Security News > 2024 > November

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
2024-11-25 13:15

Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China's recent attacks on the...

Security Analysis of the MERGE Voting Protocol
2024-11-25 12:09

Interesting analysis: An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways. Abstract: The recently published “MERGE” protocol is designed to be used in the prototype CAC-vote system. The...

Flying Under the Radar - Security Evasion Techniques
2024-11-25 11:30

Dive into the evolution of phishing and malware evasion techniques and understand how attackers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to bypass security measures. The Evolution of Phishing...

THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 18 - Nov 24)
2024-11-25 11:30

We hear terms like “state-sponsored attacks” and “critical vulnerabilities” all the time, but what’s really going on behind those words? This week’s cybersecurity news isn’t just about hackers and...

Cybersecurity Blind Spots in IaC and PaC Tools Expose Cloud Platforms to New Attacks
2024-11-25 11:24

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two new attack techniques against infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and policy-as-code (PaC) tools like HashiCorp's Terraform and Open Policy Agent (OPA) that...

Wireshark 4.4.2: Security updates, bug fixes, updated protocol support
2024-11-25 10:10

Wireshark, the popular network protocol analyzer, has reached version 4.4.2. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:...

Researchers Uncover Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Antivirus Protections
2024-11-25 09:16

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malicious campaign that leverages a technique called Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) to disarm security protections and ultimately gain...

Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results
2024-11-25 06:29

Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has blocked a network China-related firms from its search results for operating fake news services...

AI Kuru, cybersecurity and quantum computing
2024-11-25 06:00

As we continue to delegate more infrastructure operations to artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computers are advancing towards Q-day (i.e., the day when quantum computers can break current...

Overcoming legal and organizational challenges in ethical hacking
2024-11-25 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Balázs Pózner, CEO at Hackrate, discusses the essential technical skills for ethical hackers and how they vary across different security domains. He explains...