Security News

Google Chrome Adds V8 Sandbox - A New Defense Against Browser Attacks
2024-04-08 13:51

Google has announced support for what's called a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser in an effort to address memory corruption issues. The sandbox, according to V8 Security technical lead Samuel...

How manual access reviews might be weakening your defenses
2024-04-05 03:30

As businesses evolve, they often experience changes in roles, partnerships, and staff turnover. This dynamic can result in improper access to data and resources.

Strengthening defenses against nation-state and for-profit cyber attacks
2024-04-04 03:30

There is an urgent need to secure tactical, operational, and strategic critical assets from the edge to the core. In this Help Net Security video, Geoffrey Mattson, CEO of Xage Security, discusses the steps enterprises and critical infrastructure must take to improve their environments from for-profit and nation-state attacks.

Cloud Active Defense: Open-source cloud protection
2024-04-02 04:30

Cloud Active Defense is an open-source solution that integrates decoys into cloud infrastructure. It creates a dilemma for attackers: risk attacking and being detected immediately, or avoid the traps and reduce their effectiveness.

New ZenHammer Attack Bypasses RowHammer Defenses on AMD CPUs
2024-03-28 14:44

Cybersecurity researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new variant of the RowHammer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) attack that, for the first time, successfully works against AMD Zen 2...

Hackers Hit Indian Defense, Energy Sectors with Malware Posing as Air Force Invite
2024-03-27 15:24

Indian government entities and energy companies have been targeted by unknown threat actors with an aim to deliver a modified version of an open-source information stealer malware called...

8 cybersecurity predictions shaping the future of cyber defense
2024-03-25 05:30

Among Gartner's top predictions are the collapse of the cybersecurity skills gap and the reduction of employee-driven cybersecurity incidents through the adoption of generative AI. Two-thirds of global 100 organizations are expected to extend directors' and officers' insurance to cybersecurity leaders due to personal legal exposure. "As we start moving beyond what's possible with GenAI, solid opportunities are emerging to help solve a number of perennial issues plaguing cybersecurity, particularly the skills shortage and unsecure human behavior. The scope of the top predictions this year is clearly not on technology, as the human element continues to gain far more attention. Any CISO looking to build an effective and sustainable cybersecurity program must make this a priority," said Deepti Gopal, Director Analyst at Gartner.

FBI v the bots: Feds urge denial-of-service defense after critical infrastructure alert
2024-03-21 22:20

The US government has recommended a series of steps that critical infrastructure operators should take to prevent distributed-denial-of-service attacks. The joint guide, entitled Understanding and Responding to Distributed Denial-Of-Service Attacks [PDF], distinguishes between denial-of-service and DDoS attacks.

US Defense Dept received 50,000 vulnerability reports since 2016
2024-03-19 21:13

The Cyber Crime Center of the U.S. Department of Defense says it has reached the milestone of processing its 50,000th vulnerability report submitted by 5,635 researchers since its inception in November 2016. The federal agency launched its Vulnerability Disclosure Program 7.5 years ago following a bug bounty event called 'Hack-the-Pentagon,' to engage crowd-sourced vulnerability reports that could help bolster its cyber defenses.

CISA shares critical infrastructure defense tips against Chinese hackers
2024-03-19 20:18

CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and several other agencies in the U.S. and worldwide warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect their systems against the Chinese Volt Typhoon hacking group. Together with the NSA, the FBI, other U.S. government agencies, and partner Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies, including cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, it also issued defense tips on detecting and defending against Volt Typhoon attacks.