How to identify vulnerabilities with NMAP
In this video for Help Net Security, Shani Dodge Reiner, Development Team Leader at Vicarius, explains how to identify vulnerabilities using the NMAP tool. NMAP is a very powerful and popular tool for network mapping. It can be used to learn about th.....»»
ThreatNG empowers organizations to identify and mitigate their ransomware risk
ThreatNG Security launched its new Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment, Reporting, and Monitoring Solution. The new solution helps organizations assess their ransomware susceptibility externally and monitor their networks for potential threats. Acco.....»»
Identifying Australia"s most elusive birds
University of Queensland scientists have analyzed more than 3.8 million volunteer hours of birdwatching data to identify Australia's most elusive species. The research is published in the international journal Emu......»»
Researchers identify dynamic behavior of key SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters high-speed atomic force microscopy studies that shed light on the possible role of the open reading frame 6 (ORF6) protein in COVID-19 symptoms......»»
PoCs for critical Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities released
Arcserve has fixed critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41998, CVE-2023-41999, CVE-2023-42000) in its Unified Data Protection (UDP) solution, PoCs for which have been published by Tenable researchers on Monday. The vulnerabilities Arcserve UDP.....»»
Google fixes Chrome zero day exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-6345)
Google has released an urgent security update to fix a number of vulnerabilities in Chrome browser, including a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-6345) that is being actively exploited in the wild. About CVE-2023-6345 CVE-2023-6345, reported by Benoî.....»»
Paladin Cloud unveils Prioritization Engine for Cloud Security
Paladin Cloud unveiled its new Prioritization Engine for Cloud Security to help security and developer teams reduce the noise by correlating and contextualizing findings across the security ecosystem to enhance the prioritization of vulnerabilities......»»
Forensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover the stories of the unknown dead
A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New property owners commission a land survey that reveals a s.....»»
Researchers identify "unicorn" defense mechanism that protects bacteria from antibiotics
Researchers at McMaster University have discovered unique characteristics of a mechanism used by bacteria to resist an important class of antibiotics. The new research, published in Nature Chemical Biology, shows that resistance to aminoglycoside dru.....»»
Climate economists identify interventions that could rescue 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal
To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global heating to 1.5°C, global annual emissions will need to drop radically over the coming decades. A new paper from climate economists at the University of Oxford says that this goal could still.....»»
Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet
Internet scans show 7,000 devices may be vulnerable. The true number could be higher. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Miscreants are actively exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities to wrangle routers.....»»
ENow App Governance Accelerator helps organizations identify risky apps
ENow releases its App Governance Accelerator software to help organizations get control and remain in control of their Microsoft Entra ID apps. This product enables companies to understand their current security posture, define actionable areas for i.....»»
Microsoft announces Defender bug bounty program
Microsoft has announced a new bug bounty program aimed at unearthing vulnerabilities in Defender-related products and services, and is offering participants the possibility to earn up to $20,000 for the most critical bugs. The Microsoft Defender bug.....»»
Organizations’ serious commitment to software risk management pays off
There has been a significant decrease in vulnerabilities found in target applications – from 97% in 2020 to 83% in 2022 – an encouraging sign that code reviews, automated testing and continuous integration are helping to reduce common programming.....»»
Sophos Web Appliance vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-1671)
CISA has added three vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, among them a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-1671) in Sophos Web Appliance that has been patched by the company in April 2023. About CVE-2023-1671 CVE-2023-1671 is.....»»
Unique weather phenomenon may have helped Ukraine identify and sink Russian ship Moskva
A pair of radar experts at Swedish Defense Research working with a meteorologist from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute has found evidence suggesting that the reason the Ukrainian military was able to spot and sink a distant Russi.....»»
Study proposes new framework to identify keystone microbial species
Microbial communities are thought to contain keystone species, which can disproportionately affect the stability of the communities, even if only present in low abundances. Identifying these keystone species can be challenging, especially in the huma.....»»
The new imperative in API security strategy
Of the 239 vulnerabilities, 33% (79 out of 239) were associated with authentication, authorization and access control (AAA) — foundational pillars of API security, according to Wallarm. Prioritizing AAA principles Open authentication (OAuth), singl.....»»
Piping plovers popping in Massachusetts: Researchers identify record year for the bird species
Long classified a federally threatened species, the small, stocky shorebirds are bouncing back, with more nesting on Bay State beaches this year than ever before, according to a Mass Audubon report......»»
Rapid purification and characterization of circulating small extracellular vesicles on a label-free lab-on-a-chip
All cells secrete nanoscale extracellular vesicles naturally as lipid-bilayer delimited particles. Therefore they are valid biomarkers to identify a variety of diseases......»»
Juniper networking devices under attack
CISA has ordered US federal agencies to patch five vulnerabilities used by attackers to compromise Juniper networking devices, and to do so by Friday. Most of these bugs are not particularly severe by themselves, but they can be – and have been.....»»