Security News

China Accuses NSA's TAO Unit of Hacking its Military Research University
2022-09-12 13:39

China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of conducting a string of cyberattacks aimed at aeronautical and military research-oriented Northwestern Polytechnical University in the city of Xi'an in June 2022. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre disclosed its findings last week, and accused the Office of Tailored Access Operations at the USA's National Security Agency of orchestrating thousands of attacks against the entities located within the country.

As Cybersecurity Week begins, Beijing claims US attacked Uni doing military research
2022-09-07 05:15

China has accused the United States of a savage cyber-attack on a university famed for conducting aerospace research and linked to China's military. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre made its accusation on September 5th, claiming that the Office of Tailored Access Operation at the USA's National Security Agency has unleashed over 10,000 attacks in China, some using zero-day exploits, and lifted 140GB of "High value data".

Dissecting Google’s Titan M chip: Vulnerability research challenges
2022-08-09 04:00

The enterprise-grade Titan M security chip was custom built to help protect data. Derived from the same chip Google uses to protect its cloud data centers, it handles processes and information, such as passcode protection, encryption, and secure transactions in apps.

Spanish research agency still recovering after ransomware attack
2022-08-03 20:50

The Spanish National Research Council last month was hit by a ransomware attack that is now attributed to Russian hackers. CSIC is a state agency for scientific research and technological development part of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation but with a special status in that it has "Its own assets and treasury, functional and managerial autonomy."

ESG Cyber Resiliency Research Server Cut
2022-07-26 00:00

Cyber resiliency is now an essential requirement for any business. Given the threat to data and IT servers, businesses must invest in cyber-resiliency strategies to reduce operational risk.

Manual vs. SSPM: Research on What Streamlines SaaS Security Detection & Remediation
2022-06-23 04:07

When it comes to keeping SaaS stacks secure, IT and security teams need to be able to streamline the detection and remediation of misconfigurations in order to best protect their SaaS stack from threats. While companies adopt more and more apps, their increase in SaaS security tools and staff has lagged behind, as found in the 2022 SaaS Security Survey Report.

Hacker says hijacking libraries, stealing AWS keys was ethical research
2022-05-25 13:42

The hacker behind this hijack has now broken silence and explained his reasons to BleepingComputer. The hijacker of these libraries is an Istanbul-based security researcher, Yunus Aydın aka SockPuppets, who has attested to the fact when approached by BleepingComputer.

Benchmarking Linux Security – Latest Research Findings
2022-04-18 05:44

How well do your Linux security practices stack up in today's challenging operating environment? Are you following the correct processes to keep systems up-to-date and protected against the latest threats? Now you can find out thanks to research independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute. The research sponsored by TuxCare sought to understand better how organizations are currently managing the security and stability of their Linux-based systems.

Research reveals that IAM is too often permissive and misconfigured
2022-04-14 14:56

New cloud threat research from team Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks reveals several security issues due to bad permissions handling and misconfiguration, which opens doors wide for threat actors. In cloud environments often composed of more than hundreds or thousands of workloads, every device or machine identity might be a risk for the cloud infrastructure.

New cyberespionage campaign targeting ISPs, research entities
2022-03-24 09:41

ESET Research discovered a still-ongoing cyberespionage campaign using a previously undocumented Korplug variant by the Mustang Panda APT group. The current campaign exploits the war in Ukraine and other European news topics.