Lessons from 'Star Trek: Picard'—A cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today's threats
(Editor's note: This article contains plot spoilers.) Society's understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media. I've written about how certain scenarios are entertaining but misleading. Think of black-clad teenage hackers prowling megacities challenging corporate villains. Or think of counterintelligence specialists repositioning a satellite from the back of a surveillance van via a phone call.
Code scanning detects ReDoS vulnerabilities automatically, but fixing them isn’t always easy. This blog post describes a 4-step strategy for fixing ReDoS bugs.
Mitigate Risk Beyond the Supply Chain with Runtime Monitoring
Pipeline controls can only ensure security and compliance for changes that have gone through the pipeline. They don't account for "dark deploys" from bad actors who access production by going around the golden path.
Attached: 4 images
Google has just updated its 2FA Authenticator app and added a much-needed feature: the ability to sync secrets across devices.
TL;DR: Don't turn it on.
The new update allows users to sign in with their Google Account and sync 2FA secrets across their iOS and Android devices.
We analyzed the network traffic when the app syncs the secrets, and it turns out the traffic is not end-to-end encrypted. As shown in the screenshots, this means that Google can see the secrets, likely even while they’re stored on their servers. There is no option to add a passphrase to protect the secrets, to make them accessible only by the user.
Why is this bad?
Every 2FA QR code contains a secret, or a seed, that’s used to generate the one-time codes. If someone else knows the secret, they can generate the same one-time codes and defeat 2FA protections. So, if there’s ever a data breach or if someone obtains access .... 🧵
#Privacy #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #2FA #Google #Security
Authenticate with OpenID Connect and Apache APISIX
Lots of companies are eager to provide their identity provider: Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc. For smaller businesses, not having to manage identities is a benefit. However, we want to avoid being locked into one provider. In this post, I want to demo how to use OpenID Connect using Google underneath and then switch to Azure. OpenID Connect The idea of an authorization open standard started with OAuth around 2006. Because of a security issue, OAuth 2.0 superseded the initial version. OAuth 2
Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy
The Biden administration today issued its vision for beefing up the nation's collective cybersecurity posture, including calls for legislation establishing liability for software products and services that are sold with little regard for security. The White House's new national cybersecurity…
Serious Security: How to store your users’ passwords safely
Following our popular article explaining what Adobe did wrong with its users’ passwords, a number of readers asked us, “Why not publish an article showing the rest of us how to do it ri…
I try to explain how attackers would guess your password, should they get their hands on your encrypted data. There are some thoughts on the strength of real-world passwords and suggestions for your new password.
The Cyber Defense Assistance Imperative – Lessons from Ukraine
Leaders will draw lessons from Ukraine for years, but one is already clear: delivering cyber defense assistance must be a key national security capability.
Zerobot Weaponizes Numerous Flaws in Slew of IoT Devices
The botnet exploits flaws in various routers, firewalls, network-attached storage, webcams, and other products and allows attackers to take over affected systems.