Backdoor Threats in Variational Quantum Circuits: Taxonomy, Attacks, and Defenses

Variational quantum algorithms VQAs are a central paradigm for noisy intermediate-scale NISQ quantum computing, yet their reliance on predesigned and pretrained variational quantum circuits VQCs introduces critical security vulnerabilities, particularly backdoor attacks. These attacks embed hidde...

AI-Driven Intrusion Detection for UAV in Smart Urban Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Survey

UAVs have the potential to revolutionize urban management and provide valuable services to citizens. They can be deployed across diverse applications, including traffic monitoring, disaster response, environmental monitoring, and numerous other domains. However, this integration introduces novel...

Trusted Execution Environments

Really good--and detailed--survey of Trusted Execution Environments TEEs...

Manual vs. SSPM: Research on What Streamlines SaaS Security Detection & Remediation

When it comes to keeping SaaS stacks secure, IT and security teams need to be able to streamline the detection and remediation of misconfigurations in order to best protect their SaaS stack from threats. However, while companies adopt more and more apps, their increase in SaaS security tools and...

The Importance of Defining Secure Code

The developers who create the software, applications and programs that drive digital business have become the lifeblood of many organizations. Most modern businesses would not be able to profitably function, without competitive applications and programs, or without 24-hour access to their website...

Survey Shows High Cloud Hacking Expectations

An in-depth survey carried out amongst 100 of those attending this year’s DEFCON conference revealed that an overwhelming 96 percent of the respondents said they believed the cloud would open up more hacking opportunities for them. Read the full article. Help Net Security...

In weak economy, IT pros could turn to e-crime

By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service Enterprises increasingly feel their employees will be more willing to steal data or sell insider knowledge due to the poor economy, according to an annual security survey infoworld.com conducted by KPMG. Sixty-six percent of respondents felt that out-of-work IT...