FBI face recognition trawl finds Capitol rioter via his girlfriend’s Instagram

Facial recognition tech is in the news again after the FBI discovered the identify of one of the Capitol rioters by using facial recognition software on his girlfriends Instagram posts. It may sound scary and invasive, but in truth, what’s happening isn’t particularly new. In this case, we have...

Congratulating Our Top MSRC 2021 Q1 Security Researchers!

We’re excited to announce the top contributing researchers for the 2021 First Quarter Q1! Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s leaderboard and thank you to everyone who continues to help secure our customers and the ecosystem. The top three researchers of the 2021 Q...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in the Human Evidence Rubik's Cube Management System

Human ID Magic is a citizen's personal information approval software, using advanced face recognition count and fingerprint comparison technology, can be directly in the field to quickly compare the real person with the side of the document information, real-time uploading database, to provide...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Human Evidence Rubik's Cube Management System

Human ID Magic is a citizen's personal information approval software, using advanced face recognition count and fingerprint comparison technology, can be directly in the field to quickly compare the real person with the side of the document information, real-time uploading database, to provide...

Columbo - A Computer Forensic Analysis Tool Used To Simplify And Identify Specific Patterns In Compromised Datasets

Columbo is a computer forensic analysis tool used to simplify and identify specific patterns in compromised datasets. It breaks down data to small sections and uses pattern recognition and machine learning models to identify adversaries behaviour and their possible locations in compromised Window...

Microsoft Offers Up To $30K For Teams Bugs

Microsoft wants to send the message the company is serious about the security of its popular Teams desktop application and it’s willing to put some cash behind the talk. A new bug-bounty program offers up to $30,000 for security vulnerabilities, with top payouts going to those with the most...

ProtonVPN CEO Blasts Apple for 'Aiding Tyrants’ in Myanmar

In a blog post filled with a passionate defense of human rights and internet privacy, Andy Yen, the CEO of secure internet provider ProtonVPN, blasted Apple for blocking its latest update and accused the tech juggernaut of helping the global spread of authoritarianism by “giving in to tyrants.” Y...

VMware Carbon Black Ranks Among Top 10 of 100 Cybersecurity Companies by the University of San Diego

We are proud to announce that VMware Carbon Black has been ranked within the top 10 organizations on the University of San Diego Cybersecurity Team’s annual list of the Top 100 Cybersecurity Companies of 2020. The annual list of cybersecurity companies highlights the most influential players in a...

The 5 Best and Secure Facial Recognition Tools

By Owais Sultan Over the years there have been several well-documented issues with facial recognition technology. Let's discuss facial recognition tech in detail. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The 5 Best and Secure Facial Recognition Tools...

National Surveillance Camera Rollout Roils Privacy Activists

While controversy over the potential overreach of neighborhood and law-enforcement video surveillance has focused mainly on Ring, an Atlanta-based startup has quietly rolled out its own network of smart surveillance cameras across the country that is again raising questions of privacy and the ire...

CVE-2021-27901

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 11 software. They mishandle fingerprint recognition because local high beam mode LHBM does not function properly during bright illumination. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-210001 March 2021...

CVE-2021-27901

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 11 software. They mishandle fingerprint recognition because local high beam mode LHBM does not function properly during bright illumination. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-210001 March 2021...

CVE-2021-27901

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 11 software. They mishandle fingerprint recognition because local high beam mode LHBM does not function properly during bright illumination. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-210001 March 2021...

CVE-2021-27901

Summary (CVE-2021-27901) : Affects LG mobile devices running Android 11. The vulnerability arises from mishandling of fingerprint recognition when Local High Beam Mode (LHBM) does not function properly under bright illumination, as identified by LG under ID LVE-SMP-210001 (March 2021). The issue ...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s web browser’s speech recognition mechanism, which allows a hacker to escape from the isolated software environment.

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s web browser speech recognition engine is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to escape from an isolated software environment...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2012-1710

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Forms Recognition component in Oracle Fusion Middleware allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via Unknown vectors related to Designer...

MSRC Security Researcher Recognition: 2021

Wondering how to get into the 2021 MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher list and get recognized during the Black Hat USA this August? Read on to learn more about the different paths you can take to get into the top researcher tiers. The MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher MVR and MSRC...

MSRC Security Researcher Recognition: 2021

Wondering how to get into the 2021 MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher list and get recognized during the Black Hat USA this August? Read on to learn more about the different paths you can take to get into the top researcher tiers. The MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher MVR and MSRC...

MSRC Security Researcher Recognition: 2021

Wondering how to get into the 2021 MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher list and get recognized during the Black Hat USA this August? Read on to learn more about the different paths you can take to get into the top researcher tiers. The MSRC Most Valuable Security Researcher MVR and MSRC...

Clearview Facial-Recognition Technology Ruled Illegal in Canada

Canadian authorities have found that the collection of facial-recognition data by Clearview AI is illegal because it violates federal and provincial privacy laws, representing a win for individuals’ privacy and potentially setting a precedent for other legal challenges to the controversial...