Surveillance by Driverless Car

San Francisco police are using autonomous vehicles as mobile surveillance cameras. Privacy advocates say the revelation that police are actively using AV footage is cause for alarm. “This is very concerning,” Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF senior staff attorney Adam Schwartz told Motherboard...

Google Chrome Memory Use After Free Code Execution

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s autonomous browser mode is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute code within the privileged process using a specially created HTML page...

Google Chrome Autonomous Mode XSS

The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s autonomous mode is related to the activation of functions from an unreliable and uncontrolled area. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass existing security restrictions using a specially created HTML page...

The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire

A visualization of the Internet made using network routing data. Image: Barrett Lyon, opte.org. Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the worlds biggest companies -- just by spoofing an email. This is the nature of a threat vector recently removed by a...

Why the Next-Generation of Application Security Is Needed

By David Brumley Software is revolutionizing the way the world operates. From driverless cars to cryptocurrency, software reimagines possibilities. With software standing at the core of everything we do, we find ourselves pushing out code faster than ever. Current estimates show that there are mo...

Connected Farms Easy Pickings for Global Food Supply-Chain Hack

A group of hackers made an unnerving DEF CON 29 presentation showing how the sprawling growth of digital and automated farming has left the world’s food supply chain vulnerable to cyberattack. A video for DEF CON 29 hacker conference this week put out by the group Sick Codes explained that modern...

BGP Routing Explained. How Border Gateway Protocol Works❓

What is BGP? BGP, fully known as Border Gateway Protocol is the postal help of the Internet. At the point when somebody drops a letter into a post box, the postal help measures that piece of mail and picks a quick, effective course to convey that letter to its beneficiary. Additionally, when...

Bugs in NVIDIA’s Jetson Chipset Opens Door to DoS Attacks, Data Theft

Flaws impacting millions of internet of things IoT devices running NVIDIA’s Jetson chips open the door for a variety of hacks, including denial-of-service DoS attacks or the siphoning of data. NVIDIA released patches addressing nine high-severity vulnerabilities including eight additional bugs of...

Intel ADAS IE Software Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of Intel ADAS IE software for autonomous driving exists due to insufficient testing of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow hackers to gain increased privileges...

Imperva to acquire CloudVector: Prioritizing API Protection for Modern Environments

I am excited to announce Imperva has entered into an agreement to acquire CloudVector to advance our mission to protect data and all paths to it. Together, we believe we can change what organizations expect from Web Application and API Protection solutions. There are multiple reasons APIs are at...

Gamifying machine learning for stronger security and AI models

To stay ahead of adversaries, who show no restraint in adopting tools and techniques that can help them attain their goals, Microsoft continues to harness AI and machine learning to solve security challenges. One area we’ve been experimenting on is autonomous systems. In a simulated enterprise...

Gamifying machine learning for stronger security and AI models

To stay ahead of adversaries, who show no restraint in adopting tools and techniques that can help them attain their goals, Microsoft continues to harness AI and machine learning to solve security challenges. One area we’ve been experimenting on is autonomous systems. In a simulated enterprise...

Replacing EDR/NGAV with Autonomous XDR Makes a Big Difference for Small Security Teams

The attack surface is virtually expanding before our eyes. Protecting assets across multiple locations, with multiple solutions from different vendors, has become a daily concern for CISOs globally. In a new e-book recently published download here, CISOs with small security teams talk about the...

Replacing EDR/NGAV with Autonomous XDR Makes a Big Difference for Small Security Teams

The attack surface is virtually expanding before our eyes. Protecting assets across multiple locations, with multiple solutions from different vendors, has become a daily concern for CISOs globally. In a new e-book recently published download here, CISOs with small security teams talk about the...

Credential-Stuffing Attack Targets Regional Internet Registry

Regional internet registry RIPE NCC is warning of a credential-stuffing attack against its single sign-on service, RIPE NCC Access, and is encouraging users to implement two-factor authentication 2FA. Click to Register Located in Amsterdam, the Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre RIP...

Managed Service Provider? Watch This Video to Learn about Autonomous XDR

As managed security service providers, you're always on the lookout for new platforms. One that can generate further business, enables you to scale easily without investing in more human resources and provides that value immediately. In the meanwhile, your clients are constantly demanding more...

Nvidia Squashes High-Severity Jetson DoS Flaw

Nvidia has patched three vulnerabilities affecting its Jetson lineup, which is a series of embedded computing boards designed for machine-learning applications, in things like autonomous robots, drones and more. A successful exploit could potentially cripple any such gadgets leveraging the affect...

Code Injection in apolloauto/apollo

Description Arbitrary Code Excecution in genprotofile.py in ApolloAuto/Apollo. An open autonomous driving platform. Technical Description This package was vulnerable to Arbitrary code execution due to a use of a known vulnerable function load in yaml. fix is to be done genprotofile.py Exploit cod...

Laser-Based Hacking from Afar Goes Beyond Amazon Alexa

Imagine someone hacking into an Amazon Alexa device using a laser beam and then doing some online shopping using that person account. This is a scenario presented by a group of researchers who are exploring why digital home assistants and other sensing systems that use sound commands to perform...

(Live) Webinar – XDR and Beyond with Autonomous Breach Protection

Anyone paying attention to the cybersecurity technology market has heard the term XDR - Extended Detection and Response. XDR is a new technology approach that combines multiple protection technologies into a single platform. All the analyst firms are writing about it, and many of the top...