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Let’s face it: database security is not the most appealing topic for most people. Ron Bennatan, CTO and co-founder of jSonar, is very aware of it. That, however, has not stopped him and the jSonar team from carving out a spot for themselves and making progress over the years. It has not stopped Goldman Sachs […] More
Image via Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash Google has recently removed a suite of malicious Android applications from the official Play Store that were caught showing out-of-context ads and intrusive browser redirects on Android smartphones. Bot mitigation company White Ops, which discovered and reported the malicious apps to Google’s security team, said the apps were developed […] More
The number of phishing attacks and other email-based cyber-criminal campaigns continues to rise, with most organisations having witnessed an increase over the past year – but despite this, under half of businesses provide awareness training about cyber threats on a frequent basis. More on privacy Phishing attacks continue to pose problems for businesses around the […] More
Chinese networking giant Huawei insists that it ‘grew up in the UK’ and still has a significant role to play in the country’s 5G deployment. Reports have emerged saying that the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is conducting a new review into the risks associated with allowing Huawei to participate in some of the […] More
Image: ParlView screenshot by Josh Taylor/ZDNet Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General of Security Mike Burgess wants technology giants to cooperate with law enforcement and disregard any arguments put up by the private sector against such action. Speaking with the Institute of Public Administration Australia as part of its Work with Purpose podcast series on […] More
IBM has announced it will no longer be offering general purpose facial recognition technology in fear that it could be used to promote racial discrimination and injustice. “IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human […] More
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Data61 has completed the proof of implementation correctness of the open-source seL4 microkernel for the RISC-V instruction-set architecture (ISA). Unlike most other ISA designs, the RISC-V ISA is provided under open source licences that do not require fees. According to Data61, many organisations are developing processors based […] More
The CallStranger vulnerability can also be used to launch major DDoS attacks. More
