Of cut cables and the sad state of tech support
A certain tech company that I rely on for my phone lines was recently in the area where...
Cisco Webex Meetings Web UI Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web UI of Cisco Webex Meetings could allow a remote attacker to conduct stored...
Cisco Duo Authentication Proxy Information Disclosure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the logging component of Cisco Duo Authentication Proxy could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to...
Cisco BroadWorks Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user...
Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in...
Could Apple Card finally become an international service?
There was a lot of interest when Apple introduced Apple Card with Goldman Sachs, but the Cupertino credit card never...
China seeks to improve reliability of its chip manufacturing sector
A new report from China’s Ministry for Industry and Information Technology states that the country’s manufacturing abilities are...
RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware Threat Targeting Energy and Telecom Sectors
A sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware threat dubbed RedEnergy has been spotted in the wild targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery...
ONE MONTH AWAY! Deadline Approaching for Funding Opportunity
CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Last month, NICE announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)...
New NIST Licensing Opportunity Teems with Potential Applications
Max Planck, one of the Twentieth Century’s most eminent physicists, observed, “An experiment is a question that science...
Ray Kammer, Who Led NIST to the Start of the 21st Century, Dies at 76
Kammer led a successful push to modernize the agency’s laboratory facilities. Source:: NIST
Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun. Secrets, Secrets (Stored in Plain Text Files) Hurt Someone
Secrets are meant to be hidden or, at the very least, only known to a specific and limited...
Email crypto phishing scams: stealing from hot and cold crypto wallets
The higher the global popularity of cryptocurrencies and the more new ways of storing them, the wider the...
Apple’s Vision Pro: Will it work for work?
At the launch of its Vision Pro headset in June, Apple offered up a variety of consumer entertainment...
Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware
The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what’s called a manifest confusion attack that could...
Instagram’s Twitter Alternative ‘Threads’ Launch Halted in Europe Over Privacy Concerns
Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to...
US officials ordered to limit contact with social media firms
A judge bars officials from contacting platforms over “content containing protected free speech”. Source:: BBC News – Technology
E2E encryption: Should big tech be able to read people’s messages?
Who will win in the years-long stalemate between governments and big tech around super-secure messaging? Source:: BBC News...
What is end to end encryption and why are police concerned about its rise?
WhatsApp, iMessage, Android Messages and Signal all use the super secure technology called end to end encryption. So...
Issue #584 (July 4, 2023)
#584 – JULY 4, 2023 Why Are Membership Tests So Fast for range() in Python? In Python, range()...