Akamai Helps Q-dance Bring Its Tribe to Defqon.1 at Home -- a Global Virtual Festival Experience

Every year, Q-dance part of the ID&T group, a Dutch electronic music experience company, delights its die-hard fans or their "tribe" at the world's largest hardstyle festival, Defqon.1. Helicopters, simulated earthquakes, special moments like Power Hour, and amazing shows make up the unique...

What Are Red Team Exercises and Why Are They Important?

Pick a side. It’s game time, and nothing is off the table. -- For most organizations, a true defense-in-depth strategy includes the proactive testing of company cyber defenses. A Red Team Exercise is designed to reveal vulnerabilities in a companys security through hands-on testing, uncovering...

AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

News from Georgetowns Center for Security and Emerging Technology: China Claims Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle: Chinese state media reported that an AI system had successfully defeated human pilots during simulated dogfights. According to the Global Times report, the system had shot down...

Red Teaming. Practice what you preach

We carry out plenty of Red Teaming for customers. As a CBEST, STAR-FS and GBEST accredited supplier, our Red Team work with many large regulated organisations every day of the week. We frequently remind our clients how a simulated attack can be one of the best ways to assess prevention, detection...

CyberBattleSim - An Experimentation And Research Platform To Investigate The Interaction Of Automated Agents In An Abstract Simulated Network Environments

CyberBattleSim is an experimentation research platform to investigate the interaction of automated agents operating in a simulated abstract enterprise network environment. The simulation provides a high-level abstraction of computer networks and cyber security concepts. Its Python-based Open AI G...

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...

Hacktory platform packed with new game-playing features

Without practice, theory is dead. Applied knowledge is essential in any area, especially in cybersecurity, and practice is the only way to make learning worthwhile. There are so many courses to fit any demand. However, boring lectures, outdated textbooks, and vague, complex tasks become obstacles...

Dozens of Android Apps for Kids on Google Play Store Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

More than 50 Android apps on the Google Play Store—most of which were designed for kids and had racked up almost 1 million downloads between them—have been caught using a new trick to secretly click on ads without the knowledge of smartphone users. Dubbed "Tekya ," the malware in the apps imitate...

Broadening the Scope: A Comprehensive View of Pen Testing

Penetration tests have long been known as a critical security tool that exposes security weaknesses through simulated attacks on an organization's IT environments. These test results can help prioritize weaknesses, providing a road-map towards remediation. However, the results are also capable of...

ThreatList: Credential-Sniffing Phishing Attacks Erupted in 2018

Phishing attacks have continued to grow over the past year – but now, it appears that more bad actors are launching these tricky attacks in hopes of scooping up credentials, rather than a previously-popular goal of infecting victims’ devices with malware. The new trend was outlined by Proofpoint...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16088

A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page...

PT-2018-13401

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 69.0.3497.81 Description A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page. Recommendations For versions prio...

DNC: Highly Publicized ‘Phishing Attempt’ Was Only a Security Test

A day after the Democratic National Committee riled up security researchers and the press, it’s walking back an assertion that there was an attempt to compromise its voter database. Though it seemed like the event was the latest in a series of malicious efforts designed to harvest credentials...

Announcing “Cb Threat Hunters,” Carbon Black’s First Skill-Based Program

Carbon Black is excited to announce “Cb Threat Hunters,” the company’s first skill-based program debuting at Cb Connect 2018. Cb Threat Hunters gives you the opportunity to develop your threat-hunting skills to stay ahead of evolving attacks. With this program, our expert team will arm you with t...

CVE-2015-1323

The simulate dbus method in aptdaemon before 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allows local users to...

IBM Opens Attack Simulation Test Center

CAMBRIDGE, Ma. – IBM cut the ribbon on its new global security headquarters Wednesday that will also serve as command center for its just announced X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services. The centerpiece of the new 153,000-sqft facility is the company’s Cyber Range which IBM bills as...

Laser Pointer Simulated Music - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Suspicious files vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Laser Pointer Simulated Music published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

X-Laser Piano Simulated - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application X-Laser Piano Simulated published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Wifi Hacker Password Simulated - External URLs, Unsafe deleting, WebView JavaScript enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Wifi Hacker Password Simulated published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Lie Detector Simulated - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Lie Detector Simulated published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...