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Operation Digital Eye | Chinese APT Compromises Critical Digital Infrastructure via Visual Studio Code Tunnels
Threat actors abused Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Azure infrastructure to target large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe. Executive Summary From late June to mid-July 2024, a suspected China-nexus threat actor targeted large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe, an activity cluster that we dubbed ‘Operation Digital Eye’. The intrusions could have…
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LABScon24 Replay | A 30-Year Journey from Compilation Student to Decompilation Pioneer
Dr. Cristina Cifuentes, known as the Mother of Decompilation, reflects on three decades of innovation in reverse engineering in her LABScon 2024 keynote. In 1990, Cristina Cifuentes worked on a machine code interpreter for the Modula-2 programming language as part of her Compilers project. That summer, she integrated it into a mixed GPM Modula-2 compiler/interpreter…
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LABScon24 Replay | PKfail: Supply-Chain Failures in Secure Boot Key Management
Binarly’s Alex Matrosov and Fabio Pagani present PKfail, a firmware supply-chain security issue affecting major device vendors and hundreds of device models. Modern computing heavily relies on establishing and maintaining trust, which begins with trusted foundations and extends through operating systems and applications in a chain-like manner. This ensures that end users can confidently rely…
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CyberVolk | A Deep Dive into the Hacktivists, Tools and Ransomware Fueling Pro-Russian Cyber Attacks
A loose collective of mostly low-skilled actors, CyberVolk absorbs and adapts a wide array of destructive malware for use against political targets. Executive Summary CyberVolk/GLORIAMIST is a hacktivist collective originating in India with pro-Russia leanings. Between June and October 2024, CyberVolk claimed responsibility for multiple ransomware attacks. The main objective of CyberVolk and related groups…
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BlueNoroff Hidden Risk | Threat Actor Targets Macs with Fake Crypto News and Novel Persistence
SentinelLabs has observed a suspected DPRK threat actor targeting Crypto-related businesses with novel multi-stage malware. Executive Summary SentinelLabs has observed a suspected DPRK threat actor targeting Crypto-related businesses with novel multi-stage malware. We assess with high confidence that the same actor is responsible for earlier attacks attributed to BlueNoroff and the RustDoor/ThiefBucket and RustBucket campaigns.…
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China’s Influence Ops | Twisting Tales of Volt Typhoon at Home and Abroad
China’s CVERC attempts to attribute Volt Typhoon activities to the U.S., but the fact-free claims reveal much about the PRC’s real agenda. Executive Summary The latest CVERC report reflects China’s ongoing efforts to undermine support for U.S. surveillance activities by attempting to fuel debate over Section 702. The CVERC report also draws Microsoft into its…
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Protecting Web-Based Work
This blog was originally published on Security Boulevard. Connecting People, Web Browsers and Security The web browser has transformed significantly in recent years, becoming one of the most used tools for work today. However, as organizations adopt hybrid work models and cloud-based operations, securing this work tool has proved a challenge. Security infrastructures haven’t evolved…
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Laravel IQ – Level 1 – Part 2
প্রশ্ন ১: Laravel কীভাবে MVC আর্কিটেকচার অনুসরণ করে? উত্তর: Laravel MVC (Model-View-Controller) আর্কিটেকচার অনুসরণ করে। Model: ডাটাবেসের সঙ্গে কাজ করার জন্য ব্যবহৃত হয়। এটি ডাটাবেস কোয়েরি ও ডাটাবেস সম্পর্কিত লজিক পরিচালনা করে। View: ব্যবহারকারীর জন্য UI বা প্রেজেন্টেশন লেয়ার তৈরি করে। Blade টেমপ্লেট ইঞ্জিন ব্যবহার করে HTML পেজ তৈরি করা হয়। Controller: এটি Model এবং…
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How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples
How Copilot can generate unit tests, refactor code, create documentation, perform multi-file edits, and much more. The post How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples appeared first on The GitHub Blog. Since the free version of GitHub Copilot launched last month, you’ve asked lots of questions, like “Is it free…
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2024 NIST rules on minimum password length: Aim for 16 characters or more!
At Tuta our focus is to keep our users’ data secure with quantum-safe encryption. To achieve maximum security, the importance of strong, secure passwords that are long enough cannot be overstated. Passwords and the password length are the first line of defense to make sure that no unauthorized access can bring harm to your data…