About Bruce Schneier I am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I’ve been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998. I’m a fellow and lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a board member of EFF, and the Chief of Security Architecture…
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A smart helmet for biking and skiing fans sounds like a good idea. If you’re on the slopes or trails, you want to protect your head and stay in touch with your group. Which is why Livall, a popular manufacturer of ski and bike helmets, has presumably developed a “smart” line of products with “walkie-talkie”…
Read MoreFortinet released security updates to address critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in FortiOS (CVE-2024-21762, CVE-2024-23313). A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Note: According to Fortinet, CVE-2024-21762 is potentially being exploited in the wild. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply necessary…
Read MoreToday, CISA—on behalf of the collective group of industry and government partners that comprise the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)—released JCDC’s 2024 Priorities. Similar to the 2023 JCDC Planning Agenda, JCDC’s 2024 Priorities will help focus the collective group on developing high-impact and collaborative solutions to the most pressing cybersecurity challenges. Resulting from the trusted…
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Feb 12, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Data Recovery Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an “implementation vulnerability” that has made it possible to reconstruct encryption keys and decrypt data locked by Rhysida ransomware. The findings were published last week by a group of researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA). “Through a comprehensive analysis…
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The idea of “shit left” was to incorporate security earlier in the development phase, but because of the complexity and the nuanced nature of every API, API Security as a market simply ignores the consumer of the API and has not historically provided a means to manage, monitor, and control the data in motion, according…
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Feb 12, 2024The Hacker NewsInfrastructure Security / Software Supply Chain The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it’s partnering with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Securing Software Repositories Working Group to publish a new framework to secure package repositories. Called the Principles for Package Repository Security, the framework aims to establish…
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Feb 12, 2024The Hacker NewsCyber Threat / Password Security When it comes to access security, one recommendation stands out above the rest: multi-factor authentication (MFA). With passwords alone being simple work for hackers, MFA provides an essential layer of protection against breaches. However, it’s important to remember that MFA isn’t foolproof. It can be bypassed,…
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The update will attempt to patch the recovery partition, but here lies the problem: Over the years Microsoft has changed its mind on how big the recovery partition should be and exactly where it should be located. Depending on how old your deployment images are, that is when you first installed your base of Windows…
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Incident response (IR) is a race against time. You engage your internal or external team because there’s enough evidence that something bad is happening, but you’re still blind to the scope, the impact, and the root cause. The common set of IR tools and practices provides IR teams with the ability to discover malicious files…
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