Threat Exposure as a Narrative: If Attackers Tell a Story, Why Don’t We?

Running short on time but still want to stay in the know? Well, we’ve got you covered! We’ve condensed all the key takeaways into a handy audio summary. Our AI-driven podcasts are fit for on the go. Security teams are losing the communication battle to cybercriminals who intuitively understand...

Chain-Of-Lure: a Synthetic Narrative-Driven Approach to Compromise Large Language Models

In the era of rapid generative AI development, interactions between humans and large language models face significant misusing risks. Previous research has primarily focused on black-box scenarios using human-guided prompts and white-box scenarios leveraging gradient-based LLM generation methods,...

Story About Medical Device Security

Ben Rothke relates a story about me working with a medical device firm back when I was with BT. I don't remember the story at all, or who the company was. But it sounds about right...

The Real Story of “The Order”

The new film about an FBI agent chasing a white supremacist terror cell is based on a true story—and one that connects the headlines of 40 years ago to those of today...

Die Hard 2. Or how not to hack airplanes

How could I criticise possibly the best action movie series of all time? Well, it’s to help dispel myths about hacking planes. TV shows and films help set a narrative that is hard to shift around aviation cyber, giving the travelling public a misleading view of their security when flying. So let’...

Part I: Implementing Effective Cyber Security Metrics That Reduce Risk Realistically

As a CISO or business leader, some burning questions that often come to your mind are: How vulnerable is our cybersecurity posture? Are we better protected than we were three months or a year ago? Have our investments improved the cybersecurity posture and yielded any tangible benefits? Are my...

Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code

By Deeba Ahmed Microsoft confirmed that viewing source code doesn’t elevate the risk. Here's what happened and what Mircosoft said about the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft reveals hackers viewed its source code...

RSAC 2020 Keynote: Changing the World's False Perception of Cybersecurity

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, cybersecurity is portrayed in the media and by businesses as an ongoing complex conflict between defenders and cybercriminals, with heightened noise around hyper-technical proof-of-concept attacks, or nation state threats. But, the reality is starkly different, said Rohit...

Lies and More Lies

Following the release of the Spectre and Meltdown CPU attacks, the security community wondered if other researchers would find related speculative attack problems. When the following appeared, we were concerned: "Skyfall and Solace More vulnerabilities in modern computers. Following the recent...

SteelCon: Mahkra ni Orroz

I recently gave a talk at Sheffield's SteelCon, a huge security event spread over a few days with no end of interesting activities taking place. My presentation, called Makhra ni Orroz, is a good 45 minutes of non stop talking and pictures and things. It's also a bit different in terms of what I...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2010. Notes: none...

Narrative Authentication System an Alternative to Passwords

Remember the age of text-based gaming where natural language phrasing would help you maneuver a character through scenes in a virtual world? In a gaming context, that has long been a dinosaur, replaced by intricate and massive online role-playing games. But researchers from Carleton University in...

NSA Trying to Change the Surveillance Narrative

When things go badly in Washington, D.C., when a scandal breaks or damaging leaks begin to surface, there is an established and well-worn playbook that politicians and executives can turn to for solace. There’s a page for every conceivable situation, and it’s that playbook that the National...

Stratfor Website Back Online After Hack, CEO Apologizes

The website of Texas-based security and intelligence think tank, Stratfor, is back online with a newly designed site today after being hacked by the Anonymous Internet collective on December 25. Stratfor suspended access to the company’s site, servers, and emails after acknowledging the attack. I...