Security
Degrading UX to improve security hurts both UX and security
This image was generated by an AI tool (DALL-E) when given the prompt: “ice cream in a jar labeled ‘healthy’ ” The Security team completed a pentest on your legacy Java web application. They find 15 instances of XSS. How do you resolve this? Output encoding at each location means coordinating with a bunch of …
Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’ – Krebs on Security
For the past seven years, a malware-based proxy service known as “Faceless” has sold anonymity to countless cybercriminals. For less than a dollar per day, Faceless customers can route their malicious traffic through tens of thousands of compromised systems advertised on the service. In this post we’ll examine clues left behind over the past decade …
Compromising Twitter’s OAuth security system
Twitter officially disabled Basic authentication this week, the final step in the company’s transition to mandatory OAuth authentication. Sadly, Twitter’s extremely poor implementation of the OAuth standard offers a textbook example of how to do it wrong. This article will explore some of the problems with Twitter’s OAuth implementation and some potential pitfalls inherent to …
3 Ways Working at a Startup Can Increase Career Security (AI Discussed)
(approximate reading time: < 5 minutes) Welcome back! Most of the time when discussing startups, people bring up what they perceive to be the threatening risks of working at one. Their most common worry is: “What if the startup fails?”. Today, I’ll share three reasons why working at a startup can actually be your best …
SURF Security: Zero Trust Browser
Advance cyber security, technical, and enterprise infrastructure with Zero-Trust principles and policies. Maximize user productivity across all applications and data on-premise and/or cloud, no matter where the workforce sits, without compromising business data. Enforce international privacy laws and deliver safe browsing by eliminating the opportunity to engage with malicious content. Source link
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2023 Edition – Krebs on Security
Microsoft is sending the world a whole bunch of love today, in the form of patches to plug dozens of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. This year’s special Valentine’s Day Patch Tuesday includes fixes for a whopping three different “zero-day” vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks. Microsoft’s …
A security analysis comparison between Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram
Paper 2023/071 A security analysis comparison between Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram Corina-Elena Bogos, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Răzvan Mocanu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Emil Simion, Polytechnic University of Bucharest Abstract This paper aims to provide a security analysis comparison between three popular instant messaging apps: Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram. The analysis will focus on the …
Laurier’s Technology and Human Security Speaker Series kicks off with Oct. 19 lecture focusing on disinformation
BRANTFORD — Wilfrid Laurier University invites the community to the Technology and Human Security Speaker Series hosted by the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP). The inaugural public lecture in the series takes place Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Professor Martin Innes, director of the Crime and Security Research Institute and the Police Science …
Advances in Real-Time Supply Chain Operation Technology Can Address Drug Product Security Challenges
Advances in Real-Time Supply Chain Operation Technology Can Address Drug Product Security Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic saw the global biopharma supply chain thrust into center stage amid a perfect storm of high-profile disruptions, logistical challenges, labor shortages, geopolitical instability, and shortages of certain key ingredients, drugs, and equipment. These challenges compounded the legacy supply chain …
DOH Among Nation’s Leaders in Health and Food Security Efforts
For immediate release: September 29, 2022 (22-149) Contact: DOH Communications Part of national vision to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030 OLYMPIA – Washington State Department of Health was recognized by the White House yesterday for the agency’s commitment to moving several plans forward for sustainable and equitable access to nutrition for all …
