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Pentagon publishes AI guidelines

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

As the specter of warrior robots looms large, the Pentagon has published a set of ethical guidelines for its use of artificial intelligence. Continue reading Pentagon publishes AI guidelines→

Posted in ai, AI weapons, Artificial Intelligence, attack robots, Defense Innovation Board, Government security, Machine Learning, Pentagon, Security threats, US Military

Happy Birthday, CVE!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system is 20 years old this week. Continue reading Happy Birthday, CVE!→

Posted in cna, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, CVE Numbering Authority, CVEs, Mitre, MITRE Corporation, National Vulnerabilities Database, NIST, Security threats

Researchers find hole in EU-wide identity system

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

The EU has fixed a flaw in the powerful yet complex eIDAS digital identification system that let people authenticate as someone else. Continue reading Researchers find hole in EU-wide identity system→

Posted in authentication and trust services, eidas, electronic identification, eu, european union, Government security, SEC Consult, Security threats, Vulnerability

Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business. Continue reading Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up→

Posted in Bitcoin, blog sites, blogger, Blogs, Security threats, sextortion, sextortion scam, wordpress

PHP team fixes nasty site-owning remote execution bug

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

The PHP development team has fixed a bug that could allow remote code execution in some setups of the programming language. Continue reading PHP team fixes nasty site-owning remote execution bug→

Posted in Nginx, PHP, programming languages, RCE, remote code execution, Security threats, Vulnerability

Ransomware with a difference as hackers threaten to release city data

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Johannesburg spent the weekend struggling to recover from its second malware attack this year as it took key services systems offline. Continue reading Ransomware with a difference as hackers threaten to release city data→

Posted in Data loss, Government security, Hack, hackers, Johannesburg, malware, Ransomware, Security threats, Shadow Hill Hackers, south africa

Phishers strike at mobile wellness app company

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

What were the phishers after? People’s login details for Office 365. Continue reading Phishers strike at mobile wellness app company→

Posted in BEC, Business Email Compromise, Evergreen Life, Phishing, phishing attack, Security threats, wellness

Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Researchers have found a flaw that could lead to denial of service attacks on content distribution networks around the world. Continue reading Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers→

Posted in Akamai, cdns, content distribution networks, CPDoS, HTTP, HyperText Transfer Protocol, Security threats, Vulnerability, web servers

Travel database exposed PII on US government employees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers. Continue reading Travel database exposed PII on US government employees→

Posted in Amazon, AWS, Best Western, Best Western Hotel & Resorts Group, data breach, Data loss, Department of Homeland Security, Elasticsearch, PII, privacy, Security threats

Vatican launches smart rosary – complete with brute-force flaw

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Danny Bradbury

Now fixed, the Vatican’s new fitness-and-prayer eRosary and its accompanying app, Click to Pray, were found to have a serious privacy bug. Continue reading Vatican launches smart rosary – complete with brute-force flaw→

Posted in brute force, Click to Pray, eRosary, Fidus Information Security, Government security, Security threats, Vatican, Vulnerability, Wearables, Worldwide Prayer Network

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