Security News

Iranian Hackers Accidentally Exposed Their Training Videos (40 GB) Online
2020-07-17 03:23

Some of the victims in the videos included personal accounts of U.S. and Greek Navy personnel, in addition to unsuccessful phishing attempts directed against U.S. state department officials and an unnamed Iranian-American philanthropist. "Some of the videos showed the operator managing adversary-created accounts while others showed the operator testing access and exfiltrating data from previously compromised accounts," the researchers said.

HITB Lockdown: Hands-on technical trainings coming next week!
2020-07-13 10:40

HITB Lockdown 002 will feature a number of hands-on technical trainings, taking place July 20-23, 2020. 2-day trainings Advanced ICS Hacking Trainer: Yamila Levalle (Security Researcher, Dreamlab...

Cybersecurity software sales and training in a no-touch world
2020-07-06 04:00

Sales of complex cybersecurity software and services, and training of users and partners, have traditionally been a very high-touch, hands on process. How are cybersecurity software providers going to bridge those personal gaps when no-touch is the only option and will become more prominent in the future? How can staff effectively create and show demos and proofs-of-concepts that are engaging for the sale of complex cybersecurity solutions? How will they deliver the personal attention needed to train users on these advanced tools?

NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court
2020-06-30 15:51

Facial-recognition technology used by British police forces does not rely on trawling the internet for random face photos to use as training data, an NEC manager told the courts. "Our biometric templates are unique to NEC and are not portable between vendors," said Paul Roberts, head of global facial recognition at NEC Global subsidiary Northgate Public Services.

Office 365 Users Targeted By ‘Coronavirus Employee Training’ Phish
2020-06-25 13:09

Researchers are warning of a new phishing attack that purports to send coronavirus training resources to employees who are returning to the workplace, as COVID-19 lockdowns lift. The recent phishing campaign leverages novel training programs that are required for employees in the workplace to comply with coronavirus regulations.

Offensive Security announces new interactive virtual training and mentoring program
2020-06-18 23:30

Offensive Security announced OffSec Academy, a new 90-day interactive virtual training and mentoring program for aspiring security professionals. With personalized 1:1 instruction and unparalleled access to OffSec instructors, Academy provides the best, interactive opportunity for pentesters to pursue their Penetration Testing with Kali Linux certification OSCP. Through OffSec Academy, students gain access to the PWK course material and a level of personal tutoring unmatched in the training industry.

NeoML: Open source library for building, training, and deploying machine learning models
2020-06-16 11:29

ABBYY launched NeoML, an open source library for building, training, and deploying machine learning models. Available now on GitHub, NeoML supports both deep learning and traditional machine learning algorithms.

Save almost 50% on CISSP training: Offer ends June 15
2020-06-02 03:00

Save nearly 50% on CISSP Online Instructor-Led Training when bundled with your exam. Online Instructor-Led Training course completed over 8 weeks or 5 consecutive days.

Zoom continues its catch-up security sprint with new training, bug bounty tweaks and promise of crypto playbook
2020-05-21 06:02

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.

Zoom continues its catch-up security sprint with new training, bug bounty tweaks and promise of crypto playbook
2020-05-21 06:02

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.