September 1, 2019
Teen Security Researcher Suspended for Exposing Vulnerabilities in His School’s Software
Another vulnerability that Bill Demirkapi found impacted 5,000 schools. Source: Teen Security Researcher Suspended for Exposing Vulnerabilities in His School’s Software
Robocall-blocking apps promise to rid your life of spoofed and spam phone calls. But are they as trustworthy as they claim to be? One security researcher said many of these apps can violate your privacy as soon as they are opened. Dan Hastings, a senior security consultant at cybersecurity firm NCC Group, analyzed some of […] Source: Robocall blocking apps caught sending your data without permission – TechCrunch
August 31, 2019
NSA’s free malware research tool gains traction, 6 months on
Ghidra software is making malware research more broadly accessible and less expensive. Source: NSA’s free malware research tool gains traction, 6 months on
How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings. New research just presented at the Def Con security conference reveals how companies, startups and governments are inadvertently leaking their own files from the cloud. You may have heard of exposed S3 buckets — those […] Source: Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found online – TechCrunch
Source: iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email — Krebs on Security