Explaining API
An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of rules and protocols that specifies how software programs should interact with each other. The post Explaining API appeared first on .
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- January 3, 2023
Ransomware ecosystem becoming more diverse for 2023
The ransomware ecosystem has changed significantly in 2022, with attackers shifting from large groups that dominated the landscape toward smaller ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations in search of more flexibility and drawing less attention from law enforcement. This democratization of ransomware is bad news for organizations because it also brought in a diversification of tactics, techniques, and […]
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- January 3, 2023
Authentication Flow for Batch Jobs
Considering the threat model and attack surface This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Very happy to get back to my security metrics automation series in 2023 and a bunch of other things I want to finish. Had a great Azure Security class at the end of the year, but so tired […]
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- January 3, 2023
PyTorch Machine Learning Framework Compromised with Malicious Dependency
The maintainers of the PyTorch package have warned users who have installed the nightly builds of the library between December 25, 2022, and December 30, 2022, to uninstall and download the latest versions following a dependency confusion attack. “PyTorch-nightly Linux packages installed via pip during that time installed a dependency, torchtriton, which was compromised on the Python […]
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- January 3, 2023
Why chatGPT does not make you smarter
After a few tests, I can confirm chatGPT does not make me smarter, and I doubt it will help anyone else. Continue reading on Assorted Thoughts »
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- January 3, 2023
RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.
Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers for over a year as part of an activity dubbed RedZei (aka RedThief). “The RedZei fraudsters have chosen their targets carefully, researched them and realized it was a rich victim group that is ripe for exploitation,” cybersecurity researcher Will Thomas (@BushidoToken) said in a write-up
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsWhat is cyber or digital forensics?
Cyber crimes are on the rise, and understanding forensic investigations is a key part of solving them. Learn the basics and get up to speed The post What is cyber or digital forensics? appeared first on .
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- January 2, 2023
PyTorch: Machine Learning toolkit pwned from Christmas to New Year
The bad news: the crooks have your SSH private keys. The good news: only users of the “nightly” build were affected.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsFriday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid
Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese Harbor at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 15. Six crew members were on board, and all were rescued without injury by another fishing boat. […] However, […]
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