Security News > 2023 > October
A UK minister for policing has called for forces to double their use of algorithmic-assisted facial recognition in a bid to snare more criminals. Chris Philp MP, Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, said both the use of live and retrospective facial recognition should increase following a commitment to spend £17.5 million on "a resilient and highly accurate system" to search all databases of images the police can access.
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious packages published to the NuGet package manager using a lesser-known method for malware deployment. Software supply chain security...
Attackers have started using new wiper malware called BiBi-Linux to attack Israeli companies and destroy their data. The Security Joes Incident Response team found the malware during a forensics investigation of a breach within an Israeli company.
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Atlassian has warned of a critical security flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server that could result in "significant data loss if exploited by an unauthenticated attacker." Tracked as...
Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny drones flown by operators like Firsov that, for a few hundred dollars, can deliver an explosive charge capable of destroying a Russian tank worth more than $2 million. A typical FPV weighs up to one kilogram, has four small engines, a battery, a frame and a camera connected wirelessly to goggles worn by a pilot operating it remotely.
A new malvertising campaign has been observed capitalizing on a compromised website to promote spurious versions of PyCharm on Google search results by leveraging Dynamic Search Ads. "Unbeknownst...
Atlassian is urging enterprise administrators to update their on-premises Confluence Data Center and Server installations quickly to plug a critical security vulnerability that could lead to "Significant data loss if exploited by an unauthenticated attacker.""Versions outside of the support window may also be affected, so Atlassian recommends you upgrade to a fixed LTS version or later," the company said.
Campaigners have long wanted to put a price on a user's data, and Meta appears to have done just that. Following rulings to the effect that Meta needs to seek consent from users, the company has opted for a subscription model.
Canada on Monday announced a ban on the use of apps from Tencent and Kaspersky on government mobile devices, citing an "unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security." "The Government of...