A cyberattack on Highline Public Schools in Washington blocked educational activities for three days. 17,500 students in 34 schools from Washington State, as well as 2000 staff members, remained at
The upcoming election has brought up conversations about the security of our voting infrastructure. While recent developments have somewhat shifted attention toward more visceral threats such as “death threats against
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reward Modeling of Generative AI Systems New research evaluating the effectiveness of reward modeling during Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF): “SEAL: Systematic Error Analysis for
Payment gateway provider Slim CD data breach compromised the credit card data of 1,693,000 US and Canadian users. The breach remained undetected for almost a year. Hackers breached Slim CD’s
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s September 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1123 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild &
New Chrome Zero-Day According to Microsoft researchers, North Korean hackers have been using a Chrome zero-day exploit to steal cryptocurrency. Tags: Chrome, cryptocurrency, Microsoft, North Korea, zero-day Posted on September
Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act compliance is becoming more difficult. While the Act is primarily a financial reporting regulation, it requires all publicly traded companies operating in the United States to
In 2018, Australia passed the Assistance and Access Act, which—among other things—gave the government the power to force companies to break their own encryption. The Assistance and Access Act includes
I worry that a lot of my blog posts reveal that I’m getting older and older as the days go by, but I wanted to talk about teasmades and security
Traditional cybersecurity solutions are constantly being supplemented and enhanced by new technology and practices. Industry leaders know that keeping up with digital security advancements is the best way to ensure
