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Digital identity | Blockchain

Self-sovereign identity: users are taking back control

27. January, 2025 - 15:48

Centralized digital identity systems have had their day – they are vulnerable to attacks, cost-intensive and rob users of control over their data. Technical Evangelist Debanjali Ghosh explains how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the management of digital identities.

Quantum computer

Post-quantum cryptography: the race for unbreakable encryption

10. December, 2024 - 13:50

Quantum computers will fundamentally change the way we look at humanity’s most complex problems. They promise new insights, from materials science to medicine and climate research. However, this future technology is also challenging established standards in cyber security.

Complexity of operations

Earth Estries – an analysis of attack techniques

09. December, 2024 - 05:55

Since 2023, Earth Estries has evolved into one of the most aggressive Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, primarily targeting critical industries such as telecommunications companies and government agencies in the US, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South Africa.

Nearest Neighbor Attack

US company hacked by novel Wi-fi attack

29. November, 2024 - 09:11

The Russian hacker group ATP28 has attacked a US company using a new technique called “Nearest Neighbor Attack” and gained remote access to its Wi-Fi network.

Unpatched security vulnerabilities

Cyberattacks on Palo Alto Networks firewall devices

25. November, 2024 - 13:33

Several security breaches were observed at companies from different industries in which firewall devices from Palo Alto Network were involved.

Ubuntu Server

Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu standard component “needrestart”

20. November, 2024 - 10:28

Researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit have discovered five vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu standard component “needrestart”. The vulnerabilities allow local privilege escalation (LPE) on affected systems.

Identity-based threats

Zscaler and Okta: New Zero Trust integrations

11. November, 2024 - 07:22

Zscaler and Okta have unveiled four new integrations designed to accelerate zero trust transformation for their joint customers. These new solutions are designed to provide contextual end-to-end security.

Winners honored at "it-sa 2024"

Presentation of the it security Awards 2024

22. October, 2024 - 14:27

The winners of the it security Awards 2024 have been announced. They were awarded in the categories Management Security, Internet/Web Security, Cloud Security and IAM. The following manufacturers were honored: Abstract Security, Lasso Security, BxC-Consulting and Nokod Security.

Gigabud and Spynote

Global malware campaign puts smartphones and bank accounts at risk

27. September, 2024 - 06:09

Zimperium has published new findings on a security-critical malware campaign that combines features of two malicious programs. Zimperium researchers’ research shows that both Gigabud and Spynote samples are currently being distributed via domains with similar structures and subdomains.

Automated API abuse by bots

Vulnerable APIs and bot attacks cost companies up to 186 billion US dollars a year

24. September, 2024 - 07:16

Thales publishes the report “Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks”. Analysis of cybersecurity incidents reveals the rising global cost of insecure APIs and automated bot abuse, two security threats that are increasingly interconnected and widespread.