Security News

6 Prompts You Don't Want Employees Putting in Microsoft Copilot
2024-04-03 14:02

Microsoft Copilot is a powerful asset for companies, but with it comes an increased risk of data exposure. In this article, Varonis demonstrates prompt-hacking examples that can expose sensitive...

A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes
2024-04-03 13:37

Microsoft still doesn't known how Storm-0558 attackers managed to steal the Microsoft Services Account cryptographic key they used to forge authentication tokens needed to access email accounts belonging to US government officials. "The stolen 2016 MSA key in combination with [a] flaw in the token validation system permitted the threat actor to gain full access to essentially any Exchange Online account," CISA's Cyber Safety Review Board noted in a recently released Review of the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion.

Google Chrome Beta Tests New DBSC Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Attacks
2024-04-03 13:07

Google on Tuesday said it's piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently...

Authy vs Google Authenticator: Two-Factor Authenticator Comparison
2024-04-03 13:00

Authy and Google Authenticator are two popular two-factor authentication tools that do just that. Another popular authenticator app is Google Authenticator.

Security pioneer Ross Anderson dies at 67
2024-04-03 12:48

Obituary Venerable computer scientist and information security expert Ross Anderson has died at the age of 67. While it's difficult to label Anderson as a single type of professional since, like many great minds, his interests were as deep as they were broad, it would be fair to describe him as a decorated security expert and celebrated engineer - among the finest and most respected of his time.

Google bakes new cookie strategy that will leave crooks with a bad taste
2024-04-03 12:08

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

This IT Career Kickstarter Bundle is An Extra 20% Off Through April 7th
2024-04-03 11:31

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Attack Surface Management vs. Vulnerability Management
2024-04-03 11:12

Attack surface management (ASM) and vulnerability management (VM) are often confused, and while they overlap, they’re not the same. The main difference between attack surface management and...

Class-Action Lawsuit against Google’s Incognito Mode
2024-04-03 11:01

Google has agreed to delete "Billions of data records" the company collected while users browsed the web using Incognito mode, according to documents filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday. The agreement, part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed in 2020, caps off years of disclosures about Google's practices that shed light on how much data the tech giant siphons from its users­-even when they're in private-browsing mode.

NVD: NIST is working on longer-term solutions
2024-04-03 10:14

"Currently, we are prioritizing analysis of the most significant vulnerabilities. In addition, we are working with our agency partners to bring on more support for analyzing vulnerabilities and have reassigned additional NIST staff to this task as well." What is NIST NVD and why it's critical for cybersecurity?