's hottest year on record (even though we're barely past the halfway point). Such extreme weather trends are bound to ha.....»»
A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month—just barely. The European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday that July 2024's average heat just missed surpassing July of last year. Wh.....»»
Why wildfires are getting more dangerous
After more than a year of record-breaking heat, the peak of fire season is approaching across vast swathes of our green planet......»»
10 years ago, this disaster movie delivered as much summer fun as Twisters
Twisters is breaking box office records in 2024, but this similar disaster movie about a deadly storm made some waves 10 years ago as a late summer hit......»»
Microsoft 365 anti-phishing alert “erased” with one simple trick
Attackers looking for a way into organizations using Microsoft 365 can make an alert identifying unsolicited (and thus potential phishing) emails “disappear”. “When an Outlook user receives an e-mail from an address they don’t typ.....»»
3 billion records leaked online in one of the biggest breaches ever
The year of record-breaking data breaches continues unabated as public records data provider National Public Data has reportedly been hacked. According to HackRead.com, a hacker … The post 3 billion records leaked online in one of the biggest b.....»»
Roundcube flaws allow easy email account compromise (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008)
Two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-42009, CVE-2024-42008) affecting Roundcube could be exploited by attackers to steal users’ emails and contacts, email password, and send emails from their account. About the vulnerabilities Rou.....»»
Breaking down FCC’s proposal to strengthen BGP security
In this Help Net Security interview, Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, discusses the FCC’s proposal requiring major U.S. ISPs to implement RPKI Route Origin Validation (ROV), and addresses concerns about the impact on smaller IS.....»»
Apple"s 1TB iPad Pro 13-inch dips to new record low price at $200 off
A record-breaking discount is available exclusively for AppleInsider readers, with the premium 2024 iPad Pro 13-inch with 1TB storage now $200 off.The lowest price on record for the well-equipped model is available only at AppleInsider when you shop.....»»
The race to discover biodiversity: 11 new marine species and a new platform for rapid species description
A new paper, the Ocean Species Discoveries (OSD), describes a ground-breaking experiment that united 25 independent taxonomists from ten countries. The initiative boasts the discovery of eleven new marine species from all over the globe, occurring at.....»»