Google vulnerability allowed sending spoofed emails with Gmail ID

By Sudais Asif
Google fixed the vulnerability after the security researcher ended up disclosing its technical details online.
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What prevents someone from spoofing their public key when trying to establish an SSH connection?

Recently I’ve been trying to learn the mechanisms behind SSH keys but I came across this question that I haven’t been able to find an answer to (I haven’t figured out how to word my question such that searching it would give me the answer)… Continue reading What prevents someone from spoofing their public key when trying to establish an SSH connection?

Apple Knocked Off Perch as Most Imitated Brand for Phishing Attacks

COVID-19 pandemic spurs spoofing preference changes, plus a surge in email-based attacks. Continue reading Apple Knocked Off Perch as Most Imitated Brand for Phishing Attacks

Zoom Addresses Vanity URL Zero-Day

An attacker could pose as a company employee, invite customers or partners to meetings, then use socially engineered conversation to extract sensitive information. Continue reading Zoom Addresses Vanity URL Zero-Day

Are there security reasons for prohibiting universal mac address modification?

Background
In a standard 48-bit MAC address, the 7th (most significant) bit specifies whether it is a universally-administered address (UAA) or a locally-administered address (LAA).
If it is 0, then the MAC address is a UAA and the first 2… Continue reading Are there security reasons for prohibiting universal mac address modification?