UN Approves Cybercrime Treaty Despite Major Tech, Privacy Concerns
The treaty would allow any country to request technology firms to aid in cybercrime investigations and preserve data about their users — potentially imperiling penetration testers and security researchers, among others.
AMD Issues Updates for Silicon-Level 'SinkClose' Processor Flaw
The vulnerability has been around for nearly 20 years and gives sophisticated attackers a way to bury virtually undetectable bootkits on devices with EPYC and Ryzen microprocessors.
Federal cyberinsurance policy for cataclysmic cyber events imminent
Such a policy, which is expected to be issued by year-end, seeks to address concerns surrounding actuaries, said National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. at this year's Black Hat USA conference.
RCE likely with exploitation of several now-addressed Google Quick Share bugs
Google's Quick Share peer-to-peer file-sharing tool has been impacted by 10 now-addressed security vulnerabilities, which could have been leveraged to facilitate unauthorized wireless file writing and remote code execution in Windows systems.