A double-extortion ransomware player has exploded onto the scene with several attacks in two weeks, wielding innovative locker malware and a slew of evasion tactics for covering its tracks and making it difficult for security experts to investigate. Tracked as "Volcano Demon" by the researchers at Halcyon who discovered it, the newly discovered adversary is […]
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have found a new way to execute Spectre-like side channel attacks against high-end Intel CPUs, including the recent Raptor Lake and Alder Lake microprocessors. Like Spectre, the new technique, which the researchers have dubbed "Indirector," exploits a speculative execution feature in the Intel CPUs to redirect […]
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COMMENTARY The mad dash to the cloud a few years back left many organizations scrambling to understand the true implications of this technological shift. Fueled by promises of scalability and cost savings, many companies jumped on board without fully comprehending key details. For example, many were asking how secure their data was in the cloud, […]
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As more and more household appliances and devices become Internet-capable, they also become vulnerable to potential exploitation. For people who take grilling seriously, they now face the possibility of a ruined cookout — not because they picked the wrong cut of meat or didn’t pay close enough attention to maintaining the ideal temperature, but because […]
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