Cybersecurity News
Firefox gets fix for evil cursor attack
Tech support scam group found a way to abuse Firefox's previous evil cursor patch to enable new attacks.06 August 2020
U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling

06 August 2020
Smart locks can be opened with nothing more than a MAC address
Researchers demonstrated how remote attackers can steal UltraLoq digital keys with minimal effort.06 August 2020
Smart locks opened with nothing more than a MAC address
Researchers demonstrated how remote attackers could steal UltraLoq digital keys with minimal effort.06 August 2020
Black Hat: Hackers can remotely hijack enterprise, healthcare Temi robots
Temi’s interactive assistance robots are remotely exploitable with little more than a phone number.06 August 2020
What A Security Engineer & Software Engineer Learned By Swapping Roles
A security engineer and infrastructure engineer with Salesforce share lessons learned from their professional role reversal, and advice for people on both teams.05 August 2020
Google said it took down ten influence operation campaigns in Q2 2020
Google said the influence ops were traced back to China, Russia, Iran, and Tunisia.05 August 2020
Tales from the Trenches Show Security Issues Endemic to Healthcare
The CISO for Indiana University Health says simple policies, good communication, and strong authentication go much further than vendor tools in solving security problems.05 August 2020
Black Hat 2020: Linux Spyware Stack Ties Together 5 Chinese APTs

05 August 2020
Black Hat 2020: In a Turnaround, Voting Machine Vendor Embraces Ethical Hackers

05 August 2020
Supporting Women in InfoSec
Maxine Holt, research director from Omdia, explains why the time is right for women to step into more cybersecurity jobs now.05 August 2020
Developing Community for Woman Infosec Pros in India
Vandana Verma tells us how women in India are finding support, education and love of cybersecurity through the growing InfosecGirls community.05 August 2020
Twitter Fixes High-Severity Flaw Affecting Android Users

05 August 2020
US offers $10 million reward for hackers meddling in US elections
This includes attacks against US election officials, election infrastructure, voting machines, but also candidates and their staff.05 August 2020
What to Tell Young People of Color About InfoSec Careers
CEO and founder of Revolution Cyber Juliet Okafor and Baker Hughes Director of Global OT Security Programs Paul Brager talk about the unique lessons and hard truths they provide when mentoring young black cybersecurity professionals.05 August 2020
Black Hat 2020: Scaling Mail-In Voting Spawns Broad Challenges

05 August 2020
SynerComm Reboots a Security Staple with 'Continuous' Pen Testing
SPONSORED CONTENT: Penetration testing has evolved well beyond a couple guys you hire to try and break into your network, according to SynerComm's Brian Judd. In addition to a service that offers round-the-clock pen testing, SynerComm also provides purple team testing, effectively splitting the difference with red- and blue-team exercises.05 August 2020
Pen Testers Share the Inside Story of Their Arrest and Exoneration
Coalfire's Gary De Mercurio and Justin Wynn share the inside story of their infamous arrest last year while conducting a contracted red team engagement in an Iowa courthouse - and what it took to clear their names.05 August 2020
Black Hat: When penetration testing earns you a felony arrest record
Coalfire takes us through the story of security professionals arrested at a courthouse while conducting tests on behalf of the state.05 August 2020
Porn Clip Disrupts Virtual Court Hearing for Alleged Twitter Hacker
Perhaps fittingly, a Web-streamed court hearing for the 17-year-old alleged mastermind of the July 15 mass hack against Twitter was cut short this morning after mischief makers injected a pornographic video clip into the proceeding.05 August 2020