Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42

In 2018, industry and academic researchers revealed a potentially devastating hardware flaw that made computers and other devices worldwide vulnerable to attack. Researchers named the vulnerability Spectre because the flaw was built into modern computer processors that get their speed from a technique called “speculative execution,” in which the processor predicts instructions it might end up executing…

Beware of this malicious Android system update | IT Security News 29. March 2021 Cybersecurity firm Zimperium has uncovered a latest mobile security threat as a critical system update that is actually a sophisticated malware that steals data and conduct espionage on targeted smart phones. Zimperium zLabs says that the malware has capability of sending…

SonicWall is just the latest security vendor to see its products used to perpetuate ransomware attacks. SonicWall has issued an urgent security notice warning users of unpatched End-Of-Life (EOL) SRA & SMA 8.X remote access devices that they have been made aware of an imminent ransomware campaign using stolen credentials. The exploitation targets a known…

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of ongoing investigations into how NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware is allegedly being used to spy on dissidents, journalists, political rivals, business leaders and even heads of state – and a discussion of whether the business model should be banned. In this report, you’ll hear…

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever digital coin heists have now returned nearly all of the US$610 million-plus they stole, Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform targeted earlier this week by the attack, said on Thursday. The platform, which was little known before Tuesday’s heist, declared the hacker on Twitter as a “white hat,” referring…

Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Recruitment & Reskilling Strategy Highlights From RSA Conference and Middle East Summit Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • May 21, 2021     Clockwise, from top left: Suparna Goswami, Anna Delaney, Mathew Schwartz and Tom Field Four editors at…