The surprising existence of the erase button on cockpit voice recorders

Introduction Safety and transparency are important in aviation. One tool that helps here is the Cockpit Voice Recorder CVR, which records audio from the cockpit during flights. It is crucial for accident investigations, helping authorities understand what happened before an incident. However, you...

Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets

Digital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their owners to evade traffic regulations or even law enforcement surveillance...

Navigating Choppy Waters: Top Security Predictions from Rapid7's 2025 Webinar

It's that time of year again — one year is ending and another is set to begin.. And what a year it's been for the security community! The sheer scale of incidents has left SecOps teams breathless, so thinking about what could be in store next year can be overwhelming. But there's no need to panic...

Meet Andy Zollo, SVP of APJ Sales

Andy Zollo, who led the Imperva business in EMEA, relocated to Singapore in October to be Senior Vice President of Sales for the combined Imperva and Thales CPL businesses in the APJ region. With a wealth of experience in sales leadership and business transformation, Andy is set to play a vital...

After concerns of handing Facebook taxpayer info, four companies found to have improperly shared data

Four tax preparation software companies failed to comply with government rules that require the sharing of tax-related info to be done only with specific disclosures and full tax-payer consent, according to an audit released by the Treasure Inspector General for Tax Administration TIGTA in the...

A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

Donald Trump's opposition to “woke” safety standards for artificial intelligence would likely mean the dismantling of regulations that protect Americans from misinformation, discrimination, and worse...

AI Pulse: What's new in AI regulations?

Fall is in the air and frameworks for mitigating AI risk are dropping like leaves onto policymakers’ desks. From California’s SB 1047 bill and NIST’s model-testing deal with OpenAI and Anthropic to REAIM’s blueprint for military AI governance, AI regulation is proving to be a hot and complicated...

Ireland's Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google's AI Data Practices in Europe

The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's foundational artificial intelligence AI model to determine whether the tech giant has adhered to data protection regulations in the region when processing the personal dat...

CVE-2024-44933

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxten : Fix memory out-of-bounds in bnxtfillhwrsstbl A recent commit has modified the code in bnxtreserverings to set the default RSS indirection table to default only when the number of RX rings is changing. While this works fo...

Embed API Security into Regulatory Compliance: Six Examples to Watch

Read about how to meet API-related requirements in six key regulations and frameworks to better protect your organization...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture

Building a resilient cybersecurity culture is crucial in today's digital landscape. The recent Rapid7 Take Command Summit session titled "Commander in Chief: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture" offered valuable insights into fostering a strong security mindset within organizations. Here are three ke...

The Loper Bright Decision: How it Impacts Cybersecurity Law

The Loper Bright decision has yielded impactful results: the Supreme Court has overturned forty years of administrative law, leading to potential litigation over the interpretation of ambiguous laws previously decided by federal agencies. This article explores key questions for cybersecurity...

The US Supreme Court Kneecapped US Cyber Strategy

After the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it’s likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact...

Understanding the Hidden Cyber Risk from Tech Debt (EoL/EoS)

End-of-life EoL and end-of-support EoS hardware, software, and operating systems exist in every single technology environment, and they are an exponential multiplier of cyber risk. By definition, vulnerabilities with EoL/EoS technology are unpatchable. In some cases, IT teams can pay for extended...

Meta Pauses AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns

Meta on Friday said it's delaying its efforts to train the company's large language models LLMs using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission DPC. The company expressed disappointment at...

Google's Privacy Sandbox Accused of User Tracking by Austrian Non-Profit

Google's plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser with Privacy Sandbox has run into fresh trouble after Austrian privacy non-profit noyb none of your business said the feature can still be used to track users. "While the so-called 'Privacy Sandbox' is advertised a...

USN-6797-1: Intel Microcode vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some 3rd and 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Processors did not properly restrict access to certain hardware features when using Intel® SGX or Intel® TDX. This may allow a privileged local user to potentially further escalate their privileges on the system. This issue only...

Achieve Security Compliance with Wazuh File Integrity Monitoring

File Integrity Monitoring FIM is an IT security control that monitors and detects file changes in computer systems. It helps organizations audit important files and system configurations by routinely scanning and verifying their integrity. Most information security standards mandate the use of FI...

Impacts on ICS from the updated Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)

NCSC has released an update of the Cyber Assessment Framework CAF. The CAF represents where the rubber hits the road for the UK’s NIS regulations. TL;DR The NCSC CAF has been updated to version 3.2. There has been a material change to three aspects of the CAF. The changes are broadly sensible and...

CISO Perspectives on Complying with Cybersecurity Regulations

Compliance requirements are meant to increase cybersecurity transparency and accountability. As cyber threats increase, so do the number of compliance frameworks and the specificity of the security controls, policies, and activities they include. For CISOs and their teams, that means compliance i...