Security News

WhatsApp Remote Code Execution Triggered by Videos
2019-11-18 21:11

The flaw can be trivially exploited.

New Comic Videos Take CISO/Security Vendor Relationship to the Extreme
2019-10-10 11:49

Today's CISOs operate in an overly intensive environment. As the ones who are tasked with the unenviable accountability for failed protection and successful breaches, they must relentlessly strive...

Senators Press Social Media Firms to Fight 'Deepfake' Videos
2019-10-03 18:48

Warner and Rubio Want Companies to Develop Standards and Policies to Combat FakesU.S. senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio are urging social media firms to create policies and standards to combat...

The Growing Threat of Deepfake Videos
2019-08-26 14:34

Deepfakes are a growing threat. They are primarily a social engineering tool. That means they will increasingly be used in phishing attacks, BEC attacks, reputation attacks, and public opinion...

ZeroFOX’s new AI capabilities improve detection of deepfake videos
2019-08-09 09:10

ZeroFOX, the leading provider of advanced artificial intelligence-powered digital risk protection, announced at Black Hat USA 2019 the latest evolution of its artificial intelligence (AI)...

Mannequin Challenge videos teach computers to see
2019-07-05 10:26

An internet craze could change the way computers see, thanks to research published by Google.

YouTube mystery ban on hacking videos has content creators puzzled
2019-07-03 20:27

Recent policy remains unclear about what's disallowed YouTube, under fire since inception for building a business on other people's copyrights and in recent years for its vacillating policies on...

Miami police body cam videos up for sale on the darkweb
2019-07-03 10:43

Videos from Miami Police Department body cams were leaked and stored in unprotected, internet-facing databases, then sold on the darkweb.

Cop a load of this: 1TB of police body camera videos found lounging around public database
2019-07-01 22:18

Miscreants grabbed sensitive footage belonging to officers in Miami, elsewhere, it is feared In yet another example of absent security controls, an infosec biz claims it found a trove of sensitive...

Beware! Playing Untrusted Videos On VLC Player Could Hack Your Computer
2019-06-21 19:33

If you use VLC media player on your computer and haven't updated it recently, don't you even dare to play any untrusted, randomly downloaded video file on it. Doing so could allow hackers to...