Catch up with what the zero-day threat is, that your organisation is facing here: As a zero-day flaw is such a useful way in for threat actors to a system, it is no surprise that there is monetary value for zero-day vulnerabilities between hackers, for hacking, “legitimate” software who produce …
Is the UN Cyber-crime Treaty a Good Thing?
You would think yes. An international treaty to combat cyber-crime getting the signatory countries to pull together to combat cross border malicious cyber activity. But then the politicians and the special interest groups got involved and now it could end up being a completely different tool. See what Amy Hogan-Burney, …
Continue reading “Is the UN Cyber-crime Treaty a Good Thing?”
Freaky Leaky
With a name like ‘Freaky Leaky SMS’ I had to cover this research. Freaky Leaky SMS: Extracting User Locations by Analyzing SMS Timings (arxiv.org) At the moment this a research paper, the “attack” has only be carried out in the lab and it takes a large amount of preparatory work. …
The AI Risk
There have been some very sensational articles in both the fringe and mainstream media about the AI risk to wipe out the human race! Here is the statement on the Centre for AI Safety website that led to these stories : Statement on AI Risk | CAIS (safe.ai) The essay …
Do you want to know more about writing a virus
This excellent article by Scott J Shapiro will not show you how to write a virus but it is about trying to track down one of the world’s most notorious malware authors. On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world | The Guardian …
Continue reading “Do you want to know more about writing a virus”
