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The Vulnerabilities in Mozilla‘s Firefox and Thunderbird The National Cyber Security Agency in Qatar has issued a warning to Adobe users to urgently apply patches following the disclosure of vulnerabilities in Mozilla‘s Firefox and Thunderbird. These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2023-4863 with a CVSS score of 8.8, are critical heap buffer overflows in the WebP library…
Black Hat Summit Explores Cybersecurity and Insurance Collaboration Black Hat USA hosted a mini summit focused on the relationship between cybersecurity and insurance, highlighting the need for collaboration and refinement in these industries. The summit sparked discussions about the necessity of cyber insurance, its assessment process, and how Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can utilize…
The SEC‘s Evolving Stance on Cybersecurity Expertise The Proposal and Backtracking The US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently examined the issue of cybersecurity expertise within companies. In March 2022, the SEC proposed a requirement for companies to publicly declare one cybersecurity expert on their board of directors and one within management. However, the…
Microsoft‘s Logging Discrepancies: A Breach and a Thorn in the Side A Costly Compromise Recently, a human rights organization experienced a breach that raised serious concerns about the accessibility of logging data for Microsoft customers. The organization, alerted by Microsoft about unauthorized access as part of a July email breach attributed to Storm-0558, found no…
Stressed for a Bit? Then Don’t Click It, Cybersecurity Experts Advise Introduction A recent study conducted at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has revealed that individuals experiencing certain forms of stress are more susceptible to falling victim to phishing attacks. Phishing attacks involve cybercriminals sending fraudulent emails, messages, or links to trick…
US Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection Inadequate, Expert Group Warns A congressionally mandated group of experts called the CSC 2.0 has warned that US government policies designed to protect critical infrastructure against cyber attacks are outdated and inadequate. Critical infrastructure sectors such as water and transportation could be compromised when exposed to cyber threats. In…
Experts urge urgent action from White House to fix critical infrastructure cybersecurity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the key agency inside the Department of Homeland Security responsible for helping defend critical infrastructure, is not equipped to quickly and effectively respond to cyberattacks, according to CSC 2.0, a group of experts established by Congress….
Researchers Develop ‘Attacker’ Device to Enhance Autonomous Car Safety A team of researchers at the University of California – San Diego and Northeastern University have developed a new type of algorithm that can mimic an attacking device to identify vulnerabilities in autonomous vehicle security. The report entitled “mmSpoof: Resilient Spoofing of Automotive millimeter-wave Radars using…
Kaspersky Unveils New Details on CommonMagic Campaign Targeting Ukraine Kaspersky researchers recently disclosed further details regarding the CommonMagic campaign that was first observed back in March. The cybersecurity firm reported that a new framework of the CommonMagic campaign has been discovered and has expanded its activities to also target organizations in Central and Western Ukraine….
Tech mandated by UK Online Safety Bill ‘could turn phones into surveillance tools’ The fear of mass surveillance has been exacerbated with a new study from Imperial College London, which found that tech mandated by the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill could be used to turn millions of phones into facial recognition tools. This technology,…