April 2025
Ex-NSA cyber-boss: AI will soon be a great exploit coder
For now it's a potential bug-finder and friend to defenders RSAC Former NSA cyber-boss Rob Joyce thinks today's artificial intelligence is dangerously close to becoming a top-tier vulnerability exploit developer.…
Ex-CISA chief decries cuts as Trump demands loyalty above all else
Cybersecurity is national security, says Jen Easterly RSAC America's top cyber-defense agency is "being undermined" by personnel and budget cuts under the Trump administration, some of which are being driven by an expectation of perfect loyalty to the President rather than the nation.…
FBI steps in amid rash of politically charged swattings
No specific law against it yet, but that's set to change A spate of high-profile swatting incidents in the US recently forced the FBI into action with its latest awareness campaign about the occasionally deadly practice.…
Ghost in the shell script: Boffins reckon they can catch bugs before programs run
Go ahead, please do Bash static analysis Shell scripting may finally get a proper bug-checker. A group of academics has proposed static analysis techniques aimed at improving the correctness and reliability of Unix shell programs.…
Cloud doesn’t mean secure: How Intruder finds what others miss
A cloud security platform that manages the attack surface and security vulnerabilities in AWS Sponsored post You’d be naïve to believe that the cloud is secure by default, and while most hosting services provide basic defenses, it’s not always clear what level of protection these provide.…
Watch out for any Linux malware sneakily evading syscall-watching antivirus
Google dumped io_uring after $1M in bug bounties A proof-of-concept program has been released to demonstrate a so-called monitoring "blind spot" in how some Linux antivirus and other endpoint protection tools use the kernel's io_uring interface.…
Enterprise tech dominates zero-day exploits with no signs of slowdown
As Big Tech gets used to the pain, smaller vendors urged to up their game
China now America’s number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed
Former Rear Admiral calls for National Guard online deployment and corporates to be held accountable RSAC Russia used to be considered America's biggest adversary online, but over the past couple of years China has taken the role, and is proving highly effective at it.…
Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it’s undermining security
Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and numerous infosec leaders are lobbying US President Donald Trump to drop his enduring investigation into Chris Krebs, claiming that targeting the former CISA boss amounts to bullying.…
China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns
Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing's goons break in faster and stay longer RSAC The biggest threat to US critical infrastructure, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser, can be summed up in one word: "China."…