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25 Dangerous Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited by China Sponsored Actors

October 23, 2020 By Trevor Collins

According to a recent advisory published by the NSA, Chinese state-sponsored actors use several techniques to access sensitive intellectual property, economic, political, and military information. The NSA has identified the most often used techniques that can cause the most damage. These include 25 vulnerabilities they know Chinese state-sponsored actors use. 21 of these … [Read more...]

Could a U.S. Congressional Bill Prevent Cyber-Weapon Stockpiling?

May 17, 2017 By The Editor

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ZDNet is reporting that several bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to prevent the mass leaking of government-owned hacking tools. The bicameral bill would force the government to turn over its arsenal of cyber weapons to an independent review board that would decide which vulnerabilities to secure.  It specifically states: “(A) In General. – The Board shall … [Read more...]

GCHQ Encryption Backdoor? – Daily Security Byte EP. 207

January 25, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

First the NSA, and now GCHQ. A university researcher has claimed to find a weakness in a GCHQ-developed encryption algorithm that could allow governments to snoop on VoIP calls. Watch Friday's video to learn more about it. (Episode Runtime: 3:25) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK1vIEBVcgs EPISODE REFERENCES: Researcher alleges to have found backdoor … [Read more...]

Hacking Team Updates and RC4 Insecurity – WSWiR Text Edition

July 20, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

 RC4's Dead and White House On Security Last week, I was in the UK attending a WatchGuard Partner conference, and as a result I only shot two videos and skipped my weekly summary. Nonetheless, there was still plenty of interesting information security (infosec) news, which I don't want you to miss. So to make up for it, let me quickly share three infosec stories I would have … [Read more...]

XKeyScore Sniffs Our Data – Daily Security Byte EP.108

July 2, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Earlier Snowden leaks have already introduced us to XKeyScore. However, new documents highlighted in the latest Intercept article make it sound even worse than privacy advocates first suspected. Watch the video to learn more. As an aside: You may have noticed there was no episode on Wednesday. I was updating my production software, which prevented me from creating a video that … [Read more...]

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