head_dunce writes: A cyber attack on Russian tech giant Yandex’s servers in August and September was the largest known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the history of the internet, the company said on Thursday. The DDoS attack, in which h…
大規模な「太陽嵐」がインターネットを破壊する？ 専門家による警告の深刻度
太陽の活動により大量のプラズマが放出されることで起きる「太陽嵐」の影響で、インターネットが壊滅的なダメージを受ける危険性が明らかになった。地磁気の乱れによって海底に敷設された光ファイバーケーブルの設備が故障し、インターネットが機能不全に陥るというのだ。このほど専門家が発表した論文では、“インターネットの終わり”に備えることの重要性が指摘されている。
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グーグルから捜査当局に渡される位置データが急増、「ジオフェンス令状」が人々のプライヴァシーを脅かしている
人々の位置情報などの履歴を法執行機関が請求する「ジオフェンス令状」に基づく捜査が米国で急増していることが、このほどグーグルが明らかにした情報請求の件数から明らかになった。ユーザーの個人情報を特定の場所や時間に基づいて企業に一括請求する捜査手法であることから、プライヴァシーの侵害につながる危険性が改めて指摘されている。
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The failings of an email address as a unique identifier
In short, I have become the center of an international network of Other Sara Morrisons who can’t get their email address right. Ever got someone else’s private email?
Thoma Bravo takes a stake in threat intelligence provider Intel 471
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has taken a stake in Intel 471, a provider of cyber threat intelligence for enterprises and governments. The strategic growth investment, which comes as organizations double-down on cybersecurity amid a pandemic-fueled rise in cyber threats, will enable Intel 471 to evolve its product suite, broaden its go-to-market strategy and continue […]
TrueFort snares $30M Series B to expand zero trust application security solution
As companies try to navigate an ever-changing security landscape, it can be challenging to protect everything. Security startup TrueFort has built a zero trust solution focusing on protecting enterprise applications. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B. Shasta Ventures led today’s round with participation from new firms Canaan and Ericsson Ventures along with […]
McDonald’s Leaks Password For Monopoly VIP Database To Winners
A bug in the McDonald’s Monopoly VIP game in the United Kingdom caused the login names and passwords for the game’s database to be sent to all winners. BleepingComputer reports: After skipping a year due to COVID-19, McDonald’s UK launched their popula…
Howard University cancels classes after ransomware attack
Washington, D.C’s Howard University has canceled classes after becoming the latest educational institution to be hit by a ransomware attack. The incident was discovered on September 3, just weeks after students returned to campus, when the University’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) detected “unusual activity” on the University’s network and intentionally shut it down in order […]
Ghostscript Zero-Day Allows Full Server Compromises
Proof-of-concept exploit code was published online over the weekend for an unpatched Ghostscript vulnerability that puts all servers that rely on the component at risk of attacks. From a report: Published by Vietnamese security researcher Nguyen The Du…
Texas Right to Life website exposed job applicants’ resumes
Anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life exposed the personal information of hundreds of job applicants after a website bug allowed anyone to access their resumes, which were stored in an unprotected directory on its website. A security researcher told TechCrunch that the group’s main website, built largely in WordPress, was not properly protecting the file […]