Cyber security researchers by their very nature are always prodding and poking at systems to see what they can break. This time Jesse D’Aguanno and Timo Teräs on behalf of Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) have bypassed the Windows Hello (biometric) security systems on some of the most …
Researchers just cannot leave things alone!
No sooner do I write an article telling you all about the cyber security benefits of using a VPN when you have doubts about an internet connection, than a team of academics come along with a paper showing that a VPN can be compromised. My article: It’s holiday time again …
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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. …
Cyber Security and ChatGPT
The use of ChatGPT as a tool of the threat actor has been discussed – here is an example of how researchers are manipulating ChatGPT chatbot to demonstrate their potential misuse in real world applications: The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing | WIRED UK
Hacked in Space
Ok it is clickbait of a type – but this is a serious story of how systems we all depend can be vulnerable after extended research of both white and (possibly) black hat hackers. In this case legitimate cyber security researchers will demonstrate to the European Space Agency (ESA) how …
