APT28 hackers deploy customized variant of Covenant open-source tool

The Russian state-sponsored APT28 threat group is using a custom variant of the open-source Covenant post-exploitation ...

Termite ransomware breaches linked to ClickFix CastleRAT attacks

Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor.
IEEE

Understanding the Security Risks of Websites Using Cloud Storage for Direct User File Uploads

Abstract: With the rising demand for website data storage, leveraging cloud storage services for vast user file storage has become prevalent. Nowadays, a new file upload scenario has been introduced, ...
GitHub

Use of Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) with JSON Web Encryption (JWE)

This is the working area for the IETF JOSE Working Group Internet-Draft, "Use of Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) with JSON Web Encryption (JWE)".
IEEE

Data Protection in the Era of Big Data Advanced Encryption Standard VS Data Encryption Standard

Abstract: This research is to seek to know which algorithm between the DES (Data Encryption Standard) and AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is faster in encryption and decryption as well as determine ...
Ars Technica

Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true

Over the past 15 years, password managers have grown from a niche security tool used by the technology savvy into an indispensable security tool for the masses, with an estimated 94 million US ...
Wall Street Journal

Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

Anthropic’s artificial-intelligence tool Claude was used in the U.S. military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, highlighting how AI models are gaining traction in the ...