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Most of the civilized world years ago shifted to requiring computer chips in payment cards that make it far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone and use them for fraud. One notable exception is the United States, which is still lurching toward this goal. Here’s a look at the havoc that lag has wrought, as…
Details about the OpenAI Bio Bounty program
From typing a business letter to taking pictures with friends, the internet has changed every part of our lives. We don't just share information with people, we also want it synced across our computers, tablets, and phones.
The key question is: Can you detect AI agent traffic on your application today? We tested multiple AI agent toolkits across high-traffic consumer sites, and the results were clear—legacy detection techniques (CAPTCHAs, IP blocking, user-agent filtering) are largely ineffective. Here’s what we found.
Well the news is out, I won’t explain the method for reasons, but our code warriors have a new fight. After requesting the SU password, they were told flat out it doesn’t exist and refe…
infecting macOS via macro-laden documents and 0days
Local LLMs prioritize privacy over security. Our research reveals a 95% backdoor injection success rate.
SektionEins GmbH www.sektioneins.de -= Security Advisory =- Advisory: Drupal - pre Auth SQL Injection Vulnerability Release Date: 2014/10/15 Last
This is a very unusual post. It’s not about cyber-crime, malware, our latest business achievements or my latest long journey around the globe. It’s about truth and facts, and the importance of not hiding certain facts while revealing others. For sure I was surprised to read such an article from a journalist who, up…
Normally I avoid complaining about Apple because (a) there are plenty of other people carrying that flag, and (b) I honestly like Apple and own numerous lovely iProducts. I’m even using one t…
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time enjoying the Darknet Diaries podcast and it’s compelled me to finally share the story of the most intense year of my
I got a rather odd invoice via PayPal the other day, it looks like this: Naturally the first thing I did was to look for spoof email indicators, but none of the usual suspects were showing up: 1. It was from member@paypal.com.au 2. The mail headers were
This is the inaugural issue of Cryptography Dispatches, meant to be quick, frequent and lightly edited discussions of cryptographic topics. Longer form can be found at blog.filippo.io. If you are not reading this in your email client, you can subscribe here .
Maybe you, yes you, should run a Certificate Transparency log. It’s cheaper, easier, and more important than ever.
On January 17th 2023, X41 and Gitlab published a report of the source code audit they performed on Git (funded by the OSTIF foundation).
Posted by James Forshaw, Project ZeroThe Chromium sandbox on Windows has stood the test of time. ...
Watching you watch: the tracking ecosystem of over-the-top TV streaming devices, Moghaddam et al., CCS’19 The results from this paper are all too predictable: channels on Over-The-Top (OTT) s…
CrowdSec update on a source code exposure that occurred in May 2026, including the scope, impact, investigation, and security measures taken.
The discovery of an undocumented hardware block in the LPC55S69.
The shutdown of the facial recognition cameras at the Václav Havel Airport in Prague came after years of criticism from EDRi member IuRe.
Zur Verbindung mit dem Gesundheitsdatennetz „Telematik“ sind in deutschen Arztpraxen spezielle Router vorgeschrieben. Nach nur fünf Jahren Laufzeit soll nun ein Gerätetausch alternativlos sein – so...
The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce that we are implementing HTTPS to encrypt all traffic on Wikimedia sites. With this change, nearly half a billion monthly visitors on Wikipedia and its…
Microsoft Emergency Bulletin: Unauthorized Certificate used in "Flame" , Author: Johannes Ullrich
Wiz Research discovered CodeBreach, a critical vulnerability that risked the AWS Console supply chain. Learn how to secure your AWS CodeBuild pipelines.
Ransomware as a Service, Author: Xavier Mertens
If you’ve read this blog before, you know that secure messaging is one of my favorite topics. However, recently I’ve been a bit disappointed. My sadness comes from the fact that lately …
Over the past week, I have been working on bringing HardenedBSD's code repositories on Radicle (as most/all of you already know by now.) We are now at the point where Radicle is usable for us. There are still some sharp edges and some things to work out, but the core functionality is working.
