Meltdown and Spectre are vulnerabilities in modern computers that can be used to leak passwords and sensitive data. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. The vulnerabilities were found in 2017 by several researches, but were kept secret →
Finland’s Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, has issued a public announcement informing of an unusual spike in GPS interference near the country’s eastern border. According to reports, the interference isn’t limited to Finland but also affects Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and the broader Baltic region. This spoofing is relatively easy because the actual GPS signal is →
Cyber attacks happen all the time. There are many real-time cyber attack maps on-line. Articles Top 15 Live Cyber Attack Maps for Visualizing Digital Threat Incidents and 7 Live Cyber Attack Maps list many maps. Some are funny, some seem ominous, and all of them tell a story that words alone cannot: cyber attacks never →
Ukraine and Russia seems to be at the moments on both traditional and cyber war. We could call that hybrid warfare. We are at a cyber war. Countless examples exist of damage to infrastructure from hostile acts via computer attacks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a hybrid war from the start, a mix of →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in March 2022. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in February 2022. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
Remember the most interesting events of the information security industry in 2021 in memes and tweets and fairy tales. 2021 Information security in memes and tweets https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/security-2021-year-in-memes/43237/ Hans Christian Andersen on security technologies https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/andersen-cybersecurity-technologies/43232/ →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in January 2022. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
Nothing is more difficult than making predictions. Instead of trowing out wild ideas what might be coming, I have collected here some trends other people have predicted or reported. Why the Future Needs Passwordless Authentication https://securityintelligence.com/future-needs-passwordless-authentication/ As of September, Microsoft users no longer have to rely on passwords when logging in to their accounts. Passwords →
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