Google to support the use of Rust in Chromium

Categories: News

Tags: Google

Tags: Chromium

Tags: Rust

Tags: memory safety

Tags: rule of two

Google has announced that it will support the use of third-party Rust libraries in Chromium which is a step forward in memory safety for the browsers.

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A week in security (January 9—15)

Categories: News

Tags: AWIS

Tags: weekly blog roundup

Tags: week in security

Tags: Slack

Tags: GitHub

Tags: Magecart

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: Pokemon NFT

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: Snapchat

Tags: TikTok

Tags: YouTube

Tags: Google

Tags: Meta

Tags: identity theft

Tags: Maternal & Family Health Services

Tags: 2023 predictions

Tags: Royal Mail

Tags: K-12 security

Tags: K-12

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: NSO Group

Tags: Department of Interior

Tags: weak passwords

Tags: Vice Society

Tags: ransomware. Vice Society ransomware

The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15.

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Abusing a GitHub Codespaces Feature For Malware Delivery

Credit to Author: Nitesh Surana| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Proof of Concept (POC): We investigate one of the GitHub Codespaces’ real-time code development and collaboration features that attackers can abuse for cloud-based trusted malware delivery. Once exploited, malicious actors can abuse legitimate GitHub accounts to create a malware file server.

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Timely patching is good, but sometimes it’s not enough

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Lorenz

Tags: ransomware

Tags: CVE-2022-29499

Tags: Mitel

Tags: backdoor

Tags: web shell

A recent case-study showed once again that timely patching is important, but it’s not a silver bullet for stopping ransomware.

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Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack

Categories: News

Tags: ransomware

Tags: high society

Tags: compromise

Tags: school

Tags: schools

Tags: learning

Tags: documents

Tags: data

Tags: leak

We take a look at reports of 14 schools being compromised by ransomware group Vice Society.

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US Department of the Interior’s passwords “easily cracked”

Categories: News

Tags: US department of the interior

Tags: password

Tags: hashes

Tags: cracking

Tags: requirements

Tags: MFA

A recent audit cracked 21 percent of the department’s passwords.

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