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Why Some Cloud Services Vulnerabilities Are So Hard to Fix

08

Feb

2023

It’s a familiar story: A feature designed for convenience is used to sidestep security measures. In this presentation from Black Hat USA 2021, a pair of researchers show how they found three separate ways to hop between accounts on AWS. Even though fixes for those vulnerabilities were released quickly, the holes reveal that cloud services […]

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5 Cybersecurity Tips for Higher Education Institutions

17

Jan

2023

Colleges and universities have recently seen a striking increase in cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks. A study by Sophos (PDF) conducted in January and February 2022 found that 64% of higher education organizations had been hit by ransomware attacks during the previous year, a significant jump from 44% the year before. Why was there such an […]

Category Network security Security Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

Black Hat Flashback: The Deadly Consequences of Weak Medical Device Security

10

Jan

2023

It was a huge wake-up call for the cybersecurity community: Weak security could have deadly consequences. In 2011, Jay Radcliffe took the stage at Black Hat USA to present deeply personal, and frightening, news — insulin pumps, like the exact one he wore, could be hacked and used to harm or kill. The implications of […]

Category Threats & Malware Vulnerabilities Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

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