How weak passwords and other failings led to catastrophic breach of Ascension

“Fundamentally, the issue that leads to Kerberoasting is bad passwords,” Tim Medin, the researcher who coined the term ...
TechAnnouncer

Unlocking the Secrets: A Deep Dive into Chinese Cryptography

This is where we design the systems, the "making ciphers" part. It’s about creating methods to scramble information so it’s ...
GovInfoSecurity

Hackers Obfuscated Malware With Verbose AI Code

Hackers behind a phishing campaign appear to have used artificial intelligence-generated code to hide malware behind a wall ...
The Hacker News

GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security

GitHub enforces FIDO 2FA and seven-day token limits after Shai-Hulud npm attack to boost supply chain security.
SecurityWeek

GitHub Boosting Security in Response to NPM Supply Chain Attacks

In the light of recent supply chain attacks targeting the NPM ecosystem, GitHub will implement tighter authentication and ...

GitHub is finally tightening up security around npm following multiple attacks

Furthermore, GitHub announced it would deprecate legacy classic tokens, as well as time-based one-time password (TOTP) 2FA, ...
Computer Weekly

Privacy and data protection

Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass ...