Converging Zero Trust and IoT Security: A Multivocal Literature Review

The convergence of Internet of Things IoT security and Zero Trust ZT principles is a trending topic, demanding a comprehensive, multi-perspective analysis. We present the first multivocal literature review MLR on this topic, combining 68 academic and 36 industrial studies. This comprehensive revi...

A Content-Based Framework for Cybersecurity Refusal Decisions in Large Language Models

Large language models and LLM-based agents are increasingly used for cybersecurity tasks that are inherently dual-use. Existing approaches to refusal, spanning academic policy frameworks and commercially deployed systems, often rely on broad topic-based bans or offensive-focused taxonomies. As a...

Could ChatGPT Convince You to Buy Something?

Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI's development hadn't consolidated under a small number of big tech firms. Nor had it capitalized on consumer attention, surveilling users and delivering ads...

Developers Insight on Manifest V3 Privacy and Security Webextensions

Webextensions can improve web browser privacy, security, and user experience. The APIs offered by the browser to webextensions affect possible functionality. Currently, Chrome transitions to a modified set of APIs called Manifest v3. This paper studies the challenges and opportunities of Manifest...

Now More Than Ever, Foundational AI Research and Infrastructure Depends on the Federal Government

Leadership in the field of AI is vital for our nation's economy and security. Maintaining this leadership requires investments by the federal government. The federal investment in foundation AI research is essential for U.S. leadership in the field. Providing accessible AI infrastructure will...

Test Driving a New Benefit Programme in Belfast

When most people think about benefits packages at work, what typically comes to mind are things like healthcare programmes, financial stipends, or wellbeing incentives. For Stephen, one benefit he uses on a daily basis comes on four wheels. Rapid7’s electric vehicle scheme was rolled out in late...

How Edge Computing Is Transforming Healthcare

There are myriad ways the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem benefits from edge computing. Read about the top five use cases for edge computing in healthcare...

RDPX price manipulation benefit for attacker via a Flashloan attack

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact As the RdpxV2Core contract burns RDPX tokens, a malicious attacker can benefit from a price manipulation attack using a flashloan attack Proof of Concept The function bond in the RdpxV2Core contract is a primary function to enter the protocol and bond...

Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works

Pixel Binary Transparency is the latest security benefit for Pixel owners...

Lendgine#mint gifts the borrower liquidity and both underlying token as well which bricks contract functionality

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Borrower of liquidity can just keep borrowing liquidity as he will also get token0 and token1, draining the protocol funds. Proof of Concept Lendginemint calls Pairburn before calling mint to mint the number of ERC20 power tokens. totalLiquidityBorrowed ...

If requestMint() is called before mintFee is initially set via setMintFee(), the return of _getMintFees(collateralAmountIn) can be "underflow" , which results in the loss for the protocol and the unexpected-benefit for certain users

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact This vulnerability lead to the loss for this protocol and the unexpected-benefit for certain users like this: The protocol cannot earn the fee in collateral feesInCollateral that is supposed to be earned unless the MANAGERADMIN set the certain amount of...

Unsigned tokenGasPriceFactor parameter

Lines of code Vulnerability details Description For the calculation of the amount of the token to be paid to the relayer tokenGasPriceFactor value is used. The corresponding logic is the following: payment = gasUsed + baseGas gasPrice / tokenGasPriceFactor; requiretransferTokengasToken, receiver,...

benefity-army.cz Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3128370

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

The Latest Funding News and What it Means for Cyber Security in 2023

The White House has recently announced a $1 billion cyber security grant program that is designed to help state and local governments improve their cyber defenses, especially about protecting critical infrastructure. The recent executive order stems from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that...

benefit-reken.de Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2792122

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain

Earlier this month, I and others wrote a letter to Congress, basically saying that cryptocurrencies are an complete and total disaster, and urging them to regulate the space. Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wrote about blockchain in 2019. In response,...

benefit.center Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2418604

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

A week in security (August 23 – August 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Patch now! Microsoft Exchange is being attacked via ProxyShell Realtek-based routers, smart devices are being gobbled up by a voracious botnet Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud Mice “taking over the world!”, one Windo...

SUSE-RU-2021:2194-1 Recommended update for the Azure and AWS SDKs

This update for the SLE Public Cloud module provides the following fixes: Azure SDK update: This update for the Azure SDK and CLI adds support for the AHB Azure Hybrid Benefit. bsc1176784, jscECO-3105 AWS SDK update: This update for the AWS SDK updates python-boto3 to version 1.17.9 and aws-cli t...

Who Contains the Containers?

Posted by James Forshaw, Project Zero This is a short blog post about a research project I conducted on Windows Server Containers that resulted in four privilege escalations which Microsoft fixed in March 2021. In the post, I describe what led to this research, my research process, and insights...