Deciphering Blackhat
Dennis Fisher, Peter Baker, and Zoe Lindsey try to make heads or tails of Blackhat, the movie that envisions hackers as international assassins and spies.
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Coordinated Ransomware Attack Hits Texas Government Agencies
More than 20 Texas agencies have been compromised in a widespread ransomware attack.
Hacking for Good: The Cult of the Dead Cow and the Rise of Hacker Culture
Members of the Cult of the Dead Cow are joined by fellow hackers and security leaders Dug Song, Katie Moussouris, and Heather...
Nation-State Attacks Target Medical Research
It’s not just individual healthcare records or personal information. Espionage groups with Chinese ties are targeting...
Google and Mozilla Block Kazakhstan HTTPS Interception
A month after the Kazakh government began performing HTTPS interception on some of its citizens, Google and Mozilla have...
Chrome and Firefox Removing EV Certificate Indicators
In the coming months, Google and Mozilla will remove the Extended Validation security indicators from the browser address bars.
Proposal to Make HTTPS Certificate Expire Yearly Back on the Table
The question about shortening the validity period for TLS certificates is back in front of the CA/Browser Forum again. CAs...
Personality Types May Be Useful in Security Training
Research suggests that people’s personality types can influence whether they would be more likely to fall for social engineering attacks or be less likely to click on phishing links.
Dennis Has Some Questions About…2FA
Two-factor authentication is a vital part of many corporate security strategies, and is now offered by lots of consumer apps,...
AWS Promises to Scan for Misconfigured Servers
Amazon Web Services will now scan customer environments for potentially misconfigured servers in the wake of Capital One's data...
Capital One Breach Does Not Mean the Cloud is Insecure
Financial services organizations and many other enterprises have hesitated to go all in the cloud, citing concerns about...
Persistent Cookies Can Prove Troublesome for AWS
A researcher found that some AWS authentication cookies remain valid for up to 12 hours even after a user has changed the...
