FBI arrests social engineer who allegedly stole unpublished manuscripts from authors
On January 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the FBI’s arrest of Italian citizen Filippo Bernardini at JFK International Airport in New York...
Smashing Security podcast #257: Pokemon-hunting cops and the Spine Collector scammer
Who has been playing video games rather than hunting down criminals? How is a man alleged to have stolen manuscripts of unpublished books from celebrity...
[R1] Stand-alone Security Patch Available for Tenable.sc versions 5.16.0 to 5.19.1: Patch 202201.1
Tenable.sc leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (Apache) was found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been...
Hackers raided Panasonic server for months, stealing personal data of job seekers
Technology giant Panasonic has confirmed that one of its servers suffered a data breach which saw the personal information of job applicants accessed by an...
Faking an iPhone Reboot
Researchers have figured how how to intercept and fake an iPhone reboot: We’ll dissect the iOS system and show how it’s possible to alter a...
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Connect is a suite of software...
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser...
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser...
Is fighting cybercrime a losing battle for today’s CISO?
At times, the quest to stay on top of web application security can seem futile. It seems as though the adversaries are always a step...
Microsoft touts first PCs to ship natively with secure Pluton chip
Along with thwarting malware, the Pluton chip handles BitLocker, Windows Hello, and System Guard and might help prevent physical insider attacks. The technology is also...