How did the TimeHop data breach happen?
In July 2018, TimeHop, in a very transparent manner, discussed the breach of their service which affected approximately 21 million records, some of which included personal identifying information (PII)...
View ArticleHackers cause most data breaches, but accidents by normal people aren't far...
Credit: Shutterstock Have you ever had your personal information leaked on the internet? Maybe it was something you purchased online from a website, only to find out that the company was hacked months...
View ArticleLatest on the Currys PC World Data Breach Impacting 10 Million Customers
In June 2018, the company said t here was “an attempt to compromise” 5.8 million credit and debit cards but only 105,000 cards without chip-and-pin protection had been leaked after hackers attempted...
View ArticleAlejandro Hernandez’s Exposing Security Weakness in Stock Trading Tech
via the White Paper mentioned herein. Superlative security research is still coming out of the IOActive game-changing environment (this has been going on for years now how do they do it…). Case in...
View Article‘Side-Channel’ Cyber Attacks Rare, But Chilling
Be smart about cybersecurity (via typographyimages/pixabay) Stay on target IBM Bans Removable Storage Devices for Workers Cyberattack Strikes City of Atlanta Not all heroes wear capes: Researchers at...
View ArticleThe Enigma of AI & Cybersecurity
We've only seen the beginning of what artificial intelligence can do for information security. Alan Turing is famous for several reasons, one of which is that he cracked the Nazis' seemingly...
View ArticleBitcoin dev finds potentially crippling security flaw in Bitcoin Cash
Another massive security vulnerability in a major cryptocurrency has been discovered, just sitting there, waiting to be exploited and this time around it’sBitcoin Cash. Its blockchain was open to...
View ArticleThis Week in Security News: Hijacks and Healthcare
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Singapore looks into the effectiveness of...
View ArticleThe DeanBeat: Could the U.S. have a trade war with China over games?
Donald Trump’s trade war with China over steel and aluminum seems like a battle from the last century. It begs the question: What would happen if we had a trade war over things that really mattered ,...
View ArticleIntelligence and Security for Container-Based Applications through Avi...
In the final post of this series I will provide an overview of the intelligence and analytics capabilities of the OpenShift and Avi Networks solution. Visibility and trust are critically important for...
View Article10/08/2018: Biggest Stories in the Cryptosphere
by BlockEx 1. First ICO Launched In Singapore Y Ventures Group was the first one to hold an ICO , by launching a token (AORA) sale with the aim of raising $50 million. The funds will be employed in the...
View ArticleThe 6 Latest Phishing Emails to Avoid in 2018
Despite increased user awareness, phishing remains one of the biggest security threats to the enterprise. Of 1,450 data breach incidents in 2017, Verizon found that the majority ― 1,192 ― involved...
View ArticleIoT Hackers Trick Brazilian Bank Customers into Providing Sensitive Information
Radware Threat Research Center has identified a hijacking campaign aimed at Brazilian Bank customers through their IoT devices, attempting to gain their bank credentials. The research center has been...
View ArticleChange notification system to SSL.(right now it's blocked when using https in...
I hava a notification system in my site and I am trying to change it from http to https. But my app.js is listing to port 8888 now. Is there a quick way I can modify it? I tried several ways online but...
View ArticleReport: Mid-sized businesses lose more to cybercrime than large or small ones
A new report on cybercrime shows mid-market companies ― 500 to 999 employees ― experience greater losses than smaller or larger ones. The report , published by the internet security company...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for August 3-10
Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week ― covering the dates between Aug. 3 - 10. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t...
View ArticleThreat Hunting for Mismatched Port Application Traffic
Indicators of compromise or IOCs are evidence indicating a breach of security. IOC includes virus signature, IP address, Hash value of Malware, Malicious URL and Domains, C2 servers, etc. Documenting...
View ArticleCoin Center Updates Its Securities Framework for Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain advocacy group Coin Center continues to believes some cryptocurrencies look like securities by law, and should be regulated as such. Peter Van Valkenburgh, the organization's director of...
View ArticleAchieving consensus with 99% dishonest actors
Building on the ideas of Leslie Lamport in his seminal 1982 paper “ The Byzantine Generals Problem ” (also recently discussed by Vitalik Buterin on his website ), Radix uses a consensus algorithm that...
View ArticleRistretto: busting cofactor vulnerabilities in elliptic curve cryptography
Many cryptographic protocols require an implementation of a group of prime order \( \ell \), usually an elliptic curve group. However, modern elliptic curve implementations with fast, simple formulas...
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