Chinese Breakthrough in Quantum Computing a Warning for Security Teams
China joins Google in claiming quantum supremacy with new technology, ratcheting up RSA decryption concerns.
Healthcare in Crisis: Diagnosing Cybersecurity Shortcomings in Unprecedented Times
In the early fog of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity took a back seat to keeping patients alive. Lost in the chaos was IT security.
QNAP High-Severity Flaws Plague NAS Systems
The high-severity cross-site scripting flaws could allow remote-code injection on QNAP NAS systems.
RansomExx Ransomware Gang Dumps Stolen Embraer Data: Report
The group published files stolen from the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer in a ransomware attack last month.
Researchers call for a determined path to cybersecurity
Despite our continuous research efforts to detect cyberattacks and enable defense, we often feel that we, as members of a global community, are failing to achieve an adequate level of cybersecurity. This is threatening the proper development and use of information technologies and digital assets, and as a consequence, most of society’s current and future…
Making Sense of the Security Sensor Landscape
Chris Calvert of Respond Software (now part of FireEye) outlines the challenges that reduce the efficacy of network security sensors.
High-Severity Chrome Bugs Allow Browser Hacks
Desktop versions of the browser received a total of eight fixes, half rated high-severity.
Novel Online Shopping Malware Hides in Social-Media Buttons
The skimmer steals credit-card data, using steganography to hide in plain sight in seemingly benign images.
VMware Rolls a Fix for Formerly Critical Zero-Day Bug
VMware has issued a full patch and revised the severity level of the NSA-reported vulnerability to “important.”
Vancouver Metro Disrupted by Egregor Ransomware
The attack, which prevented Translink users from using their metro cards or buying tickets at kiosks, is the second from the prolific threat group just this week.