New cybersecurity threats emerge from routine, everyday tech tasks, posing unexpected risks to organizations and individuals alike.
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ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
ABC News has taken all content from FiveThirtyEight offline, raising questions about the reason and implications for readers and the outlets involved.
Mode collapse has a name, and he’s selling cancer treatment advice on Amazon
A phenomenon called ‘mode collapse’ is being exploited by an individual selling unverified cancer treatment advice on Amazon, raising concerns about misinformation.
Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Forgot about the processors
European efforts to develop sovereign cloud infrastructure face challenges due to reliance on US-made processors with hidden management engines vulnerable to backdoors.
Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording
Two hackers, brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, pleads guilty after their firing incident was recorded on Microsoft Teams, revealing their plot to destroy government databases.
The CTF scene is dead
Recent developments show AI now dominates CTF challenges, raising questions about the scene’s viability and relevance in cybersecurity training and competition.
‘No way to prevent this,’ says only package manager where this regularly happens
Amid a recent supply chain attack, npm developers acknowledge that such breaches are inevitable due to the nature of package management, raising concerns about software security.
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SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud
An analysis of six SQL-based patterns used to identify transaction fraud, including velocity, impossible travel, amount anomalies, and suspicious merchants.
‘No way to prevent this,’ says only package manager where this regularly happens
Developers acknowledge that supply chain breaches in npm are unavoidable, raising concerns over security and systemic vulnerabilities.
