An Analysis of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act
A good—long, complex—analysis of the EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act.
Cyber News
- September 26, 2024
- September 26, 2024
EPSS vs. CVSS: What’s the Best Approach to Vulnerability Prioritization?
Many businesses rely on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to assess the severity of vulnerabilities for prioritization. While these scores provide some insight into the potential impact of a vulnerability, they don’t factor in real-world threat data, such as the likelihood of exploitation. With new vulnerabilities discovered daily, teams don’t have the time – […]
Cyber News
- September 26, 2024
Watering Hole Attack on Kurdish Sites Distributing Malicious APKs and Spyware
As many as 25 websites linked to the Kurdish minority have been compromised as part of a watering hole attack designed to harvest sensitive information for over a year and a half. French cybersecurity firm Sekoia, which disclosed details of the campaign dubbed SilentSelfie, described the intrusion set as long-running, with first signs of infection […]
Cyber News
- September 26, 2024
Smashing Security podcast #386: The $230 million crypto handbag heist, and misinformation on social media
Two men are accused of stealing almost a quarter of a billion dollars from one person’s cryptocurrency wallet, but why on earth would they be handing out handbags to strangers? And social media comes under the spotlight once more, as we ask if you are delving into misinformation in your most private moments… All this […]
Cyber News
- September 26, 2024
Cloudflare Warns of India-Linked Hackers Targeting South and East Asian Entities
An advanced threat actor with an India nexus has been observed using multiple cloud service providers to facilitate credential harvesting, malware delivery, and command-and-control (C2). Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare is tracking the activity under the name SloppyLemming, which is also called Outrider Tiger and Fishing Elephant. “Between late 2022 to present, SloppyLemming has […]
Cyber News
- September 26, 2024
Chinese Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Internet Providers in Cyber Espionage Campaign
Nation-state threat actors backed by Beijing broke into a “handful” of U.S. internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign orchestrated to glean sensitive information, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Salt Typhoon, which is also known as FamousSparrow […]
Cyber News
- September 25, 2024
Google’s Shift to Rust Programming Cuts Android Memory Vulnerabilities by 68%
Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years. The tech giant said focusing on Safe Coding for new features not only reduces the […]
Cyber News
- September 25, 2024
Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at least […]
Cyber News
- September 25, 2024
Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent
Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users’ consent. “Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites,” […]
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