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Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

May 01, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Insider Threat A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to… 

Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Millions of Malicious ‘Imageless’ Containers Planted on Docker Hub Over 5 Years

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomDocker Hub / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple campaigns targeting Docker Hub by planting millions of malicious “imageless” containers over the past five years, once again underscoring how open-source registries… 

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / National Security The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess… 

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024

Apr 30, 2024NewsroomIoT Security / Botnet The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that prohibits them from using default passwords, effective April 29,… 

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Apr 29, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Hacking Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such… 

China-Linked ‘Muddling Meerkat’ Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

China-Linked ‘Muddling Meerkat’ Hijacks DNS to Map Internet on Global Scale

Apr 29, 2024NewsroomDNS Security / Cyber Espionage A previously undocumented cyber threat dubbed Muddling Meerkat has been observed undertaking sophisticated domain name system (DNS) activities in a likely effort to evade security measures and conduct… 

Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilities in Judge0 Expose Systems to Complete Takeover

Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilities in Judge0 Expose Systems to Complete Takeover

Apr 29, 2024NewsroomSandbox / Vulnerability Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in the Judge0 open-source online code execution system that could be exploited to obtain code execution on the target system. The three flaws,…