Emoji Forensics
Emojis are everywhere - and that includes your evidence. What is an emoji? It is a small digital image or icon used to express and idea or an emotion. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are actual pictures instead of [...]
University in Germany Handing Out Paper Passwords to 38,000 Students After Cyber Attack
The students at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen have been asked to provide proof of identity in person because of "legal requirements". The attack, on 8 December, initially took the entire university offline. It told students it was investigating the [...]
Are We Ready for Increased Cybersecurity Risks?
If you’re a cybersecurity pro who feels like a rabbit in headlights, then don’t be too depressed – you’re not alone. New research has found that while companies are very aware of business and technology risk, they’re not that good [...]
Is AI the Future of Cybersecurity?
Cisco reported that in 2018 they blocked seven trillion threats on behalf of their customers. Capgemini Research Institute reported earlier this month that 61% of enterprises say they cannot detect breach attempts today without the use of AI technologies and [...]
Google+ Will Shut Down After Failing to Disclose User Data Breach
This March, as Facebook was coming under global scrutiny over the harvesting of personal data for Cambridge Analytica, Google discovered a skeleton in its own closet: a bug in the API for Google+ had been allowing third-party app developers to access [...]
12 Year Old Cybersecurity Expert Reuben Paul
One hacker from Texas is also raising awareness about growing cyber threats. And he's only 12 years old. Reuben Paul is a sixth grader from Austin. The self-proclaimed "Cyber Ninja" has a second-degree black belt in Kung Fu. Paul hacks household items to [...]
Gov. Scott announces education initiatives to develop cybersecurity careers
Barre, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Agency of Education announced this week the start of two major initiatives to develop state-wide career pathways in advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity. The Agency of Education is working in close collaboration [...]
Half of Norway Had Their Data Compromised
Hackers have breached the systems of Norway's Health South East RHF (Helse Sør-Øst RHF), and possibly made off with personal information and health records of approximately 3 million Norwegians. Health South-East is investigating an unauthorized intrusion into its IT systems [...]
A Flaw in Google’s Bug Tracker Exposed Private Security Vulnerability Reports
The bug allowed the researcher to see the most sensitive vulnerabilities in Google's services. However the bug was patched within an hour of learning about the exploit. Google has an internal platform called Google Issue Tracker that tracks a list [...]
Beware: Fake and Vulnerable WordPress Plugins
A fake Wordpress plugin containing a backdoor and three zero-day vulnerabilities—all affecting the high-profile blogging platform WordPress—were recently discovered. The three plugins with zero-day vulnerabilities which were exploited are Appointments, Flickr Gallery, and RegistrationMagic-Custom Registration Forms. The fake plugin which contains backdoor is [...]