Australian authorities are urging travelers to use caution when signing onto public Wi-Fi access networks, following the arrest of a man accused of using malicious network access to steal data during a domestic airline flight. Airline employees were tipped off after discovering a suspicious Wi-Fi network during a flight, according to Australian police. Once the […]
Read More →Networking Without the Hangover
July 3, 2024
Jennifer VanAntwerp is a seasoned marketing professional who has worked in several industries, including automotive, healthcare, and now cybersecurity. While each sector has distinct elements, VanAntwerp noticed a a common thread when attending conferences and networking events: Alcohol was a constant, and that was an issue for sober people, like herself. "The prominence of alcohol […]
Read More →Ransomware Eruption: Novel Locker Malware Flows From ‘Volcano Demon’
July 3, 2024
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 […]
Read More →Intel CPUs Face Spectre-Like ‘Indirector’ Attack That Leaks Data
July 3, 2024
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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