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Exploring the risks of eye-tracking technology in VR security
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Virtual reality (VR) offers profound benefits across industries, particularly in education and training, thanks to its immersive nature. Through derivatives, such as 3D…
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IMF Investigates Serious Cybesecurity Breach
The International Monetary Fund says it is still looking into a recent compromise of multiple email accounts Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: Operation Squid
Operation Squid found 1.3 tons of cocaine hidden in frozen fish. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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NIST National Vulnerability Database Disruption Sees CVE Enrichment on Hold
Vulnerability data has stopped being added to the most widely used software vulnerability database for over a month, putting organizations at risk – and nobody knows why Read More
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Scareware scam: Restoro and Reimage fined $26 million by FTC
Two firms have been fined $26 million by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for scaring consumers into believing their computers were infected by malware. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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HSE Misconfiguration Exposed Over a Million Irish Citizens’ Vaccine Status
An AppOmni researcher detailed a misconfiguration in the HSE COVID Vaccination Portal, exposing the health and personal data of over a million Irish citizens Read More
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Improving C++
C++ guru Herb Sutter writes about how we can improve the programming language for better security. The immediate problem “is” that it’s Too Easy By Default™ to write security and safety vulnerabilities in C++ that would have been caught by stricter enforcement of known rules for type, bounds, initialization, and lifetime language safety. His conclusion:…
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CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of onerep.com finds this company is operating out of Belarus and Cyprus, and that its founder has launched dozens of people-search services over the years. Onerep’s…
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TikTok Faces US Ban as House Votes to Compel ByteDance to Sell
The vote saw 352 members of Congress supporting the bill while only 65 opposed it Read More
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Android Phishing Scam Using Malware-as-a-Service on the Rise in India
Authored by ZePeng Chen and Wenfeng Yu McAfee Mobile Research Team has observed an active scam malware campaign targeting Android users in India. This malware has gone through three stages. The first one is the development stage, from March 2023 to July 2023, during which a couple of applications were created each month. The second…