Category: Information Security
For over a year, programmer Harishankar Narayanan had been using his iLife A11 robot vacuum without incident—until he noticed that the device was constantly transmitting data to servers in China. When he attempted to...
In September and October, researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs uncovered a new wave of cyber-espionage targeting the diplomatic institutions of Hungary and Belgium. According to their findings, the campaign was orchestrated by the Chinese...
The American company Ribbon Communications has reported a major cyberattack on a telecommunications network that compromised both its internal systems and client infrastructure. Investigations revealed that the intruders had infiltrated the network as early...
A coalition of more than thirty human rights, consumer protection, and child advocacy organizations has urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to halt Meta’s initiative that would allow the company to use private...
Hacktivists have infiltrated Canada’s critical infrastructure systems, altering control parameters across several facilities — actions that authorities warn could have led to dangerous consequences. The incident marks yet another example of cyberattacks carried out...
Several U.S. government agencies have expressed support for a Commerce Department initiative exploring a potential ban on TP-Link devices, according to The Washington Post, which cites sources familiar with the internal discussions. Among them...
Google has released new data detailing the performance of Android’s built-in protection systems designed to combat fraudulent calls and messages. According to the company, these safeguards block over 10 billion suspicious contacts every month,...
The Eclipse Foundation has revoked several compromised access tokens associated with publishing extensions to the open Open VSX repository. The investigation was prompted by a report from Wiz, a company specializing in cloud security....
A sharp surge in attacks targeting PHP servers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and cloud gateways has been recorded by researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). According to their findings, the escalation...
Researcher Jose Pino unveiled a proof-of-concept for a vulnerability in the Blink rendering engine used by Chromium-based browsers, demonstrating how a single web page can, within seconds, incapacitate numerous popular browsers and halt a...
New research has revealed that even the most advanced hardware-based data isolation technologies from leading chip manufacturers—Nvidia Confidential Compute, AMD SEV-SNP, and Intel SGX/TDX—fail to withstand inexpensive physical attacks. These mechanisms, collectively known as...
A vulnerability in the Google Messages app for Wear OS has jeopardized the privacy of millions of smartwatch owners, allowing third-party applications to send messages on behalf of users without requesting permissions or confirmation....