James Bamford on Section 702 Extension Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Tags: FISA, national security policy, NSA, privacy, surveillance Posted on June 28, 2024 at 7:04 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source…
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Jun 28, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Data Protection A group of security researchers from the Graz University of Technology have demonstrated a new side-channel attack known as SnailLoad that could be used to remotely infer a user’s web activity. “SnailLoad exploits a bottleneck present on all Internet connections,” the researchers said in a study released this…
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CompTIA Cloud+ Unlike most others on this list, the CompTIA Cloud+ certification provides more general training on the cloud. Still, cloud security features prominently in its curriculum: Candidates will learn vulnerability management, compliance adherence, and security controls. Because CompTIA Cloud+ also provides instruction in cloud architecture, deployment, operations, troubleshooting, and DevOps fundamentals, it may…
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Jun 28, 2024NewsroomIndustrial Security / Critical Infrastructure Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Emerson Rosemount gas chromatographs that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, induce a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and even execute arbitrary commands. The flaws impact GC370XA, GC700XA, and GC1500XA and reside in versions 4.1.5 and prior. According to…
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Jun 28, 2024NewsroomData Breach / Enterprise Security TeamViewer on Thursday disclosed it detected an “irregularity” in its internal corporate IT environment on June 26, 2024. “We immediately activated our response team and procedures, started investigations together with a team of globally renowned cyber security experts and implemented necessary remediation measures,” the company said in a…
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ESET Research, Threat Reports A view of the H1 2024 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts 27 Jun 2024 • , 2 min. read These past six months painted a dynamic landscape of Android Financial threats – malware going after victims’ mobile banking…
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‘We believe now is the right time to take a compelling inorganic step,’ Nokia CEO and President Pekka Lundmark said in a statement. Less than a year after a massive layoff round, Nokia looks to remake its telecommunications business with a pair of deals unveiled Thursday, including a $2 billion deal to buy Infinera and…
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Image: Midjourney The BlackSuit ransomware gang claimed a recent cyberattack on KADOKAWA corporation and is now threatening to publish stolen data if a ransom is not paid. KADOKAWA is a Japanese media conglomerate that operates numerous companies in film, publishing, and gaming industries, such as FromSoftware, the maker of Elden Ring. Almost three weeks ago,…
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A threat actor tracked as Unfurling Hemlock has been infecting target systems with up to ten pieces of malware at the same time in campaigns that distribute hundreds of thousands of malicious files. Security researchers describe the infection method as a “malware cluster bomb” that allows the threat actor to use one malware sample that spreads additional…
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The software maker says it will be ‘phasing in’ more car dealerships to its core dealer management system (DMS), more than a week after a ransomware attack led to a system shutdown. CDK Global said it has brought its core dealer management system (DMS) back to a limited number of car dealerships and will be…
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