Thirty-some-odd years ago, my older brother wrote a “book” entitled The Christmas That Was Coal. It begins with a tale of a boy who’d been very naughty (not unlike Cousin Constantine), followed by a few more miscellaneous short stories, including (a personal favorite) “Christmas on the Moon.” Every year, my parents set that fabric-covered, satin-ribbon-wrapped book on their coffee table.
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Yahoo Hack Shows Data as Tool of Information Warfare
The massive hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for profit — and potentially for espionage and information warfare.
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Yahoo Hack Shows Data’s Use for Information Warfare
The 2013 hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for espionage and information warfare, as well as for profit.
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Over 8,800 WordPress Plugins Have Flaws: Study
Researchers at web application security firm RIPS Technologies have analyzed 44,705 of the roughly 48,000 plugins available in the official WordPress plugins directory and discovered that more than 8,800 of them are affected by at least one vulnerability.
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Suspect Arrested in JPMorgan, Dow Jones Data Theft Case
New York – A 32-year-old American formerly living in Moscow but wanted in the United States in connection with a massive theft of customer data from JP Morgan Chase and Dow Jones has been arrested, officials said Thursday.
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Nymaim Trojan Fingerprints MAC Addresses to Bypass Virtualization
The Nymaim Trojan is now fingerprinting MAC addresses to see if it is running in a virtualized environment, SophosLabs security researchers warn.
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Malvertising Campaign Targets Routers
A recently observed malvertising campaign is focused on compromising user’s home routers rather than exploiting vulnerabilities in their browsers.
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Microsoft Edge to Block Flash by Default
Microsoft Edge is the latest Web browser to switch to HTML5 and keep Flash blocked by default unless users enable it to run on sites that require it.
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The Case for “Securing” Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
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The Case for "Securing" Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
Flash Crashes and Rogue Algorithms: The Case for "Securing" Artificial Intelligence
Continue readingThe Cost of Trust: How Secure Are Your Toys?
Consumers Must Demand that Internet-Connected toys Offer the Basics of Trust and Security
You’ve planned a precision military strike; readied your forces and resources to acquire the target when it’s at hand; and done all the intel and weighed your options between kinetic and digital operations.
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